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As demonstrated on our successful sea trials three weeks ago, the Medgar Evers is ready for immediate service ... The 12 deployed T-AKE ships are performing and proving their ability to serve the fleet in their primary missions and in a variety of other roles.
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Text, Photos: Obama’s Medal of Freedom Presentations
Reuters Musician Bob Dylan stands with fellow Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Paul Stevens and former University of Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt in the East Room of the White Hous from Wall Street Journal Blogs Read more »
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Six local leaders to get NAACP honors June 10
Six community leaders will be honored by the Buffalo Branch of the NAACP at the 44th annual Medgar Evers Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. June 10 in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. This year’s keynote speaker is labor leader and international activist Cli from Buffalo News Read more »
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Quiz Answers
1. c. William Howard Taft. 2. a. Robert Todd Lincoln. 3. b. John Marshall. 4. d. Thurgood Marshall. 5. c. Medgar Evers. 6. b. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. 7. a. Anita Newcomb McGee. 8. c. Edward H. White. 9. d. Walter Reed. 10. d. 1900. from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »
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Happy ‘Trayvon Martin Day’: D.C. School Uses Slain Teen‘s Name to Raise Awareness for ’Social Injustice’
George Zimmerman hasn’t yet been convicted in the killing of teen Trayvon Martin. In fact, based on evidence recently released during the discovery process of the trial, it’s not even clear whether Zimmerman or Martin threw the first punch, or whether Zi from The Blaze Read more »
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Maurice Jourdane: An American Hero Joins Lewis & Clark, Medgar Evers and Sacagawea
This weekend, the United Farm Workers is holding its fiftieth anniversary. In 1962, Cesar and Helen Chavez and Dolores Huerta began their struggle to improve the life of farm workers. Last week, on Cinco Mayo in San Diego's Barrio Logan, the United State from The Huffington Post Read more »
