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Letters: FDR, Jews and the war
Re "What FDR said in private," Opinion, April 7 As an American and a Jew, I found Rafael Medoff's criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt for his private comments about Jews most unfair. FDR understood that the best way to end the Holocaust was to defeat...Tags: Human Rights, Social Issues, Abraham Lincoln, The Holocaust (1934-1945), George W. Bush
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Letters and maps tell history of Laurel during Civil War
Although no battles were fought in Laurel during the Civil War, the city's railroad was a strategic resource for the Union Army, numerous units of Union soldiers were stationed here and the military's presence added a different element to the city's...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Abraham Lincoln, Arts and Culture
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Frank Godden dies at 101; helped develop African American resort
Los Angeles Times Frank Godden, who played a significant role in the development of Val Verde, a secluded and long-closed local resort community known as "the black Palm Springs," has died. He was 101. Godden, who had cancer, died Aug. 3 at his Los...
Tags: Tuskegee University, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Cancer
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NBA season likely to be canceled, union chief says at seminar
![NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter said Wednesday that if he "had to bet on it," he would wager that the entire 2011-12 season would be wiped out by the lockout.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/63725899-03170035.jpg "NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter said Wednesday that if he "had to bet on it,\" he would wager that the entire 2011-12 season would be wiped out by the lockout.")
NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter said Wednesday that if he "had to bet on it," he would wager that the entire 2011-12 season would be wiped out by the lockout.
"We're $800 million apart per year," Hunter told about 200 people...Tags: Labor Disputes, National Football League Players Association, Work Relations, Sasha Vujacic, Minority Groups
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Can't we all just get along?
The federal debt crisis has pitted President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner as archenemies, but they have a lot in common.
Surname-challenged
Obama: Many people, including TV commentators, have accidentally referred to him as "Osama"...Tags: Elections, John Boehner, High School Sports, Minority Groups, Politics
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Obama vs. Cain: A dream match?
Until now, if someone had predicted a presidential election pitting two African-American candidates, I'd have asked what he was smoking.
It's still a long shot — especially after nearly two weeks of sexual-harassment accusations, culminating Monday...Tags: Political Candidates, Martin Luther King Jr., Minority Groups, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Hippodrome uses new grant to give nonprofits a broader stage
![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 is largely defined by marquee Broadway shows, from "The Lion King" to "South Pacific." But starting Monday, the theater aims to be a hub for local arts groups, becoming much more than just a stopping-off spot for touring artists and productions.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-11/65909759-07051820.jpg "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 is largely defined by marquee Broadway shows, from \"The Lion King\" to \"South Pacific.\" But starting Monday, the theater aims to be a hub for local arts groups, becoming much more than just a stopping-off spot for touring artists and productions.")
The Hippodrome Theatre is largely defined by marquee Broadway shows, from "The Lion King" to "South Pacific." But starting Monday, the theater aims to be a hub for local arts groups, becoming much more than just a stopping-off spot for touring artists and...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Maryland Stadium Authority, Dance, Minority Groups, Concerts
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Court rules family of boy arrested on dirt bike got fair civil trial
A family that unsuccessfully sued Baltimore police officers who arrested a 7-year-old boy for illegally riding a dirt bike in 2007 received a fair civil trial in Howard County, the state's second-highest court has ruled. The family had hoped to collect...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Trials, Lawyers, Justice System, Minority Groups
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Tamales, L.A.'s original street food
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSouthern California's latest foodie trend has the region atwitter. Lines form long into the night at the latest hot spot for edible treasures, while wily entrepreneurs outdo each other by parking at the best spots. But not everyone is happy. Brick-and-...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Restaurants, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Minority Groups, Hispanic and Latino Americans
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'Posing Beauty in African American Culture' show at USC
![A fashion show in Harlem in 1963, a portrait of a contemplative Michael Jackson in 1981 and a picture of friends celebrating their prom night in 2006 are among images on view in the exhibition "Posing Beauty in African American Culture" at USC's Fisher Museum of Art through Dec. 3.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/64969976-23175255.jpg "A fashion show in Harlem in 1963, a portrait of a contemplative Michael Jackson in 1981 and a picture of friends celebrating their prom night in 2006 are among images on view in the exhibition "Posing Beauty in African American Culture\" at USC's Fisher Museum of Art through Dec. 3.")
Los Angeles TimesA fashion show in Harlem in 1963, a portrait of a contemplative Michael Jackson in 1981 and a picture of friends celebrating their prom night in 2006 are among images on view in the exhibition "Posing Beauty in African American Culture" at USC's Fisher...Tags: Social Issues, New York University, Otis Redding, Minority Groups, Arts and Culture
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White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse
The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders. That is not reassuring,...Tags: Marijuana Use, National or Ethnic Minorities, Native Americans, Behavioral Conditions, Health
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Lives depend on more blacks becoming bone marrow donors
That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong.
Babies aren't supposed to be blue.
What she soon would learn at the hospital is that her 3-month-old son was cursed with sickle-cell anemia. The inherited...Tags: Social Issues, Health, Human Body, Business, Minority Groups
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