Listen to Black American Lovey Roundtree Oliff — originally from Brooklyn and raised in Queens, New York — share about living in Exeter, New Hampshire with her husband and two sons during the Covid-19 pandemic. Her mother was born in Haiti and her father was born in Virginia. Lovey worked as a squash coach part-time and a physical fitness instructor while serving on The Select Board of the Town of Exeter, which functions as the mayor of the town. She was elected in March of 2020.

“I am a Black woman raising two Black children living in the State of New Hampshire.” Lovey states.

“I think things are more transparent. I think now you know what people feel and think more than you did before. Like, there were people that I would never have considered in the party of anti-mask-wearing or the people who would respond with ‘Why  ...