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We learn about what organization Slavery North's initiatives to tell the history of slavery in Canada and the American north and discover a film that discusses the threat of deportation in America, "Borderland: The Line Within."

For this Presidents' Day, we celebrate through Black history.

We have Live Music Friday with local singer-songwriter Heather Maloney, learn about this year's Black Artistic Freedom Conference at UMass, and return to Table & Vine for another Wine Thunderdome.

Today on The Rundown, panelists digest President Donald Trump’s first week back in office, and how his many executive orders could impact western Massachusetts.

We check in with professor Ousmane Power-Greene to discuss the history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, listen to live music with Behold! True Believers, and try mocktails in honor of "dry January."

The annual event held at the MassMutual Center features spoken word, music and dance and bring that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy.

We find out what the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services of Springfield has in story for MLK Jr. Day, see how the Trust Transfer Project is uplifting artists pursue their passions, and learn what the Word Nerd has to report from the American Dialect Society.

We find out how we can honor Indigenous history in western Mass. at the Wendell Meetinghouse and check in with the SSO as it prepares for its annual MLK Jr. celebration.

More than a year after the State Seal Commission folded without recommending a new design for the state's emblems, a second attempt at drafting a new state seal is off to a tardy start.

We learn about to celebrate Kwanzaa in western Massachusetts, hear live music from local band All Feels before they perform at First Night Northampton, and have a Local Hero Spotlight with Sweet Babu's gluten-free granola.