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The Arts: `It's not mad, it's De Mille' Buried beneath the sands of California lies the city that Hollywood forgot, the film set of the 1923 silent epic, `The Ten Commandments'. William Langley reports on the latest plans to excavate it
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Cecil B. De Mille's 1923 epic The Ten Commandments was the
Titanic of its time. It cost more money than any previous film, and
ended with a sinking. Down, down into the slippery sands went the
set De Mille had built on a remote stretch of California coastline,
until there was nothing to be seen of his temples, palaces and
soaring Pharaonic follies.
For more than 75 years, Hollywood's own lost city lay undisturbed
beneath the dunes near Guadalupe, a small town two hours' drive
north of Los Angeles. Then in 1983 a group of enthusiasts began
mapping the site and, by 1990, had determined that ...
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Brown v. Board of Education ceremony overshadowed
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle
; ...historic school site of Brown v. Board of Education to celebrate the 50th...anniversary of the landmark education ruling. While the national...progress made since Topeka, Kans., was ordered to desegregate...days prior to the Brown v. Board of ...
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REAL EQUALITY? NAACP Freedom Weekend to look at progress 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle
; ...on "50 Years Since Brown v. Board of Education: Where Do We Go From...In many communities, education has still not arrived...achieving." The Brown v. Board of Education...centered around two Topeka, Kans., sisters, Linda...
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New 'doll test' produces ugly results
Newspaper article from: New Pittsburgh Courier
; ...the case for desegregation in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated...to be unconstitutional in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. case. Arguing against the separate-but...
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Will Black leaders be blinded to a second chance at public school integration?
Newspaper article from: Tri-State Defender
; ...Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs the Topeka, Kans. Board of Education that knocked down the...in general or special education courses. The above...agreed that Brown vs the Topeka Board of Education ruling...Defender Publishing, Inc. V.53;
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Member of Little Rock Nine tells story in Beachwood
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News
; ...ruled in the landmark desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., that "separate educational facilities...to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, but the audience is hushed as old photographs...
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Saving Mt. Vernon--And Other National Treasures.(movement to preserve historic sites)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Newsweek
; ...events that unfolded in Topeka, Kans., that year. Ten-year-old Linda Brown, a student at the...resulting conflict led to Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme...270,000-member education and advocacy organization...
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CHESTER A. HUGGINS SR. ON: Can Blacks overcome racist oppression?
Newspaper article from: Washington Afro-American
; ...University (Detroit) Ph.D in education is not easy reading for sensitive...course, there is the Plessy v. Ferguson, "separate but...enactment of the May 17, 1954, Brown v. Topeka, Kans. Board of Education. My only quarrel with Dr...
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Attorney Arthur Succumbs
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel
; ...collaborated with Thurgood Marshall on the landmark case of Brown v. the board of Education of Topeka, Kans., which caused all schools to be desegregated. He leaves...at 1:30 p.m. Article copyright Los Angeles Sentinel. V.LXX
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Civil Rights Walk Of Fame Unveiled
Newspaper article from: Atlanta Inquirer
; ...cloudless, brisk morning, V-103's Frank Ski...litigating the historic Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. case inside the U...comfortable-looking pair of brown pumps, as did the SCLC/WOMEN founder and board chair, Evelyn G...
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A Racist On the Rise; After a post-9/11 slump, hate groups see a surge.
Magazine article from: Newsweek
; ...congressional seat. Roper's next big act will be in Topeka, Kans., where he is planning a major demonstration at this month's 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education court decision. "We'll make our voice heard...
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