By LINDSAY CAREY STAFF WRITER On Jan. 15, a Southington High School (SHS) English teacher welcomed a semi-annual guest speaker to talk to students about his experiences during the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s. Deacon Arthur Miller said he visits around 30 to 40 schools all over the country from Yale to the University of California. Despite his busy schedule, he makes time to come to SHS twice a year to share his personal story and message for young people. “This is probably the only place I come to twice a year,” said Miller. SHS English Teacher Janice Zaccardo said that she invites Miller to speak twice each year after teaching the civil rights unit to her class. “Some of the students heard him speak when they were freshman, and they still come to hear him speak now that they’re seniors,” said Zaccardo. Miller spoke a lot about his childhood at his most recent visit. Miller grew up in Chicago in a segregated America and was friends with Emmett Till, a black teenager who was brutally murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi in 1955. Miller said Till lived in his neighborhood. “He sat next to […]
By LINDSAY CAREY STAFF WRITER On Jan. 15, a Southington High School (SHS) English teacher welcomed a semi-annual guest speaker to talk to students about his experiences during the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s. Deacon Arthur Miller said he visits around 30 to 40 schools all over the country from Yale to the University of California. Despite his busy schedule, he makes time to come to SHS twice a year to share his personal story and message for young people. “This is probably the only place I come to twice a year,” said Miller. SHS English Teacher Janice Zaccardo said that she invites Miller to speak twice each year after teaching the civil rights unit to her class. “Some of the students heard him speak when they were freshman, and they still come to hear him speak now that they’re seniors,” said Zaccardo. Miller spoke a lot about his childhood at his most recent visit. Miller grew up in Chicago in a segregated America and was friends with Emmett Till, a black teenager who was brutally murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi in 1955. Miller said Till lived in his neighborhood. “He sat next to […]