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Frederick Douglass heritage center lacks staff to officially open in Rochester, NY
Associated Press WriterROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Passers-by frequently peer into the window at the new center honoring former slave, famed orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. And if they knock on the door, they can get a quick tour guided by the Rev. Errol Hunt and...Tags: Mount Hope, Minority Groups, Slavery, Death and Dying, History
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New Douglass center in NY stuck in sponsor limbo
A long-awaited effort to build a cultural center honoring Frederick Douglass is close to fruition in the city where he spent his most influential years. Agonizingly close. Remodeling a former metalwork shop a minute's walk from suffragist Susan B....Tags: Mount Hope, Slavery
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Frederick Douglass Sengstacke, 1918-2009: Publisher of Chicago Defender
Tribune reporterFrederick Douglass Sengstacke worked in just about every department during a long career with the Chicago Defender and succeeded his brother John as the newspaper's publisher. Mr. Sengstacke, 90, died following a brief illness Wednesday, July 1, in his...Tags: Robert S. Abbott, DePaul University, Chatham, Diseases, Hampton University
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Esther P. Brooks
Esther P. Brooks, a longtime office manager and secretary at Sharon Baptist Church, where she had been a member for 70 years, died June 27 of throat cancer at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. She was 83.
Esther Ann Patterson, the daughter of a Baltimore...Tags: Christianity, Timonium, Colleges and Universities, Death and Dying, Baptist
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Five major league baseball stadiums you can visit
Special to NewsdayRegardless of your team allegiance - or even if you're new to the sport - a road trip to one of five major league baseball parks between Boston and Washington, D.C., can make for a fun summer trip. Ranging from historic to modern eco-friendly, they...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Dining and Drinking, Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente Jr., Boston Red Sox
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Baseball road trip: Destination ballparks
Special to NewsdayRegardless of your team allegiance - or even if you're new to the sport - a road trip to one of the five baseball parks between Boston and Washington, D.C., can make for a fun summer trip. Ranging from historic to modern eco-friendly, they offer...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Metal and Mineral, Dining and Drinking, Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente Jr.
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Montague J. Brackett
The Rev. Montague J. Brackett, who pastored West Baltimore's Central Baptist Church for nearly 50 years, died from pneumonia Tuesday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
He was 94.
Dr. Brackett was born in Manakan, Va., the son of farmers. When he was...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Christianity, Hampton University Ministers' Conference, Prisons, Sutton Place
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Juneteenth: The hidden holiday
Woke up this morning with my mind Set on freedom Woke up this morning with my mind Set on freedom Woke up this morning with my mind Set on freedom Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah ... There has always been something elusive about Juneteenth. It took...Tags: Folk Music, Holidays, Slavery, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Paul M. Johnson
Paul Mifflin Johnson, a retired Baltimore public school educator and administrator who helped record the history of the original Cross Keys settlement, died of heart failure June 2 at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Ashburton resident was 79. Mr. Johnson,...Tags: Classical Music, Death and Dying, Adult Education, Morgan State University, National or Ethnic Minorities
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John Brown's legacy hasn't changed; America has
Associated Press WriterA century and a half later, we still don't know quite what to think of John Brown. Certainly, he aimed to be a hero. He believed his plan was the necessary means to a righteous end: Storm a federal arsenal, seize thousands of weapons, arm a gathering...Tags: Terrorism, Human Body, Bodies of Water, John Powell, Gardens and Parks
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For Latinos and blacks, a call for unity, not hate
Earlier this year, I attended one of those sedate conferences writers get invited to every so often. I talked for an hour or so very politely about books, until the audience rose up in rebellion and told me to stop. I'd been invited by USC to be on a...Tags: Birmingham , Gang Activity, Martin Luther King Jr., United States, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Music's best to celebrate Douglass connection
Talk about Smalltimore. Ethel Ennis, Baltimore's grande dame of jazz, was in Oslo in 1990 to perform the national anthem at a ceremony commemorating the first American killed in World War II. In the audience was Anne Brown, the American soprano who,...Tags: Classical Music, Benny Goodman, George Gershwin, Ray Charles, Randallstown
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