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Frank Bond Sr., neighborhood activist
Frank Bond Sr., a retired Maryland Transit Administration bus driver and neighborhood activist who believed in the value of education, died Monday of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. "Frank was a wonderful man who treasured education...
Tags: Media Industry, Religion and Belief, Colon Cancer, Anglicanism, Christianity
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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: Social Issues, Black History, Arts, Arts and Culture, Washington Monument
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Zantzinger, Carroll trial being commemorated 50 years later at Washington County museum
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.com“The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger At a Baltimore hotel society gath’rin’ And the cops were called in and his weapon...Tags: Murder, Arts and Culture, Arts, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Those who 'sought justice' for slain black woman 50 years ago honored
davem@herald-mail.comThere were plenty of contrasts Sunday during a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the trial of William Zantzinger, who was convicted in Washington County of manslaughter in the beating death of black barmaid Hattie Carroll. Lt. Gov. Anthony G....Tags: Lawyers, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Museums, cultural institutions taking a snow day
Schools and government offices aren't the only things closing down in anticipation of today's snowstorm. Here is a partial list, continually being updated, of cultural and commercial institutions shutting down for the day. The American Visionary Art...
Tags: USS Constellation, Arts and Culture, Arts, Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, Maryland Science Center
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Instagram, X specs and a Kevin Bacon premiere
As traffic continues to flow to coverage of Super Bowl preparations, the Roe vs. Wade anniversary and post-inaugural activities, a few newer topics have also bubbled to the surface in our collective consciousness. Instagram is posting impressive numbers,...
Tags: Google+, Super Bowl, Gillette Stadium, Tony Gonzalez, College Sports
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Hundreds celebrate King holiday at Baltimore museum
Children used paper plates, yarn, feathers and beads to make dream catchers decorated with words and phrases like "hope" and "I have a dream" to celebrate the memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday while their parents watched President Barack...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Museums, Barack Obama, Arts and Culture, Langston Hughes
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Kwanzaa event features African drummers, dance and theater
With rapt attention, 4-year-old Alexis Gamble fixed her eyes on three teenage girls, bare-footed in vibrant-colored dresses, as they danced to traditional African beats on Saturday, the fourth day of Kwanzaa.
The Gamble family, of Owings Mills, lights...Tags: Kwanzaa, Entertainment Events, Museums, International Travel, Arts and Culture
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The collected poems of Lucille Clifton
Former Maryland poet laureate Lucille Clifton was a former "Jeopardy" champion who used a Ouija board to communicate with her dead mother. She was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who as an adult unabashedly celebrated her physical self. And in the...
Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Arts, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Cancer
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Free Fall Baltimore receives $25,000 federal grant
Free Fall Baltimore, which today kicks off its seventh year of spotlighting no-charge arts and cultural experiences in Charm City, has received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant will be used to help promote and raise...
Tags: Museums, Culture, Arts and Culture, Arts, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Film helps African-Americans remember a lively Carr's Beach
Decades ago, a trip to segregated Ocean City presented far too many challenges for African-American families. Instead they went to a sandy peninsula near Annapolis, known as "the beach," for a day's outing.
Carr's Beach — its proper name —...Tags: Arts and Culture, Companies and Corporations, Arts, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Chicago Hotels
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Harriet Tubman descendants gather for forthcoming centennial of her death
After Ernestine Martin Wyatt helped stage a walkout decades ago over a lack of African-American history lessons at her high school, a teacher pulled her aside to ask about Wyatt's family ties to Harriet Tubman. The Maryland-born slave and famed conductor...
Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Slavery, Human Interest, Harriet Tubman, Transportation
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