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Officials Urge African-Americans To Get H1N1 Shot
Share + Dec 12, 2009 1:29 pm US/Eastern Reporting Gigi Barnett As more doses of the H1N1 vaccine reach the state, health workers are widening their target group.A As Gigi Barnett explains, now doctors are urging African-Americans to get the shot.
Study: Fewer Minorities Graduate From College
Share + Dec 4, 2009 6:35 pm US/Eastern Reporting Suzanne Collins The chancellor of Maryland's University System calls it a serious civil rights issue -- aA new studyA showing less minority and low income students graduate from college.
GBC, Mayor Dixon to honor businesses
Ten Baltimore-area businesses as well as a university and a state agency will be honored for their civic leadership and community service as part of the annual Mayor's Business Recognition Awards.
For years, the historic North Baltimore movie house has been an anchor for development in the area, and the city had a legitimate stake in protecting its investments there when it took control of the theater in July.
Can the transgender community get to where it needs to go if we continue to ignore the hollow whispers of those who say they love and care for all but only show concern for a chosen few? The time has come for the ignored ones to hold those who whisper broken promises accountable for what they do which often equals to nothing for those who are truly ...
Black Colleges Work To Increase Graduation Rates
Only 42 percent of black college students actually receive degrees, according to the latest statistics posted in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, and much of the focus of a national conference in Baltimore was on how to solve the problem.
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International Speaker, Mark Wiggins, to provied leadership training...
All Press Releases for November 08, 2009>> International Speaker, Mark Wiggins, to provied leadership training at upcoming Kappa Alpha Psi Franternity C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference at Coppin St.
Nortel Provides 21st Century Communications Solutions for Prince...
These solutions support the increasingly complex, everyday demands placed on the school's communications systems as they strive to educate and train the 21st century workforce, while ensuring academic sustainability in the event of an emergency.
Black Marylanders back LGBT rights in film
Elbridge James, director of the Maryland Black Family Alliance, has one of the most memorable lines in "Maryland Voices of Equality." "Civil unions don't get us to a place we need to be," he says.
Conference Aims To Stop Youth Violence In Balt.
Share + Oct 22, 2009 5:51 pm US/Eastern Reporting Andrea Fujii Stopping youth violence was the goal of a conference Thursday at Coppin State University.
'Maryland Voices of Equality' film premieres tomorrow
"Civil unions don't get us to a place we need to be," Elbridge James, director of the Maryland Black Family Alliance , says in " Maryland Voices of Equality ," a film that premieres tomorrow night in Baltimore.
19th Century American Literary Manuscript Mystery Put to the...
The Sea Serpent, bearing news to Liverpool. 2009-10-19 19:13:07 - Clues found in the 163-year-old manuscript suggest the author may be a world famous American novelist Georgetown DE, October 20, 2009 - -Plans to use biometric linguistics to analyze a controversial and potentially important early American literary document were announced by ...
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Dr. Shirish Shah Honored by Cambridge Who's Who
Membership provides individuals with a valuable third party endorsement of their accomplishments and gives them the tools needed to brand themselves and their businesses effectively.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Gala
Hundreds of formally dressed folks swirled under a tent just outside Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to enjoy cocktails, a vast dinner buffet and lots of catching up before heading into the hall for a concert by the BSO featuring pianist Lang Lang .
Web sites for historically Black colleges and universities dona t stack up against their competition worldwide, according to a new study.
On his inaugural whistle-stop tour that rolled through Baltimore this year, President Barack Obama made a point of mentioning that a runaway slave was among the troops who beat back the British during the battle in 1814 that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner." He didn't name the soldier, but the history buffs of Fort McHenry knew exactly who he ...
Plato once said, "Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history." What else but poetry can speak so directly to the spirit? Whether the poems are read from the page, set to music in song, rapped over beats, or spoken from the stage, they have the ability to cut through to the heart in a way few other art forms can.
What's Your School's Graduation Rate?
We deserve accurate statistics on the payoff for attending a college. This fall, well over a million freshmen will enroll as full-time students in four-year colleges and universities across the U.S. To pay for the rising costs of college, families will tap hard-earned savings, students will take on thousands in loans and taxpayers will provide ...
What's Your School's Graduation Rate?
We deserve accurate statistics on the payoff for attending a college. This fall, well over a million freshmen will enroll as full-time students in four-year colleges and universities across the U.S. To pay for the rising costs of college, families will tap hard-earned savings, students will take on thousands in loans and taxpayers will provide ...
What's Your School's Graduation Rate?
We deserve accurate statistics on the payoff for attending a college. This fall, well over a million freshmen will enroll as full-time students in four-year colleges and universities across the U.S. To pay for the rising costs of college, families will tap hard-earned savings, students will take on thousands in loans and taxpayers will provide ...
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