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The Rev. Jesse Jackson wants the idea of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves discussed, he tells The Baltimore Sun's editorial board.

Ta-Nehisi Coates told the panel "it's impossible to imagine America without the inheritance of slavery."

The moral case for reparations for descendants of slaves is an easy one, but the practical one is much harder.

To commemorate Juneteenth, Alveda King was set to appear at Morgan State University, then a church and later a children's book reading in Annapolis.

Writer and Baltimore native, Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor, Danny Glover are set to testify before a House panel on the topic of reparations for slavery.

A new local museum, The Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures, is expected to open in Park Heights around Juneteenth Day.

Frederick Douglass Community Day at the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis on Sunday celebrated the historic abolitionist’s legacy and his influence on Maryland and the rest of the country.

Nearly 1,000 visitors, almost double that of last year's attendance, attended Hosanna School Museum in Darlington's second annual Juneteenth celebration festival on Saturday, June 23.

Emancipation Day, which commemorates the freeing of African American slaves, has been sponsored by St. Mark's United Methodist Church each year since the early 1900s.

As part of its 150th anniversary, Hosanna School Museum held a Juneteenth celebration festival on Saturday, June 17.

Juneteenth marks the time when slaves belatedly found out they had been freed. The Emancipation Proclamation officially freed "all persons held as slaves within

Tuesday, June 19, is "Juneteenth," a relatively little-known holiday in approximately 45 of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia.

As part of its 150th anniversary, Hosanna School Museum will hold a Juneteenth celebration festival on Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the museum,

The Laurel Community Garden will team up with the Laurel Police Department for a Cops and Crops event on Saturday, Aug. 20 from noon to 2 p.m. at the garden site behind Laurel Presbyterian Church on Old Sandy Spring Road.

The weekend of Oct. 17 will feature an anniversary celebration of one of Laurel's oldest churches -- St. Mark's United Methodist Church.There is much to celebrate. For 125 years, St. Mark's has served as the "most important part of the community" to the residents of the Grove, Laurel's traditional African-American section of the town, according to church historian Sandra Johnson.

Deborah Willis led a presentation attended by about 100 people on Saturday at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture about the African American experience before, during and after emancipation.

Bells will peal and special events unfold in Howard County on Saturday as part of a statewide effort to mark the 150th anniversary of Maryland's stepping up to the plate in a big way on Nov. 1, 1864. That's when it officially became the first slave state in the country to voluntarily free its slaves, over a year before the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery across the nation on Dec. 6, 1865.

The Annapolis Commission on Maryland's 3rd Constitution and the Abolishment of Slavery will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Maryland's emancipation with a series of events.

Senior centers in Howard County offer a variety of activities for ages 55 and older

East Columbia 50+ Center offers educational opportunities relating to finances for seniors.

Charles H. Stanley had his memorial library for 47 years (from 1967 to 2014). I doubt if he would want to stir up a hornet's nest of anger and resentment by having his name attached to the new building. Let's let him rest in peace.

The controversy surrounding the renaming of the Laurel library has taken a turn as the Confederate past of Charles H. Stanley, for whom the library is currently named, has some city residents in conflict with a campaign to keep Stanley's name on the building.

Emancipation Day is recognized as Laurel's oldest festival, dating back to the early 1900s. This year, the parade will make a comeback for the Sept. 7 Emancipation Day festival and it's being billed by the event's new organizers as a return to the past, along with new activities such as a 5k walk/run, more vendors, speakers, games and other events.

There are no known photos of James Too, but here I am talking with him about his life as a slave in Maryland, and later in Texas, when he was a young man.

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Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.

Now you know! June 15 is Smile Power Day, so take your smile and wave the flag at Saturday morning's Farmers Market, 9 a.m to noon, 450 Pennington Ave. Contact Main Street, 410-939-1811.

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Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.

Many residents of Laurel's Grove community are pleased with the plans for the new library on Seventh Street, even if it means losing a portion of the community's historic Emancipation Community Park when construction is completed.

Lots to celebrate in February – groundhogs, freedom African American history

Laurel's oldest festival, Emancipation Day, brought neighbors and friends to Emancipation Community Park for food, music, ball games and just catching up under the shade of the tall oak trees that gave the Grove community its name.