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Md. Historical Society wants to identify subjects of Civil Rights era photos
Images of nearly 6,000 Baltimoreans are the life's work of a photographer who documented racial segregation and early civil rights protests, and also captured candid moments of now-anonymous brides, classmates, football players and black residents of...Tags: Bolton Hill, Racism, Arts, Thurgood Marshall, Photography
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Cab Calloway
Sun ReporterCab Calloway, the swing-era singer, actor and bandleader who soared to national popularity in the '30s and '40s on the strength of such hits as "Minnie the Moocher" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," has died at the age of 86. The Baltimore-bred musician...Tags: Theater, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Opera (genre), Big Band (genre)
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Black experience in Washington takes the spotlight
Special To The SunAnyone intimately familiar with the nation's capital knows of its significant African-American population, a community both highly visible and deeply entrenched. Yet rarely has the district's longtime status as a hub of black history and culture been...Tags: Duke Ellington, Documentary (genre), Maryland, Arts, Frederick Douglass
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Obama's next four years: Tune in to jazz
Any president's second term offers another shot at fulfilling dreams that got away the first time around. So while President Barack Obama is strategizing on immigration, unemployment, the deficit and, oh yes, the fiscal cliff, I'd like to add one more...
Tags: White House, Dizzy Gillespie, Barack Obama, Joe Williams, Vocal Music (genre)
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Living Here: Famous people, places and things
Hampton Roads is known around the world for its people — as being from here, as a come-here, or for just passing through — as well as places and things. It's known for its Bacon (as in Nathaniel), its ham (as in Smithfield), its presidents...Tags: Schools, Rihanna, Pulitzer Prize Awards, National Football League, Philadelphia 76ers
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10 Peninsula women who made a difference
Women helped shape the Peninsula we know today, but their contributions are sometimes overlooked or obscured. Here are ten women who contributed to the physical, spiritual and cultural growth of this community. Some managed to make a mark on the world....
Tags: Georgetown University, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Christopher Newport University, Colonial Williamsburg, Awards and Prizes
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Five ways to spend spring break in Hampton Roads
So Disney World was outside of the family budget this year. But spring break doesn't have to be a somber, stay-at-home pity party. Here are a five ways to spend your time off in Tidewater — including a few suggestions for those of us whose...
Tags: Virginia Living Museum, Titanic (movie, 1997), Leonardo DiCaprio, Hampton Roads, Amusement and Theme Parks
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'Gump,' 'Bambi' among 2011 National Film Registry selections
24 Frameshe 1994 Oscar-winning best film, “Forrest Gump,” Walt Disney’s 1942 classic animated family film, “Bambi,” Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length comedy “The Kid” and a 1912 silent comedy “A Cure for... -
Musical moments with U.S. presidents
Pop & HissPresident Obama sang the blues on Tuesday with B.B. King, Mick Jagger and Buddy Guy for a White House blues concert. The President is one of many chief executives who have shown their musical talents in office.... -
Renowned jazz guitarist, bassist to play area tribute show to third member of trio
Lehigh Valley MusicA renowned guitarist and bassist will give a show March 25 at East Stroudsburg University to honor a master pianist with whom they formed a famous New York trio. Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and bassist Jay Leonhart will perform a concert...... -
Weekend Movie Pick: Hal Ashby's lost gem 'The Landlord'
The Big PictureLarry Karaszewski has a day job that keeps him busy, having written (with his writing partner Scott Alexander) a host of movie delights, including "Ed Wood" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt," as well as the upcoming "Percy Jackson and...... -
Stephen E. Mitchell, 68
SEPT. 13, 1942-MARCH 2, 2011 SMITHSBURG — Stephen Emory Mitchell, 68, of 14405 Edgemont Road, Smithsburg, Md., passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at the Waynesboro Hospital, Waynesboro, Pa. Born Sunday, Sept. 13, 1942, in Kelso, Wash., he was...Tags: American Lung Association, Lombard Street, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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