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    Mar 12, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  1. Historical Society offers glimpse of African Americans during Reconstruction

    Imagine a life in which you cannot read or write, where you sign your name with an X to vote, exchange money or buy land.
    Imagine a life in which you cannot read or write, where you sign your name with an X to vote, exchange money or buy land. This was the reality for many African Americans in Maryland before and during Reconstruction, the period of readjustment from 1856...

    Tags: Family, Reconstruction, African Americans, Elections

    2. Feb 2, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Ellicott City author Jerdine Nolen taps into children's 'sense of wonder'

    The idea for Jerdine Nolen’s first book sprang from an uneventful summer afternoon almost 25 years ago spent scrubbing the toilet.
    The idea for Jerdine Nolen’s first book sprang from an uneventful summer afternoon almost 25 years ago spent scrubbing the toilet. “I was cleaning my bathroom, and this little voice said, ‘Harvey Potter was a very strange fellow indeed,...

    Tags: Literature, Literature, J.K. Rowling , Ellicott City, Broward Health Medical Center

    3. Feb 27, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  3. A daughter shares her Dad's pioneering tale

    <em>Editor's note: Throughout its history, Harford County has been conflicted when it comes to its citizens' attitudes about racial equality and the relationship between its white and black communities. Sharply divided over the issue of slavery before, during and after the Civil War, divisions remain in 2012. While the county was home to Maryland's first school for freed slaves, it was also one of the last in the state to desegregate its public schools, waiting until the mid-1960s, a full decade after the Supreme Court outlawed the practice. Though the county had a substantial number of free black residents even before slavery was ended, almost 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Harford has elected exactly one African American to a countywide office, has never sent an African American to the state legislature, has had just one African American judge and only one African American has served in the top three administrative positions of the school system - although today a record number of African Americans - three - are serving on the Harford County Board of Education. This is not to say, however, that there have been many people, black and white, vocally and quietly, who have gradually helped break down the barrier of racial prejudice. The following is a story of one of our black community's pioneers, composed by someone who knows him well. As Black History Month comes to a close, we think our readers will find this piece both enlightening and inspirational.</em>
    Editor's note: Throughout its history, Harford County has been conflicted when it comes to its citizens' attitudes about racial equality and the relationship between its white and black communities. Sharply divided over the issue of slavery before, during...

    Tags: U.S. Army, Black History, African-American History Month, Chestertown, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)

    4. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Plumbing the depths of cluelessness a full-time job for some

    In the moment it took him to put one foot into the house, with the other foot still outside beyond the storm door, the plumber told me about the slave quarters he had seen in western Howard County. "Oh yeah," he said, raising the right foot from the...
    5. Feb 23, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Students call on city leaders to pass bottle tax

    Patterson High School became the latest political battleground in the effort to rebuild Baltimore's decrepit school infrastructure this week, with students throwing their support behind a proposed bottle tax that could help raise about $300 million for facility upgrades.
    Patterson High School became the latest political battleground in the effort to rebuild Baltimore's decrepit school infrastructure this week, with students throwing their support behind a proposed bottle tax that could help raise about $300 million for...

    Tags: Bernard C. Young, James B. Kraft, Teaching and Learning, Students, Carl Stokes

    6. Dec 29, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Tapestries of Annapolis history to go on display

    They sit hunched over a single needlepoint canvas that is bathed in astoundingly bright light, fingers flying.
    They sit hunched over a single needlepoint canvas that is bathed in astoundingly bright light, fingers flying. "Where am I? My needle is under here," Joy Wiley of Lothian says to herself as she stops to examine her work while feeling around beneath the...

    Tags: Crofton, Carrollton, Samuel Chase, Annapolis, The Heritage

    7. Dec 28, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Getting a ducky start to the new year

    The illuminated duck will drop over Havre de Grace, Saturday, Dec. 31, with fireworks on the Havre de Grace Middle School grounds on Lewis Lane. Thank you Susquehanna Hose Company volunteers for continuing this tradition in Havre de Grace. Happy New Year...

    Tags: Japan, Spaghetti, Culture, Rubber Products Industry, Havre de Grace

    8. Feb 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Yellowman is a colorful production at Rep Stage

    If most plays about race tackle that touchy topic in literally black-and-white terms, Dael Orlandersmith's 2002 play "Yellowman" favors shades of black. Brace yourself as the playwright's skin-deep insights soon go deeper in a fine Rep Stage production.
    If most plays about race tackle that touchy topic in literally black-and-white terms, Dael Orlandersmith's 2002 play "Yellowman" favors shades of black. Brace yourself as the playwright's skin-deep insights soon go deeper in a fine Rep Stage production....

    Tags: Civil Rights, Racism, Howard Community College

    9. Dec 27, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Police seek help in finding quilt stolen from Banneker museum

    A quilt made by a prominent African-American textile artist and teacher was stolen during a burglary this month from the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum in Oella, where it was on loan.
    A quilt made by a prominent African-American textile artist and teacher was stolen during a burglary this month from the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum in Oella, where it was on loan. The red-and-gold quilt owned by Joan M.E. Gaither, a...

    Tags: Facebook, Museums, Arts, Baltimore County, Washington, DC

    10. Dec 7, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Don't trample religious freedom

    There has been a lot of discussion in these pages about a recent statement on religious liberty issued by Maryland's Catholic bishops. Unfortunately, the discussion has ignored most of what the bishops had to say. It has focused almost exclusively on the Catholic Church's opposition to same-sex marriage &#8212; an issue the state legislature may revisit in its next session. Let us leave that controversy aside for the moment and consider what the bishops actually said.
    There has been a lot of discussion in these pages about a recent statement on religious liberty issued by Maryland's Catholic bishops. Unfortunately, the discussion has ignored most of what the bishops had to say. It has focused almost exclusively on...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Roman Catholicism

    11. Feb 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Frederick Douglass' enduring lessons

    Frederick Douglass once said that from his "slave experience" he was able to "elaborate quite a lengthy chapter of political philosophy, applicable to the American people." In addition to his slave experience, the Eastern Shore native elaborated quite a bit of political philosophy from his nearly 60-year career as an abolitionist, civil rights activist and statesman. Today, on the anniversary of his death in 1895, we would do well to ask: What ideas were at the core of that political philosophy? How might Douglass' ideas be useful to us today?
    Frederick Douglass once said that from his "slave experience" he was able to "elaborate quite a lengthy chapter of political philosophy, applicable to the American people." In addition to his slave experience, the Eastern Shore native elaborated quite a...

    Tags: Philosophy, Civil Rights, Frederick Douglass

    12. Feb 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Black history is American history

    In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, through his organization, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (later renamed the Association for the Study of African American Life and History), founded and promoted Negro History Week. He selected February...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups, Black History, African-American History Month, Washington, DC

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