First Lady Highlights Harriet Tubman Sites in N Y Tour
Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Americans to support restoring Tubman’s home in Auburn and praised neglected heroines like Tubman Kate Mullany and other women of Seneca Falls. She announced a $10,000 gift from Bitsy Folger via the National Trust for Historic Preservation to back Tubman restoration and noted Marian Wright Edelman’s involvement.
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Auburn
N.Y
Harriet Tubman
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton
Tubman
Bitsy Folger
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Folger
Marian Wright Edelman
Children’s Defense Fund
Victor
Troy
Kate Mullany
Mullany
Seneca Falls
Thompson Memorial
mid-Atlantic
America
Agriculture secretary pledges aid to save black farms
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman spoke to an NAACP audience in Atlanta pledging to help halt the decline of black owned farms. He warned that if minority farmers continue to leave, he would be seen as a fool in history. He called for cooperation among the Agriculture Department, farmers, and the NAACP amid a multibillion dollar discrimination lawsuit.
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Atlanta
NAACP
Dan Glickman
America
Glickman
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Agriculture Department
U.S
John Boyd
National Black Farmers Association
Boyd
Baskerville
Clinton
UAW Lets Arbitrator Decide Legality of GM Strikes
UAW agrees to submit strike legality questions to an independent arbitrator under the GM-UAW contract. Judge Gadola will monitor progress toward scheduling, with GM seeking expedited arbitration. If ruled illegal, GM may seek damages and orders to restore workers.
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UAW
Flint, Mich
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Andrew Kramer
Washington
Gadola
Frank Jaworski
Thomas Roberts
California
Drowning after Robbery Casts Shadow on Miami Witness
A robbery victim, Luis Ernesto Chan, 45, died after being knocked unconscious in a 3 inch puddle. Walter Tyler, deaf and unable to speak, panicked and did not call 911. Police note turning the victim over might have saved him. Tyler said he tried to contact emergency services but failed. Chan lived at the bakery and sent most earnings to his Guatemala-based wife and three children.
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Miami
Walter Tyler
Luis Ernesto Chan
Chan
Tyler
Miami Herald
Delrish Moss
Pan- Chan
Guatemala
Margarita Ochoa
Ochoa
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Nation of Islam
Shirley Blakely
Macon
Miss
Demetrice Mitchell
Brunswick County
Leola Seals
Broyhill
Action Lane
American Express
Andrews Hwy
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