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Savage/North Laurel
Flea market The Howard County NAACP Youth Council sponsors a spring flea market and yard sale beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 25, at Ridgely's Run Community Center, 8400 Mission Road in Jessup. Antiques, jewelry, toys, clothing, household items, sports...Tags: Music, Music Theater, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Yoga, Entertainment
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James Tolbert dies at 86; lawyer pressed Hollywood on civil rights
In a Hollywood auditorium, James L. Tolbert tried to induce a room packed with broadcasting and advertising executives to essentially join the civil rights movement in 1963 by pointing out the obvious. "We Negroes watch 'Bonanza' and buy Chevrolets....
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Loyola University New Orleans, University of California, Los Angeles, Media Industry
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Connecticut NAACP Suffering From Vicious Infighting, According to Members
Connecticut's NAACP is in turmoil. Fierce and prolonged infighting in Bridgeport and Waterbury has forced state and national officers of the civil rights group to step in and order "reorganizations" of those branches. A bitter election battle two...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Elections, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Civil Rights, Asthma
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'Malcolm X Day' Set For Saturday At Hartford Public Library
The Hartford CourantMuhammad Ansari was 25 when he sat for coffee with the black nationalist leader of his generation. It was 1963 and Malcolm X had come to Hartford to speak at the Bushnell. While Martin Luther King Jr. preached peace with white "brothers," the man born...Tags: Social Sciences, Malcolm X, Culture, Martin Luther King Jr., Arts and Culture
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Bulletin Board for May 19, 2013
Deadline for submitting information to the Bulletin Board is noon Thursday. There is no charge for this service. Items run as space permits. Mail information to The Advocate-Messenger, P.O. Box 149, Danville, Ky. 40423- fax to (859) 236-9566 or call 236-...
Tags: Big Lots Incorporated, American Legion, Kidney Beans, Salads, Adult Education
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From our files
100 YEARS AGO — 1913 A carbonator has been installed at the depot restaurant and the Gilcher Hotel restaurant. They will now be enabled to serve soft drinks of all kinds in the most approved style. Alfred Campbell rounded out eight years running...
Tags: Prosecution, Broken Leg, Martin Luther King Jr., Theft, Diabetes
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The Big Uneasy
The lavish Carnival banquets already are under way at Antoine's Restaurant, the parading clubs are finalizing their ornate processions and the reviewing stands are in place along St. Charles Avenue. Everything, in other words, looks to be ready for the...Tags: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Human Interest, Ceremonies, Culture, Dining and Drinking
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O'Malley to sign death penalty repeal today
Gov. Martin O'Malley will sign legislation Thursday morning abolishing capital punishment in Maryland -- a goal of his since he took office in 2007. The governor's approval will make Maryland the 18th state to repeal the death penalty. A throng of...
Tags: Basilica of the Assumption, Executive Branch, Punishment, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Government
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NAACP apology demand
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Events planned around the Lehigh Valley area
LEHIGH COUNTY ALLENTOWN SALVATION ARMY will accept applications for their six-day overnight camp for ages 7-12 to be held June 26-July 1 at Camp Ladore in the Poconos. The camp will feature swimming, boating, fishing, crafts, camping, nature, hiking...Tags: Allentown, Nature Conservancy, Human Interest, Wildflowers, Barnesville
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Civil rights leaders plan to file federal lawsuit challenging Michigan's emergency manager law
DETROIT (AP) — Leaders of the Detroit branch of the NAACP say they'll file a lawsuit next week challenging Michigan's emergency manager law. The law has allowed Gov. Rick Snyder to put managers in Detroit and other struggling cities and school...Tags: Justice System, Rick Snyder, Laws, Trials, Judges
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Poll: The feds' selective scrutiny of tax-exempt 'patriots'
Vindicating the complaints of some "tea party" activists, a top IRS official admitted Friday that the agency had singled out such groups for scrutiny in the months leading up to the 2012 election. The revelation (accompanied by an apology from Lois...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Elections, Gun Control, Literature, Barack Obama
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