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Season recap: Alvin Hill
The Baltimore SunNic Vasilchek knew that the fortunes of his Luella (Ga.) High football team were intimately tied to cornerback Alvin Hill. With that in mind, the Lions coach decided to play the Maryland commitment sparingly on offense and not at all on special teams,...Tags: College Sports, Maryland Terrapins, Football
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Md. teacher of the year focuses on connections with students
Joshua Parker fell in love in 10th grade, discovering the power of words when his English teacher put a volume of Langston Hughes in his hands.
He describes it as a moment so profound that it was like hearing chords of music for the first time.
Bright...Tags: Windsor Mill, Teaching and Learning, Lady Gaga, Teachers, Poetry
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At Akwaaba B&B, curl up with writers
Sun StaffAuthor Walter Mosley's room is dark and mysterious with midnight-blue walls, black velvet drapes and lamps that shine interrogationlike spotlights across the walls. It's a room befitting the popular creator of a series of detective novels. Toni Morrison'...Tags: Greenwood, Arts, Maya Angelou, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Democratic Party
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Park Heights
Special to baltimoresun.comOne of the long-time subjects of several urban renewal projects is Park Heights, situated in the northwest corner of the city. The area most famously known for that big horse race every year and a lot of synagogues is now, after years of strife and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Judaism, Tourism and Leisure, Immigration, Equestrian
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Impossible Hair
Sun ReporterHometown: Silver Spring Current members: Joe Ryan, vocals, guitar; Jim Glass, vocals, guitar; Kari Cohen, bass; Sammy "The Kid" Ponzar, drums Founded in: 2005 Style: indie rock Influenced by: the Beatles, Guided by Voices, Thomas Dolby, Dylan Thomas,...Tags: Dylan Thomas, Thomas Dolby, Oranges
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2001 was prolific for Marylanders
Special To The SunAmid the tumults of 2001, this region's authors and publishers have stayed by their keyboards and their cash-flow charts, producing new books for the general reader. Here, accordingly, is the annual try at a census of such works, by Marylanders or about...Tags: Arts, Bill Hall, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Islam, Wars and Interventions
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Carl Clark: photographer with a purpose
DRAWING UPON genius and despair, Carl Clark brings hope to his people, his neighborhood and to himself. At the corner of Linden Avenue and Ducatel Street -- once called Dodge City in honor of the many shootings there -- they call him The Picture Man. He...Tags: Arts, Colleges and Universities, Defense, Ralph Ellison, Armed Forces
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Arena Players ready for next act
Special to SunSpotIn 1953, nine African-Americans gathered in a Northwest Baltimore living room to discuss offering quality theater to the community. Their goal seemed simple. "We just wanted to do plays," said Ed Terry, the company's associate artistic director who...Tags: Arts, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Comedy (genre), Nat King Cole, August Wilson
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Groundbreakers make for surprise Harlem volumes
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)Last fall, the Library of America released two volumes featuring authors who wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, that vague early 20th-century era when black novelists, artists, poets, musicians, essayists and even publishers pushed black culture to...Tags: Literature, Libraries, Black History, Black History Month, Arna Bontemps
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Atheist Billboard Headed to Dallas
doug.magditch@cw33.comA billboard, funded by an atheist organization, has many in the religious community upset. The billboard was supposed to up in Oak Cliff Monday, but, as of 5pm, the board remained blank. Still, those behind it are already getting hate mail. It's part of...Tags: Philosophy, Elections, Black History
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New stamp features Ebony, Jet founder Johnson
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark. -- Publisher John H. Johnson, who created Ebony and Jet magazines, will be honored on this year's Black Heritage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
A Tuesday ceremony is planned in Johnson's hometown of Arkansas City, where...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, Periodicals, Thurgood Marshall, Government Postal Delivery
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Activities deepen appreciation of black history
It is one thing for families to acknowledge Black History Month, which in February marks its 36th year. It is quite another to get kids engaged so they learn something. A family outing to a museum (and if there's an African-American history museum nearby,...Tags: Museums, Arts, Jackie Robinson, Black History, Black History Month
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