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Tuskegee Airmen, veterans to be honored
Talk about a nice way to be honored. As part of Armed Forces Day, 10 Tuskegee Airmen along with veterans of wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan will be guests of honor at the Miami Yacht Club on Saturday. The Tuskegee Airmen were a small group of black...Tags: U.S. Army, Tuskegee Airmen, Human Interest, Armed Forces
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Bright Minds: Danielle Hilliard, air and missile defense
“The combat system is the brain that helps you fire ‘the bullet,’ which is actually an extremely complex missile,” Danielle Hilliard says of her highly technical job in air and missile defense. She uses simple visual images to...
Tags: Space Programs, Clarksville, Engineering, Missile Systems, NASA
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Programs help rural veterinarians pay off debt
The BISMARCK TRIBUNEBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Agriculture since 2008 has helped 15 veterinarians set up practice in rural communities and helped them repay a significant portion of their student loan debt. North Dakota does not so much have a...Tags: Animal Science, Loans, Medical Specialization, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Iowa State University
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In 1800s Williamsburg, 'Cheap Store' made black merchant rich
Like many other small towns across the rural South, Williamsburg spent most of the late 1800s struggling to recover from the catastrophic effects of the Civil War. Abandoned by many of its residents after Federal troops occupied the area in May 1862,...
Tags: Harvard Medical School, College of William and Mary, Colleges and Universities, Business, Woodbridge
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Portion of freeway in San Diego dedicated to Tuskegee Airmen
L.A. NOWA three-mile stretch of Interstate 15 near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego was designated Friday as Tuskegee Airmen Highway to honor the African American pilots and air crew members who served in segregated units during World War...... -
Penn State collaborates to improve ag education in developing world
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is part of a $6.2 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development aimed at improving food security in the developing world. Virginia Tech will lead the project, which also includes Tuskegee...Tags: Conservation, Science, Teachers, The Pennsylvania State University, Teaching and Learning
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'Sewn Together' opens at Hannibal Square Heritage Center
In honor of the 125th anniversary of the incorporation of Eatonville, the Hannibal Square Heritage Center Quilting Guild is working with seven families to create a series of historical photographic quilts. "Sewn Together: Photographic Quilts...
Tags: Eatonville, Arts and Culture, Cultural Development, Maitland, Culture
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Elvin E. Thomas, 93
World War II veteran, Elvin Edward Thomas, 93, of Bunker Hill, W.Va., was called home Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, after a short illness. Born Oct. 29, 1919, in Sun, W.Va., he was the son of the late Clarence Megginson and Amelia Thomas. He received his...
Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Mount Hope, Tuskegee Airmen, Washington, DC, Edward Thomas
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Scientist filled the 'empty dinner pail'
George Washington Carver was a scientist who did more to raise the peanut's public profile than any other figure in American life, with the possible exception of former farmer-turned-president Jimmy Carter and Planters' Mr. Peanut.
Carver's work with...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Daley, Henry Ford, Sweet Potatoes
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Andrew Brimmer dies at 86; first black member of Federal Reserve
Andrew Brimmer, the son of a Louisiana sharecropper who in 1966 became the first black member of the Federal Reserve Board, has died. He was 86. Brimmer died Oct. 7 at a Washington hospital after a lengthy illness, said his daughter, Esther Brimmer....Tags: Government, U.S. Army, Finance, Michigan State University, Federal Reserve
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Frank Godden dies at 101; helped develop African American resort
Los Angeles Times Frank Godden, who played a significant role in the development of Val Verde, a secluded and long-closed local resort community known as "the black Palm Springs," has died. He was 101. Godden, who had cancer, died Aug. 3 at his Los...
Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945)
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Freeman Hrabowski's UMBC legacy grows as he celebrates 20 years as president
The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Honestly though, he thought Freeman A. Hrabowski...Tags: Finance, McDonald's, Coppin State University, CBS Corp., Warren Buffett
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