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“Maryland, My Maryland” by James Ryder Randall has been the state song since 1939. But a state panel recommended replacing it in December, and now state…
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, WYPR News collected stories from listeners and readers. Click above to…
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12 years old in August 1963, black, grew up in South Baltimore, Congressman for Maryland’s 7th district. Rep. Cummings wasn't at The March On Washington,…
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Bob Ross, chair of the Prince Georges County branch of the NAACP, was 19, living in West Philadelphia in August 1963. He had just come home from working…
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The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a commencement address to the graduates of Morgan State College in June 1958 that contained some of the stirring…
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Trudi McGowan was 36 in August 1963, black, living in Pimlico. She now lives in Edgewater, MDAll I had to do was get my clothes together because this…
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