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`Jeffersons' Star Sherman Hemsley Dies At 74
Sherman Hemsley, 74, a onetime mail sorter from South Philadelphia who moved on up to the East Side of New York as George Jefferson in a celebrated 1970s sitcom, died Tuesday at his home in El Paso, Texas. Mr. Hemsley, who was found by his nurse,...
Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Cherry Hill, Sherman Hemsley, Entertainment Events, NAACP Image Awards
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NAACP to host town hall meeting in Sanford to discuss Zimmerman case
The Seminole County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host a town hall meeting on Monday to give the public a chance to talk about the George Zimmerman trial. The town hall will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Allen...
Tags: The Seminole Tribe, Christianity, Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, George Zimmerman
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Windsor School Board Hears From Residents Who Support Equity Study
The Hartford CourantDozens of residents came to a school board meeting Tuesday night to support the controversial "equity and excellence review" that began in October. Before the meeting, the Greater Hartford branch of the NAACP held a press conference to support of the...Tags: Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Loyola University Chicago, Education
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William C. Ryder, 87
William C. Ryder, 87, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013, at Transitions Health in Gettysburg, Pa. He was born March 15, 1926, in Emmitsburg, Md., a son of the late Gerald Noel Ryder and Grace Alice (Cool) Ryder. He was a veteran of World War II, serving...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Looking back on good times, troubled times at Gwynn Oak Park [Reisterstown]
Do you remember Gwynn Oak Junction? Then you may have gone to the movies at what was the Ambassador Theatre, bought your groceries at Schreiber's, purchased your very first Halloween costume at Read's, spent your allowance at Ben Franklin, and gotten your...
Tags: Christianity, Morgan State University, U.S. Congress, Reisterstown, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bethlehem Area School Board president apologizes to Allentown School Board
Valley 610Remember when Bethlehem Area School Director Basilio Bonilla accused Allentown School Board of "giving up" on its students? Well, the school board received an apology. But not from Bonilla. At the end of Thursday night's Education Committee meeting,... -
Lake schools should teach about Sheriff Willis McCall and book 'Devil in the Grove'
I'd met the man, but stories about the late Sheriff Willis McCall were just that: stories. His personal appearance, when he came into the Sentinel office in the 1980s, only fed the fiction of the quintessential Southern sheriff determined to keep both...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Prisons, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The New York Times, Justice and Rights
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NAACP hosts Juneteenth celebration in El Centro
Staff Writer, Copy EditorThe commemoration of Juneteenth returned to the Valley on Saturday after having taken a short hiatus. Although the event did not attract the crowds organizers had hoped for, they expressed confidence it would improve with each passing year. “...Tags: Slavery, Juneteenth
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South Bend schools get call to action
South Bend Tribune"I'm here because silent voices can't be heard," Gladys Muhammad said. "We're tired of discriminatory practices." One by one, Muhammad and a group of others approached the podium at a recent South Bend school board meeting to speak to the board and...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Separation of Church and State, Students, Human Interest, Environmental Issues
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Homer E. Favor, civil rights activist
Dr. Homer Eli Favor, a retired Morgan State University economist who was an original member of the civil rights activist group whose members called themselves the "Goon Squad," died of heart disease Saturday at the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center. A...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Cherry Hill (Baltimore, Maryland), Christianity, Politics
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Two Maryland women at the center of history, June 1963
The American clock brings us to the 50th anniversaries of two extraordinary events involving two extraordinary women, Gloria Richardson Dandridge and Madalyn Murray O'Hair — both strong-willed champions of liberty and disturbers of the status quo,...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Christianity, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Trials
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