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Selma Esther Ryan, grandmother Selma Esther Ryan with her great-grandchildren. Texas native Selma Esther Ryan died of coronavirus complications on April 14, more than a century after her older sister died in the Spanish Flu pandemic at age 5. Ryan had just turned 96 on April 11. |
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BOSTON Boston’s mayor declared racism a public health crisis on Friday, outlining a series of police reforms in response to the nationwide reckoning sparked by the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis. Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh said he would propose transferring $12 million from the.... |
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TOP OF THE HOUR: — Activists dislodge African funeral pole from Paris museum. — Online petition seeks to remove “Plantations" from Rhode Island state name. — Clemson U. to strip name of pro-slavery vice president from honors college. — Australian PM Scott Morrison apologizes for slavery comment. |
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BOISE ( Idaho Statesman ) — One of Boise’s largest churches is removing a controversial reminder of Idaho’s connections to the Confederacy — a stained-glass window featuring Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The Cathedral of the Rockies installed stained-glass windows for its then-new building in downtown Boise in 1960. |
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— Australian PM Scott Morrison apologizes for slavery comment. — Richmond temporarily removes vandalized statue honoring police. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The smallest U.S. state has the longest name, and it’s not sitting well with some in the George Floyd era. |
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An online petition aims to ask the state to shorten the name to just Rhode Island, a nonbinding campaign intended to generate momentum toward an eventual ballot question this November. “In no way am I trying to erase history. But we shouldn’t glorify our shameful past,” Tyson Pianka, a University of.... |
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“In no way am I trying to erase history. But we shouldn’t glorify our shameful past,” Tyson Pianka, a University of Rhode Island sophomore who organized the petition drive, said in an interview. Name alterations have been attempted before - most recently in 2010, when nearly eight in 10 voters rejected the shorter name in a referendum. |
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The two and half years that the Chappelle’s Show ran on Comedy Central was the highlight of Black Gen X comedy (no shade to In Living Color but even they weren’t as quotable as Dave). Dave’s post-Chappelle’s Show comedy has been a mixed bag, some of it hilarious and groundbreaking, some of it.... |
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House Speaker Adrienne Jones renewed her push to have the plaque removed in a letter Thursday. Last year, a four-member panel that oversees the Capitol and its grounds voted to cover a logo from the sign showing the U.S. and Confederate flags crossed. It was covered with an image of the Maryland state flag, but the sign remained after a 3-1 vote. |
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CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES. Canceled Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist concerts, through end of May; First Stage performances through the reminder of the 2019-'20 season; Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, performances, events, and educational activities through the end of the 2019-'20 season;.... |
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“In no way am I trying to erase history. But we shouldn’t glorify our shameful past,” Tyson Pianka, a University of Rhode Island sophomore who organized the petition drive, said in an interview. Name alterations have been attempted before — most recently in 2010, when nearly eight in 10 voters rejected the shorter name in a referendum. |
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