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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: Racism, Civil Rights, Health and Safety at School, Bowie State University, Christianity
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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: Activism, Johns Hopkins University, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Newspaper and Magazine, Emmett Till
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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: Baltimore Museum of Art, Slavery, Minority Groups, Fine Artists, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Ellicott City: Students among Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's college scholarship winners
For over three decades, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's Columbia chapter has awarded college scholarships to Howard County high school seniors through its Pearl Foundation Inc. Congratulations to this year's scholarship recipients including three from...Tags: Autism, Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid, Ellicott City, Awards and Prizes
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Trayvon Martin case gaining momentum; Baltimore ties to case
Amid mounting pressure, a Florida prosecutor says a grand jury will investigate the fatal shooting last month of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch captain, a move that comes after the U.S. Justice Department said it was also launching an...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System
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Baltimore efforts under way to rally support for Trayvon Martin
As the nation watches the fallout from the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed Florida teen, many Baltimoreans are voicing concern. Among those intervening locally is Jamal Bryant, pastor of the Empowerment Temple, a large church in...Tags: FBI, Civil Rights, Laws, Seminole County, Juvenile Delinquency
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More Baltimore graduates attend two-year colleges, where they are less likely to earn degree
The number of Baltimore City high school graduates enrolling in four-year colleges and universities has dropped in recent years as more head to two-year institutions where they are far less likely to graduate.
The Baltimore Education Research...Tags: Graduation, Baltimore City Community College, Johns Hopkins University, Andres Alonso, Students
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Nancy Z. Fleming, teacher, dies
Nancy Z. Fleming, a former educator and homemaker who participated in a University of Maryland Alzheimer disease study, died Sept. 14 of the disease at Emeritus Towson Assisted Living.
The longtime Towson resident was 73.
The daughter of a banker and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Long Island, Christianity, Alzheimer's Disease, Roman Catholicism
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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: Charlie Parker, Jazz (genre), Duke Ellington, Music, Billie Holiday
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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 Hippodrome Theatre, inaugurating a concert series that continues there Friday night.
Thanks to support from the recently launched Hippodrome...Tags: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Music, Minority Groups, Concerts, Music Industry
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Laurel celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Annual Sing for King concert features local soloists The city of Laurel and the Laurel Clergy Association will present the fifth annual Sing for King celebration on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 15000 First Baptist Lane (off Cherry...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities, Holidays, Human Rights, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Bruce Delbert Royster, accountant
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday for Bruce Delbert Royster Sr., a certified public accountant who was the city's first homicide victim of 2012, at City Temple Baptist Church, 317 Dolphin St. Mr. Royster, who had been shot several times, was...Tags: Colleges and Universities, College Sports, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, New York City, Catonsville
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