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April 2nd, 2013
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A farm purchased by a Richmond department store owner during World War II to shelter Jews escaping Nazi Germany has been added to the Virginia Landmarks Register.
Hyde Park in Nottoway County is among 13 additions to the register by the state Department of Historic Resources. Others include historic districts, a New Deal-era elementary school in northern Virginia, and houses...
March 29th, 2013
Written by Chris Bergeron in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) - In the turn-of-the-century postcard, the big-nosed man with a bushy moustache gazes at needy customers from behind a counter that bears the sign: "Money to loan at only 10 per cent a month."
In another, two gents in top hats warily eye a bearded, big-nosed man carrying a box that identifies him as "J. Green, Gold Brick."
A Jew and lifelong collector of vintage postcards,...
March 29th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Feature Stories with 1 Comment
As we come to the close of commemorating the contribution of women during the month of March, it is fitting that we remember Gerty Radnitz Cori, the first American woman to receive a Nobel Prize.
Gerty Radnitz Cori was born in an age when women were taught that their sole aim in life was to find a husband and never concentrate on a career. She turned her back on that narrow-minded, prejudicial...
March 28th, 2013
Written by Robert H. Reid ... in race relation news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
BERLIN (AP) - In gritty the backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, women wearing headscarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish, and reading Turkish newspapers.
More than 3 million people of Turkish origin live in Germany - the legacy of West Germany's Cold War-era program to recruit temporary foreign labor during the...
March 25th, 2013
Written by Phillip Rawls -... in Feature Stories with 1 Comment
Alabama publisher, H. Brandt Ayers, in his memoir confronts Southern History head on. He addresses both the history of the region and his personal journey in his recently published memoir.
For people who think they have read plenty about the South's history over the past 70 years, Anniston Star Publisher H. Brandt Ayers offers a fresh take, with his personal stories chronicling not only change...