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Homer E. Favor, civil rights activist
Dr. Homer Eli Favor, a retired Morgan State University economist who was an original member of the civil rights activist group whose members called themselves the "Goon Squad," died of heart disease Saturday at the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center. A...
Tags: Christianity, Baptist, Colleges and Universities, NAACP, Teaching and Learning
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Vietnam-era anti-war act in Catonsville still resonates
Mary Murphy looked up from the paperwork on her desk one day in May 1968. A man stood in the doorway of her office — a Catholic priest. He was staring at her. "Can I help you, sir?" said Mary Murphy. The man in the doorway didn't hesitate....
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Christianity, Catonsville, Protest, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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'Hit & Stay' looks to Catonsville Nine and beyond
Joe Tropea thought he was writing a research paper on the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic anti-war activists who set draft records ablaze outside a Selective Service office in 1968. But what he was really working on was a movie script. "I just got...
Tags: Catonsville, Maryland Film Festival, Mount Royal, Charles Theatre, Skype
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Mays Chapel school groundbreaking disrupted by protesters
A shouting match between Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and protesters disrupted a groundbreaking Friday morning at the site of a new 700-seat elementary school in Mays Chapel, continuing the wrangling between the county and area residents...
Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Timonium
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Dissident gun activist moves forward on vote
A Montgomery County woman who has split with other Second Amendment activists on how to fight Gov. Martin O'Malley's recently passed gun safety bill said Friday that she has received the green light to begin a petition drive to bring the issue to a...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Montgomery County (Maryland), Justice System, Judges, Gun Control
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Viva House soup kitchen has provided 45 years of service
In a quiet block in Southwest Baltimore, a warm wind blows plastic bags along a sidewalk. Boarded-up rowhomes line the streets. A pile of mattresses rests on a trash heap in someone's former backyard. A lonely placard reads, "Stop shooting – start...
Tags: Christianity, Catonsville, Sandwiches, Cocaine, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Mixed greens in Annapolis
The 90-day legislative session in Annapolis wrapped up at midnight Monday to mixed reviews among environmental advocates, who hailed the passage of a bill promoting offshore wind development but had little else to celebrate. Gov. Martin O'Malley, who...
Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Conservation, Annapolis
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Meg O'Hare keeps a sharp eye out for her Harford Road community
The Carney Improvement Association has limited means, never has more than $1,000 in its financial accounts at any one time and has only about 20 active members. But it has Meg O'Hare, and that's saying a lot. O'Hare, who has been president of the...
Tags: Perry Hall, Harford Road, David Marks, CVS Corp., Dunkin' Donuts
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Former student protesters remember civil rights battle over the Northwood Theatre
Movie tickets at the Northwood Theatre cost just 90 cents back in 1963. But for some, the price of admission was considerably higher. It took years of picketing and nights in jail for hundreds of African-American college students and their supporters...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Sykesville, Business, Colleges and Universities, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Protesters object to ban of activist from City Hall
The Baltimore SunHolding cut-outs of activist Kim Trueheart's face, protesters objected at Wednesday morning's Board of Estimates meeting to her ban from City Hall. "I was with Kim Trueheart a week ago when she was arrested trying to attend this very meeting," fellow...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Rob Morris, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Police Arrests
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Trueheart returns to City Hall after judge lifts ban
A judge on Wednesday lifted a ban prohibiting political activist Kim A. Trueheart from entering City Hall — and she promptly returned to the building, where she attended the mayor's news conference. At a District Court hearing Wednesday morning,...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Trials, Rob Morris, Women's Health
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Officials, activists rally against violence targeted at gays
Activists, public officials and residents gathered Saturday outside an east Baltimore liquor store — where a man was severely beaten on Christmas Day — to protest violent attacks on gay people Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Hate Crimes, Same-Sex Marriage, NAACP, Anthony W. Batts
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