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Pentagon to mark gay pride month
WASHINGTON (AP)— Last summer, gays in the military dared not acknowledge their sexual orientation. This summer, the Pentagon will salute them, marking June as gay pride month just as it has marked other celebrations honoring racial or ethnic groups....
Tags: Washington, DC, Armed Forces, African-American History Month, Marriage, Family
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Hampton takes flak for title of black history program
Officials at the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson this week officially changed the name of a black history program planned for next month after controversy erupted over its original title — "Slave for a Day." The July 8 event, which park...Tags: Fort McHenry, Harvard University, Human Interest, Slavery, Music Industry
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The Dream Began Here
The Dream Began Here
Sunday, February 10, 7PM
Untold Stories of Washington DC’s Early African American Community Examined in “The Dream Began Here” WDCW-TV
Local Black History Month Special on February 10
The White House, the...Tags: Social Issues, Daniel Webster, White House, Washington, DC, Georgetown
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Maryland will feature prominently in Smithsonian's latest museum
When the country's largest museum devoted to African-American history and culture opens in Washington, Maryland people and places will get a healthy share of the limelight.
A two-story log house built by freed slaves from Montgomery County, dubbed the...Tags: Washington, DC, Slavery, African-American History Month, Laura Bush, Social Issues
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Celebrating Juneteenth with Canadian history
Tribune NewspapersFebruary isn't the only time to celebrate black history, and the importance of June 19 is a prime example of why. Juneteenth* is just around the corner, and trips like these are a great way to explore the U.S. and Canada's natural and educational history....Tags: Harriet Tubman, Michigan, Human Interest, History, Parliament
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Activists protest condition of former Read's drug store
Activists rallied outside a ramshackle West Baltimore storefront Saturday afternoon, demanding city officials take steps to quickly stabilize the building, which was the site of a historic civil rights protest. "The roof needs to be put back on," said C....Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Science and Technology, Civil Rights, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice
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Doleman honoree says he was born to be a teacher
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comLeon Brumback said he believes education was always his chosen path. “It was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Brumback, 73, said. “I was always meant to be a teacher.” Raised in Hancock, Brumback was bused with other...Tags: Frostburg State University, Education, Human Interest, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Colleges and Universities
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Black History Month celebrated
Staff WriterBRAWLEY — It was a night of gospel music, prayer and overall joy and celebration Friday at the New Mount Olive Baptist Church during the church’s Black History Month Musical. In fact, The Imperial Valley/Yuma Area Mass Choir sang so...Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Music
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Taken for Granted: Digging into the Dorie Miller story
A late-February lunch conversation turned to the subject of Black History Month, and specifically to a man named Doris Miller. That's right, his first name was Doris; but to friends and anyone wishing to avoid his wrath, it had better be Dorie. An...Tags: Football, Firearms, African-American History Month, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Sports
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Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked
Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...Tags: Science and Technology, Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Lakers, Jackie Robinson, Denzel Washington
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Mike Wallace: The archetype for watchdog journalism on TV
The Baltimore SunI was in the CNN green room in Washington Sunday when I heard about the death of pioneering CBS newsman Mike Wallace at 93 Sunday. Being a live show, host Howie Kurtz and the CNN team scrapped the planned opening and went with a segment on Wallace that I...Tags: NBC (tv network), Television Industry, Talk Shows (genre), Morgan Freeman, Radio
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A legacy of civil rights is at risk
As we approach the 2012 election, the fear that many Americans will be denied their right to vote is increasingly becoming a reality.
A growing number of states have enacted voter suppression laws that will require identification to vote, impose stricter...Tags: Voting, Elections, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, African-American History Month
Jun 15, 2012
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Feb 27, 2012
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