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Miller, Busch propose statues of Tubman, Douglass in State House

By Michael Dresser

Nov 11, 2016

Donna Jacobs paces the front of the room, watching her dancers complete a series of lifts, drags and drops to the floor.

Objects in the National Museum of African American History reflect humanity's most shameful impulses — and cultural treasures as well.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Sep 17, 2016

Former president Andrew Jackson gets bumped to the reverse of the $20

By Mary Carole McCauley

Apr 20, 2016

A coalition of activists has claimed a vacant red brick rowhouse at the site of Freddie Gray's arrest, though the city has marked the home for demolition and says it's not theirs to use.

By Catherine Rentz

Apr 13, 2016

Strand Theater Company presents regional premiere of Sigrid Gilmer's "Harry & the Thief," a surreal, comic play about time travel and Harriet Tubman.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen is sponsoring a measure to put a statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman at the U.S. Capitol.

Nineteenth-century American history only recognizes a few African-Americans as outstanding role models — people like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. Carroll County's John Baptist Snowden may not rank with those named above, but his struggles and achievements are definitely worth remembering during Black History Month.

Maryland lawmakers are once again considering whether to trash or change the state song, a call to support the Confederacy set to a tune most people know as "O Christmas Tree."

By Pamela Wood

Feb 24, 2016

During February, museum educators at Montpelier Mansion will take two history programs to area libraries, using dress-ups, role-playing and hands-on activities to bring local history to the community in celebration of Black History Month.

Now that the Maryland General Assembly has begun its 2016 session, we call on members to act on the recommendations of the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force and pass Safe Harbor laws to better protect our children and provide for the specialized services survivors of trafficking require.

Jon A. Pinder, a convicted drug dealer who turned his life around and became a successful music promoter, died in his sleep at his brother's Upper Marlboro home. He was 60.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 18, 2015

The entire life and legacy of Harriet Tubman, who maintained the fight for justice beyond her Underground Railroad exploits, is certainly worth commemorating. Replacing Alexander Hamilton or Andrew Jackson on our paper currency is a fitting tribute to a remarkable person.

With U.S. Treasury officials committing to a putting a woman on a redesigned $10 bill, the frontrunner for that numismatic honor appears to be Maryland's own Harriet Tubman. The woman who was born into slavery on an Eastern Shore plantation, who escaped to become the most iconic of the Underground Railroad leaders, has already won an online "election" for the female face that voters wanted to see on a bill.

By Jean Marbella

Jun 18, 2015

Maryland's Harriet Tubman deserves a place on the $20 bill — and greater recognition in her native state

Should Harriet Tubman replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill?

President Barack Obama endorsed idea of change to $20 bill

By Susan Reimer

May 12, 2015

Good morning, Baltimore! Here's what you need to know for Wednesday.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 5, 2015

The "n-word" — what a complicated topic to discuss in 2015. You're either for its free expression or against its very existence.

The 435th General Assembly legislative session came to a close April 13 with the usual down-to-the-wire whirlwind of negotiations and voting.

March is a good month to think about the new Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Eastern Maryland, the first national park site named after an African American woman. Harriet was born in March, made up her mind to flee slavery in March and eventually died in March in 1913 at the age of 91. When we heard about the creation of the new park, we decided we wanted to find "Harriet" and headed down to the Eastern Shore fully aware that the new visitor center had barely broken

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The Silas Craft Collegians Program, founded in 2000, is named after Silas E. Craft, Sr, who was the principal at Harriet Tubman High School — Howard County's first secondary school for blacks — for seven years.

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Well for the Journey in Towson aims to help people deepen their spirituality, their thirst for God through retreats, workshops, special programs and spiritual direction.

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Howard County's delegation to the General Assembly bid farewell to departing members and welcomed new ones at its public hearing in Ellicott City Thursday night, as legislators looked forward to the start of a new session in January.

The Senate approved creating a national park on Maryland's Eastern Shore honoring Harriet Tubman, the famed "conductor" of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves flee to freedom before the Civil War. A separate Tubman national park was designated in New York. The measure now goes to President Barack Obama for signature.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Dec 13, 2014

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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers narrowly averted a government shutdown late Thursday night and approved a $1 trillion spending package after a dramatic day on Capitol Hill in which House members in both parties raised objections to portions of the massive spending measure.

By John Fritze

Dec 11, 2014

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WASHINGTON — A long standing and bipartisan effort to create a national park in Maryland and New York to honor abolitionist Harriet Tubman appears to be on the verge of congressional approval after it was tucked into a must-pass defense bill.

By John Fritze

Dec 4, 2014

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Government has a role, but the the real answer to inner city killings lies more in the church than the state, Cal Thomas writes.

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