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United Way to dedicate green space to Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUnited Way of Summit and Medina has announced the future site in downtown Akron honoring abolitionist and women’s rights activist Isabella Baumfree, more popularly known as Sojourner Truth, ...
16 women throughout history who famously fought for equality
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs a tribute, women covered women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony's tombstone with "I Voted"...
Women's group to focus on 'The Power of Women and the Vote' on July 31
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen’s Interfaith Spiritual Heritage (WISH) will hold a collective conversation on how women today...
Big-ticket items: GAR Foundation approves $880,000 in capital funds
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe GAR Foundation has approved $880,000 in capital funding to 28 community organizations in Greater...
Mechanics Hall in good fiscal health, Portraits Project moving ahead, annual meeting told
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWORCESTER — The 180th annual meeting of the Worcester County Mechanics Association had several items...
Harlem Heritage Marker unveiled at March on Washington headquarters
CBS News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNEW YORK -- On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Harlem headquarters where the...
She's Mother! Michelle Obama and Other Black Godmothers To the Culture
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe phrase “She’s Mother,’’ has become a way in popular culture to bestow the highest respect on...
51 Spooky Graveyards Across the Country
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoPeterTowle / Moment / Getty Images CC Why pay admission to a haunted house to get spooked, when cemeteries and the paranormal seem to fit hand in glove,...
Nightlight cinema in downtown Akron gains momentum in second-screen capital campaign
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJenn Kidd, executive director of The Nightlight, is happy to report that the downtown Akron cinema...
6 adults wounded in shooting outside Oakland school complex
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoSix adults were wounded in a shooting outside a multi-school complex in Oakland, Calif., on...