Freedom Riders Reunion Planned In Jackson Mississippi
A group led by My Siler and David Lisker compiles a list of 416 former Freedom Riders from Jackson police records and The Clarion Ledger archives. The event aims to reunite surviving riders, with speakers at Tougaloo College and tours of historic sites, to reflect on the Civil Rights era and lasting race relations in Mississippi.
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My Siler
Jackson
Clarion-Ledger
David Lisker
City College of San Francisco
Lisker
Harvey Johnson Jr
Mississippi
Tougaloo College
Lishuh
Philadelphia
Actress Nadine Defoe stars in Maryland indie film project
New Zealand born actress Nadine Crawford, teaching English in Takoma Park, joins director James Gibson of Montini County in an early 2000s Maryland set indie shot at a Frederick Keys baseball game. The film budget is $100,000 with release hoped for April. Crawford aims to balance teaching with acting while awaiting festival and potential theater showings.
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Doran Grace
Frederick Keys
Ms Crawford
James Gibson
Montiainen County
Nadine Defoe
Eapenenoys
Crawford
Harry Creve Stadium
Destina
New Zealand
Dalaie
Takoma Park Hut
Mr Gibson
Freddrick Arta
Prank Greene
Reiner Prochaska
Amber Davila
Hobyn Accetta
Mrabsen
Henar
Belit
Maryland
Kam
Boymiend
Dayton Banal
Peaenckys
Washington
Zealand
Serine
Suburban Diversity Shifts Across Regions in 1990s
The Census Bureau analysis shows suburban areas grew more diverse between 1990 and 2000, with major gains in minority populations in Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, and Hispanic increases around Texas and Western metros. Boundary changes and multi race options complicate national comparisons, while newer data highlight regional contrasts in segregation.
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Urbs
Frey
Los Angeles
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Atlanta
Midwest
McAllen
Texas
Mexico
Eric Rodriguez
National Council of la Raza
Census Bureau
Three agree to plea in 69 race killing case
York, PA AP three of nine men charged in the 1969 race riot killing a black woman agreed to testify for the prosecution. Rick Knouse Clarence Lutzinger and Gregory Neff waived hearings as preliminaries proceed. Knouse will plead guilty to criminal conspiracy and face up to 23 1/2 months. he testified that Mayor Charlie Robertson told whites to kill blacks. Lutzinger Neff also struck deals. Robertson is accused of supplying bullets to white gang members for the shooting of 27-year-old Lillie Belle Allen of Aiken, DC. Witnesses cite Robertson urging whites to kill blacks.
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York, Pa
Charlie Robertson
Rick Knouse
Clarence Lutzinger
Gregory Neff
Common Pleas
Emanuel A Cassimatis
Knouse
Robertson
Lutzinger
Camp Hill
Neff
Lillie Belle Allen
Aiken
D.C
Ms Allen
Mr. Alson
Ms. Allen
Unity Award Highlights Town Message on Water Street
A community banner on Water Street and bumper stickers promote unity as residents frown at the town’s racist image tied to the Ku Klux Klan. Mr Hooper voices that the label is unfair while noting efforts to counter it are beginning to pay off. Attempts to reach retired Klan leader Mr Kelly were unsuccessful.
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Unity
Water Street
Hooper
Mr Kelly
Senator Theater Named Endangered Historic Place
The Senator Theater in Baltimore earns a spot on the National Trust for Historic Preservation list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Owner Tom Kiefaber fights chains to show the films he wants on the theater’s large screen while Dreamworks and Paramount studios back the site, which opened in 1939 and remains family-owned. Other listed sites include Ford Island at Pearl Harbor and Telluride Valley floor in Colorado, with the Trust planning funds and publicity to aid rehabilitation or sale to operators.
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Baltimore
Senator
Tom Kiefaber
America
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Pytee Brink
Nazi Trust
Brink
Enema
Ford Island
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Bank
Devel
Jerry Bruckheimer
Mr. Bruckheimer
Kiefaber
Bruckheimer
Paramount
Telluride Valley Floor
Colorado
Jackson Ward
Rich
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Brookings.edu Urban
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Wwwermvet.org
Marty Mahn
United In Love
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Frederick Community College
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Fire Guts Home
By Skip Lawrence
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Thurmont
Senator Theater
Mond
Prairie Churches
North Dakota
National Trust
History Channel
Nationaltrust Org
Senatorcom
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