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Maryland commission holds hearing on 1885 lynching of boy
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBALTIMORE -- Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old Black boy, was dragged from his cell and hung from a...
Joe Vogel Is Running To Be The Second Gen Z Member Of Congress
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJoe Vogel (center) campaigns for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates last year. Just a few...
'Origin of hate': NAACP seeks formal apology from city of Salisbury for lynching history
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Wicomico County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is...
UN committee calls on US to offer ‘reparations’ to descendants of enslaved people
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA United Nations committee is calling on the US to begin the process of attempting to give...
Examining racial terror lynchings in Maryland | COMMENTARY
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe night before a half-dozen men found 15-year-old Howard Cooper hiding in a barn under a pile of corn husks, pleading for protection, an angry white mob had surrounded the Towsontown jail ...
Remembrance event acknowledges three lynchings in Frederick County's past
The Frederick News-Post, Md. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 13—On Nov. 22, 1887, six men from a primarily masked mob of about 200 broke into the Frederick city jail, subdued and dragged John Biggus, 20, from his cell. The mob hanged him on a locust ...
Howard County ready to reimagine its 56-year-old flag
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAfter 56 years, steps are under way to design and select a new flag to represent Howard County. A...
EDITORIAL: In Howard County, a big flap over what's tied to the flagpole | STAFF COMMENTARY
Howard County Times, Columbia, Md. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 7—By Baltimore Sun Editorial Board PUBLISHED:February 7, 2024 at 9:31 a.m.| UPDATED:February 7, 2024 at 7:29 p.m. Quick, describe your local flag. Can't do it, can you? Oh, Marylanders ...
