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Baltimore NAACP plans Monday rally for Trayvon Martin
The Baltimore branch of the NAACP will hold a downtown rally Monday in memory of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. The rally is part of a flurry of action from Maryland churches and civil rights groups seeking to memorialize Martin, the 17-year-...Tags: NAACP, Colleges and Universities, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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NSU basketball a triumph story
I made up my mind not to write about March Madness this year. What's the big deal? As a North Carolina native and Tar Heel alum, I thought I'd seen it all. But I realized this March might be different, as I sat in a meeting with a Hampton University...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, North Carolina Tar Heels, Students, Norfolk State University, Hampton University
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Supreme Court Justices ready to move to heart of health care case
WASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court plunged into debate Monday on the fate of the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care system, and the justices gave every indication they will not allow an obscure tax law to derail the case. A...
Tags: White House, Personal Income, Health, Business, Sonia Sotomayor
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Baltimore showing solidarity with slain Fla. teen
Today marks one month since Trayvon Martin's death, and thousands of people are expected to descend on the small Florida city where the youth was slain by a neighborhood watch volunteer, including an NFL star and a prominent church leader from Baltimore....Tags: Health and Safety at School, Emmett Till, Baptist, NAACP, Community College of Baltimore County
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Trayvon Martin case strikes deep chord with Baltimoreans
When 17-year-old John Edwards was shot in the head on Edmondson Avenue this month, no one marched on City Hall.
There were no comparisons to Emmett Till, no columns in national newspapers about the anxieties of growing up black and male in a country...Tags: NAACP, Emmett Till, Pneumonia, Colleges and Universities, Activism
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Elizabeth Catlett blended art, social goals
Baltimore Sun reporterOne of Elizabeth Catlett's linotypes could horrify viewers by depicting the aftermath of a lynching, the rope around the victim's neck held taut by the murderers' boots. And in the next room, a statue by Catlett of a mother and child would flood viewers...Tags: Harriet Tubman, Entertainment, Minority Groups, Radio, Baltimore Museum of Art
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GVSU Participating in National Transportation Research Effort
FOX 17 ProducerGrand Valley State University is among nine universities from across the U.S. that are part of a national research coalition to address public transportation issues. GVSU is specifically researching ways to remanufacture, repurpose and recycle electric...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Bowling Green State University, Colleges and Universities, University of Detroit Mercy, Research
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority honors four at Jazz Brunch
richardb@herald-mail.comA schools superintendent, a retired teacher, an NAACP officer and a gold medal-winning Olympian were honored Saturday by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s Eastern Panhandle Alumnae Chapter. Four high school seniors from both counties also were...Tags: Entertainment, NAACP, Health, Women's National Basketball Association, Awards and Prizes
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Antoine Bethea took Peyton Manning's advice to heart
Never in his life was he more fortunate not to have a ride.
It's not like Antoine Bethea wanted when he came to the Indianapolis Colts West 56th Street complex, but being new to town during the first rookie workouts, he was without a way to get back to...Tags: Sports, Super Bowl, Football, NFL Pro Bowl, Antoine Bethea
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Tapping into Maryland's rich dance history
Who knew that Baltimore had such happy feet?
Three icons of tap dance who were famous nationwide — known colloquially as Baby Laurence, Buster Brown and Hawk — were born in Charm City and first perfected the "shim sham" and "cramp roll" and...Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Jazz (genre), Coppin State University, Cab Calloway
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Soulful Symphony's 'Evolution'
![After a hiatus of more than a year, Soulful Symphony re-emerged last month to perform for a packed house at the <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/downtown/performing-arts/touring-shows/hippodrome-theatre-at-the-france-merrick-performing-arts-center-baltimore-theater">Hippodrome</a> Theatre, inaugurating a concert series that continues there Friday night.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/68293862-24042740.jpg "After a hiatus of more than a year, Soulful Symphony re-emerged last month to perform for a packed house at the <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/downtown/performing-arts/touring-shows/hippodrome-theatre-at-the-france-merrick-performing-arts-center-baltimore-theater\">Hippodrome</a> Theatre, inaugurating a concert series that continues there Friday night.")
After a hiatus of more than a year, Soulful Symphony re-emerged last month to perform for a packed house at the Hippodrome Theatre, inaugurating a concert series that continues there Friday night.
Thanks to support from the recently launched Hippodrome...Tags: Entertainment, Minority Groups, Music, Culture, Concerts
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Hattie McDaniel's Legacy
![Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American actress to win an <a class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Awards" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards">Academy Award</a>, won for <a title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress">Best Supporting Actress</a> for her role of Mammy in <em><a title="Gone with the Wind (film)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29">Gone with the Wind</a></em> (<a title="1939 in film" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_in_film">1939</a>).](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/68244361-20145522.jpg "Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American actress to win an <a class="mw-redirect\" title=\"Academy Awards\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards\">Academy Award</a>, won for <a title=\"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress\">Best Supporting Actress</a> for her role of Mammy in <em><a title=\"Gone with the Wind (film)\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29\">Gone with the Wind</a></em> (<a title=\"1939 in film\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_in_film\">1939</a>).")
Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American actress to win an Academy Award, won for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Today, a controversy exists over the whereabouts of the McDaniel Oscar. In his 1990...Tags: Entertainment, Academy Awards, Movies, Colleges and Universities, Hattie McDaniel
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