Helena Hicks, a civil rights advocate who led a 1950s protest to desegregate the old Read’s drug store lunch counter, died of pneumonia complicated by Lewy body dementia Thursday at the William L. and Victorine Q. Adams Gilchrist Center Baltimore. She was 88 and lived in Northwest Baltimore. “We think of our historic personalities primarily as male figures but it really was our amazing women ...
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Discover the inspiring story of Lonnie Spruill Jr., the last living founder of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. and his commitment to Black manhood in today's society.
This week in 1963 a matinee showing of a now-largely forgotten Disney film was the final scene of one of the Baltimore civil rights movement’s longer fought campaigns. After eight years of on and off demonstrations led by students at what is now Morgan State University, the Northwood Theatre near Morgan’s campus dropped its whites-only policy, capitulating to a feverish week of nonviolent ...
Morgan State students integrated Baltimore's Northwood Theatre in 1963 baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“My grandmother, Luella Coleman, came to the Vineyard as a domestic and through perseverance and vision, she bought a house. And I spent every single summer here from my first birthday in 1940. I’ve only missed one summer in 84 years, being on this Island. I began writing little vignettes about how we got here, the story […]
Quanta L. Pierce, Baltimore social worker in foster care division and civil rights activist, dies baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Off-campus housing help coming for Morgan St. students thedailyrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thedailyrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.