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History of black jockeys is long, if not recent
Thanks for Mike Klingaman's article, which focused on Kevin Krigger and his aspirations to break the over 100-year absence of African American jockey winners at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes ("With the weight of racing history," May 16). One...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes
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Divided Boulder Landmarks Board grants demolition permit
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.Boulder will allow the demolition of a historic but dilapidated house in the Goss-Grove neighborhood that was once home to former slaves and the city's early black settlers. The house at 2118 Goss Circle is just 556 square feet. It's in poor condition... -
Looking for runaway slaves in downtown Hampton
Sparked by Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's landmark May 1861 offer of asylum to runaway slaves, more than 20,000 fugitive blacks converged on the Union outpost of Fort Monroe during the Civil War, with most of them ending up in two large sprawling camps...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Fort Monroe, Missing Persons, Hampton University
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Washington, DC, Abraham Lincoln, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Unions
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U.S. slams Japanese mayor's sex-slave comments as 'offensive'
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The United States condemned as "outrageous and offensive" comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan's military brothels during World War Two were "necessary" to provide respite for...Tags: Government, U.S. Department of State, Japan, Human Rights, National Government
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Okinawa women's groups condemn Hashimoto justification of sex slaves
The Japan TimesWomen's groups and other parties in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday protested Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's contentious remarks about the wartime sex slaves, with some calling for his immediate resignation. The outspoken mayor's remarks came during a...Tags: Justice and Rights, Tokyo (Japan), Career and Workplace, Japan, Human Rights
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Portland Press Herald, Maine, Rod Harmon column
Portland Press Herald, MaineThere have been countless trees killed in the name of explaining the "Star Trek" phenomenon. But to me, it all boils down to three things: starships, aliens and sex. Starships because, with the exception of "Deep Space Nine," every TV series and movie...Tags: Star Trek (movie, 2009), Zoe Saldana, Rachel Nichols, Television, Entertainment
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North Shore Entertainment Calendar
The Salem NewsGood causes BENEFIT FOR VNA CARE NETWORK & HOSPICE. Saturday, May 18, 7 p.m., John Archer Estate, 10 North St., Danvers. Evening of fashion and live music. Bless by Bless Couture will preview their spring collection. Just in Time and pianist Nathan...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Photography, Poetry, Manhattan (New York City), Anglicanism
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Japanese mayor sparks outrage with sex-slave remarks
ReutersTOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - China expressed outrage on Tuesday over remarks by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said Japan's system of military brothels during World War Two was "necessary", as the Japanese government sought to distance itself...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tokyo (Japan), South Korea, Sex Crimes, Prostitution
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Japan mayor told: Watch your mouth on comfort women
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday reminded Japanese officials to be careful in commenting about "comfort women" as the issue of wartime sexual abuse continues to rankle in the Philippines. DFA...Tags: United Nations, Philippines, International Law, Germany, Wars and Interventions
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New Civil War marker unveiled in Macon's Soldiers' Square in Rose Hill Cemetery
The Macon TelegraphA Confederate flag flies over hundreds of graves at Rose Hill Cemetery on a slope rising from the Ocmulgee River. People whizzing by on Interstate 16 might catch a glimpse of the identical tombstones marking remains of 884 Confederate soldiers who...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hospitals and Clinics, Armed Conflicts, Memorial Day, Wars and Interventions
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State gives Amistad time, and money, to repair nonprofit status
The Day, New London, Conn.Amistad America, owner of the famed replica of the 19th-century schooner that brought captive Africans to Connecticut, will continue to receive about $360,000 a year from the state as long as it re-establishes its tax-exempt status, legislators said...Tags: Taxation, Long Island Sound, Andrew M. Maynard, Cuba, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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