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Black community pageant celebrates young women and culture
The Carroll County Human Relations Task Force sponsors a race oriented pageant where Lu Ann Howard wins with a bold poem Choice of Colors. Judges include Maynard Hurd Jr Paul Mack and James Hopkins. Ester Marina Thomas stages a bridal fashion show as contestants respond to questions on black beauty and race.
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Martha Raver
Brenda Morrison
Westminster
Donald Frank
Maynard Hurd Jr
Frederick County
Terstown
James Hopkins
Baltimore
Lu Ann Howard
Helen Gertrude Brown
Ester Marina Thomas
Carroll County Human Relations Task Force
Richard L. Thomas Sr
Union Bridge
Hopkins
Miss Howard
Maryland
Carroll County
Robert Moton
Robin Faith Thomas
Mt. Airy
Cassandra Romaine Costley
Sykesville