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History of black jockeys is long, if not recent
Thanks for Mike Klingaman's article, which focused on Kevin Krigger and his aspirations to break the over 100-year absence of African American jockey winners at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes ("With the weight of racing history," May 16). One...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby
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Poor potter, great pots at Yorktown
Virginia Lt. Gov. William Gooch had good reason to hide the truth when he made his annual report to the British Board of Trade in 1732. Though the Crown prohibited its colonies from manufacturing domestic goods, Gooch and other members of the...
Tags: Government, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Archaeology, College of William and Mary, Travel
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UC Irvine student finds racist note calling her a 'slave'
In the second racially charged on-campus incident in three weeks, UC Irvine police said Friday that they are investigating a note found in a black student's backpack that read, "Go back 2 Africa slave." The female student discovered the note while she...Tags: Racism, University of California, Irvine, Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Gettysburg's Seminary Ridge Museum adds new dimensions to Civil War story
Thundering cannon fire and staccato rifle shots, mingled with the shrieks and cries of advancing and wounded soldiers, shattered the peaceful grounds of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Gettysburg's new Seminary Ridge...
Tags: Music, Arts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Medical Specialization, Nursing
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COLUMN - Not in the spirit of Hayek
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Nicholas Wapshott May 14 (Reuters) - It has been a bad couple of weeks for conservative social scientists. First a doctoral student ran the numbers on the study by Harvard's...Tags: Government, Margaret Thatcher, Customs and Tradition, Manhattan (New York City), Philosophy
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Japanese mayor sparks outrage with sex-slave remarks
ReutersTOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - China expressed outrage on Tuesday over remarks by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said Japan's system of military brothels during World War Two was "necessary", as the Japanese government sought to distance itself...Tags: Prostitution, China, Politics, Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Banksy street mural 'Slave Labour' heading for auction... again?
"Slave Labour," a small outdoor mural attributed to the British artist known as Banksy, has had a strange and contested history even by street-art standards. In February, the piece went missing from the wall in London where it was created in 2012,...
Tags: Arts, Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Exit Through the Gift Shop (movie)
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'Game of Thrones' recap: 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair'
The Baltimore SunIt really pains me to admit this, but I’ll confess it anyway: I like Jaime Lannister. Yes, he pushed innocent 7-year-old Bran Stark from a window, paralyzing him. And, yes, he very-grossly has sex with his own sister. And, yes, he’s...Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program)
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Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months in prison in tax evasion case
Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in federal prison Monday for failing to pay taxes on an estimated $1.8 million in income. U.S. District Court Judge Madeline Cox Arleo handed down the sentence in Newark, N.J., ruling that the Grammy-winning...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Sony Corp., Music, Internal Revenue Service, Judges
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2 anti-slavery activists meet in Orlando to highlight mission
A year ago, a photograph of two child slaves in Nepal carrying stone blocks on their backs had troubled an 8-year-old girl, Vivienne Harr. The California girl thought about those boys, two brothers enslaved in the Himalayas, who were her own age....
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, India, Nepal, Indigenous People
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'Game of Thrones' recap: Handless Kingslayer growing a heart
The unlikely bond between Sir Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his former guard Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) continues to blossom in “Game of Thrones” Episode 27, “The Bear and the Maiden Fair.” We see a...
Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program)
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Second racial incident at UC Irvine roils campus
A second racial incident in less than a month is roiling the UC Irvine campus. Police said Friday that someone put a note in a black student's backpack that read, "Go back 2 Africa slave." The female student discovered the note while she was in the...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Students, Bank Robbery, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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