

Texas transplant didn’t mess up
For The Madera Tribune Dr. Albert Wilburn. The black farmer strode to the fence that separated his 170-acre farm from his white...
Bill Coate
Apr 3, 2021


MUSD begins to open schools
For The Madera Tribune Millview Elementary School teacher Tutti Houghton uses social distancing, a mask, and safety protocols, as...
Bill Coate
Mar 25, 2021


Early Madera history: a series of ‘firsts’
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society The second floor of Madera’s first hotel is shown here as it looked in 1990. Captain...
Bill Coate
Mar 13, 2021


Tenisha Armstrong: Scholar in residence
For The Madera Tribune King Papers Project staff with Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of the “Little Rock Nine” who integrated Little Rock’s...
Bill Coate
Feb 20, 2021


8th graders and Madera’s Overcomers
For The Madera Tribune Tenisha Armstrong, Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project Stanford University, stands beside her mother,...
Bill Coate
Feb 17, 2021


Eighth graders explore Madera’s Black History
For The Madera Tribune Chief Warrant Officer Kirk Edwards is a native of Madera and a 1973 graduate of Madera High School. Students in...
Bill Coate
Feb 3, 2021
Letter: Is competence too much to talk about?
Have you noticed how the news coverage of the Biden administration largely focuses on diversity (race, gender, ethnicity, etc.) rather...
For The Madera Tribune
Jan 27, 2021


Black man’s life mattered for Dixieland students
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Dixieland School teacher Angela Lindsey puts a piece of a broken headstone in place at the grave of a...
Bill Coate
Nov 11, 2020









