People suffered in the era before measles vaccines. Just ask some survivors | Letters
Born before the advent of life-saving vaccines, I suffered with a severe case of measles when I was six months old. I lost ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Dream for Economic Affirmative Action. The Supreme Court Failed Him.
Such nostalgia can include favorable feelings for three Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices who, over the course of ...
Queens Chronicle3d
Black female judge honored with stamp
More than 200 people attended the stamp unveiling in recognition of political trailblazer Constance Baker Motley at the Robert Ross Johnson Family Center in St. Albans on Tuesday.Baker Motley was ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle3d
Trailblazing Black judge, elected official Constance Baker Motley honored with postage stamp
“She was born in 1921. Think about what was going ... Baker, working as a clerk for Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshall, wrote the first complaint in Brown v. Board of Education.
Queens Daily Eagle3d
Trailblazing Black judge honored with postage stamp
Queens Representative Greg Meeks and Appellate Division Justice Valerie Brathwaite Nelson helped unveil a postage stamp of ...
Verite6d
Freedom Rider Mary Hamilton planned voter education in La.
Born in 1935, Hamilton grew up in Iowa and Colorado. In the early 1960s, she joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), ...
American Bar Association3d
2021 Thurgood Marshall Award
Jones with the 2021 Thurgood Marshall Award in a virtual celebration during the ABA ... I am also convinced that he is a man of great integrity” (King, 29 May 1962). Born in 1931 to parents who were ...
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Longtime aide Anthony McCarthy helped shape Baltimore’s political landscape
Longtime political aide Anthony W. McCarthy died Sunday after a lengthy battle with kidney disease. He was 57.