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Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival Begins
FOX 17 ProducerThe annual Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival begins Thursday, and runs through Sunday, July 1. This year's event will feature theU.S. Air ForceThunderbirds for their only performance in Michigan. They will take to the skies on Saturday,... -
Seventy years later, pioneering black Marines honored
When the train full of Marine recruits from Baltimore reached Washington, the blacks were made to move to the back. At boot camp in North Carolina, they were forbidden to step onto Camp Lejeune without a white escort. But the worst of it, Howard...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Camp Lejeune (military base), Armed Forces, Crime, Law and Justice, Racism
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Maryland will feature prominently in Smithsonian's latest museum
When the country's largest museum devoted to African-American history and culture opens in Washington, Maryland people and places will get a healthy share of the limelight.
A two-story log house built by freed slaves from Montgomery County, dubbed the...Tags: African-American History Month, Black History, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Culture, Social Issues
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'The Wire' has ended, but its talent is still being tapped
With Felicia "Snoop" Pearson's guilty plea last week to conspiracy to sell heroin, one question being asked by fans of "The Wire" is how other cast members of the Baltimore-based series are doing.
The answer: Several are doing just fine professionally....Tags: Community (tv program), Lance Reddick, Nick Nolte, Game of Thrones (tv program), Television Industry
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'Red Tails'
Zap2ItThe story of the Tuskegee Airmen gets fresh treatment in this George Lucas-produced drama that truly takes flight in its superbly filmed aerial sequences. The script recounts how the young African-American pilots were called up to serve as U.S. forces...Tags: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Movies, Blu-ray Discs, Tristan Wilds, Entertainment
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Thursday's Calendar
THURSDAY SOY Fiesta Save Our Youth holds its fourth annual SOY Fiesta from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Halecrest Park Clubhouse, 3107 Killybrooke Lane, Costa Mesa. Paloma Bautista, a SOY program and Costa Mesa High School graduate who went on to study at...
Tags: Mountains, Cancer, San Diego Padres, Arts and Culture, University of California, Irvine
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Friday's Calendar
FRIDAY LWV of Orange Coast Luncheon Costa Mesa Councilman Jim Righeimer and former Costa Mesa Mayor Sandy Genis will be the featured speakers at a League of Women Voters of Orange Coast luncheon, starting at noon at Coco's at Fashion Island, 151 Newport...Tags: Claire Trevor, French Literature, August Wilson, San Diego Padres, Music
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Datebook
Sunday, March 25 Fundraiser The Goshen Farm Preservation Society's annual "Java & Jazz Event," a fundraiser to benefit the restoration and preservation of Goshen Farm in Cape St. Claire, will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Margaret's Episcopal...Tags: Christianity, Merle Haggard, Easter, French Toast, U.S. Air Force
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New Smyrna Beach balloon festival back for fourth year
New Smyrna Beach looks to put on another successful hot-air balloon and air show as an estimated 30,000 visitors will attend the fourth annual New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest.
The event features hot-air balloon, helicopter and airplane rides, balloon...Tags: Entertainment, U.S. Military, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, New Smyrna Beach
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Big leaguers honor baseball pioneer
NEW YORK - LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Auction Service, Michael Bourn, Manny Acta, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Benefit held for the Friends of the Booker T. Washington National Monument
A famous retired Tuskegee Airman drew a large crowd at a fundrasing event for a local national monument Saturday evening. More than 50 people attended the fundrasing event for the Friends of the Booker T. Washington National Monument. It was held at...
Tags: Booker T. Washington
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Studio On The Run: '90210' Actor Tristan Wilds On New Film 'Red Tails'
PIX11.comActor Tristan Wilds hopped on the Dunkin Donuts Studio On The Run to talk about starring as Dixon Wilson on the popular CW reboot of "90210" for the last four seasons. He also recently released his debut EP, Remember, Remember. Wilds also has an upcoming...Tags: Nate Parker, Dunkin' Donuts, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tristan Wilds, World War II (1939-1945)
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