A Christmas Tale remembers civil rights activists

A pair of nieces, Diana Koppen of Spencer, and Pam Doocy-Curry, have decided to share their aunt’s memoir detailing her long, storied civil rights journey, interracial marriage challenges and her decision to move to Spencer later in life with husband, David, in a new book, “Breaking Free From Rigid Boxes: From the Outside Looking In; Marion Helland: Nine Decades of Civil Rights Service.”