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Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, broke color barrier at Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living.
He was 85.
"It's important for America to...Tags: Howard University, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, The Washington Post, Jimmy Carter, State University of New York
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Don't condemn the will of GOP voters
On Saturday, Voice of the People had a letter titled "Lugar" by a reverend. The first paragraph lauded Sen. Richard Lugar's service to our country, a sentiment, that I feel, a large majority of Hoosiers would agree with. However, in the second paragraph...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Republican Party, Politics, Baseball, Primaries
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'The Olympic Games: Art, Culture and Sport' At Bruce Museum In Greenwich
The museums of Connecticut are honoring 2012 in their own ways. The Amistad Center for Arts & Culture in Hartford is celebrating its own 25th anniversary. New Britain Museum of American Art is honoring the upcoming election with an exhibit of presidential...
Tags: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Eadweard Muybridge, Arts and Culture, Science, Olympic Games
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'American Experience: Jesse Owens' info
'American Experience: Jesse Owens' Where: KOCE When: 8 p.m. Tuesday Rating: TV-PG-L (may be unsuitable for young children with an advisory for coarse language)Tags: Entertainment, Movies
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Tuesday’s Highlights: 'Unforgettable' on CBS
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TV review: 'Jesse Owens' on fast-forward
The Olympics are (almost) back, and it's a good time to sing again the ballad of Jesse Owens, the black American track star who put the lie to Adolf Hitler's master-race malarkey at the 1936 Summer Olympics by winning four gold medals. (It's never not a...
Tags: Freedom Riders (movie), Entertainment, Berlin (Germany), Movies, PBS (tv network)
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William H. Rhoden, 1917-2012
William H. Rhoden, a Chicago public high school math teacher and administrator for more than 30 years, also liked to use his classroom as a bully pulpit, urging students to pursue their passions and fulfill their potential. It was a lesson his children...
Tags: Opera (genre), Entertainment, DePaul University, Bronzeville, Music
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FSU sprinter/jumper Ngoni Makusha earns Bowerman Award
Chopping Block - Seminoles Blog - Orlando SentinelFlorida State has some new hardware coming soon to Tallahassee. Sprinter and long-jumper Ngoni Makusha on Wednesday night earned collegiate track's highest individual honor when he was given the Bowerman Award at an event in San Antonio, Texas. Named... -
Leapin' lizards, 'Tailbots' and Iron Man suits
CNNWhat do you get when you cross a robot with the tail of a leaping lizard? A "Tailbot." Research published Wednesday in the journal Nature shows how scientists at the University of California, Berkeley developed an active "tail" for a robotic car called...Tags: CNN (tv network), iRobot Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. Military, Baseball
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Teenagers Shot On Local Playground; JPSO Searching for Suspects
WGNO NewsTwo teenagers are in critical condition after being shot on a metro playground Sunday afternoon. A gunman opened fire just before 2:00pm at Jesse Owens playground in River Ridge, injuring three people including a 19-year old man who suffered non-life... -
Young Girl and Woman Shot at Jefferson Parish Playground
WGNO NewsAccording to Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Spokeman Larry Dyess, a young girl and woman were shot this afternoon at Jesse Owens Playground in Harahan. He says both victims are in critical condition and are being rushed to local hospitals for... -
Criminologist Gives Perspective On Playground Shootings
WGNO NEWSTwo teen girls, a 19-year old and a 16-year old were struck by bullets, Sunday, around 2pm, at Jesse Owens playground in River Ridge. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Deputies said, a gun man opened fire at the playground wounding the two girls and a 19-year old...Tags: Crimes, WGNO, Juvenile Delinquency
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