Articles for tag: Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Thurgood Marshall, W.E.B. Dubois

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Famous African Americans

February is right around the corner, and with it, Black History Month. Black History Month was originated in 1926 and is held in February because that particular month contains the birthdays of two Americans who have had a profound and positive effect on the lives of African Americans, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Here is ...

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The Men of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity – Pride and History

The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity started in 1906 with seven African American men, now called the “seven jewels,” who were students at Cornell University. The now hundred-year old Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity began with the following founding fathers: Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold ...

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BWI Parking – Some Surprisingly Cheap Long Term Parking Options

BWI parking accommodations, by far, is one of the best from among the numerous airports of similar size, that we’ve seen throughout the country. This is hardly surprising, considering that in 2010, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) was ranked by the Airports Council International as the best airport of its size (15 – 25 ...

Jobs with the Architect of the Capitol

The Architect of the Capitol is charged with the operation and maintenance of the buildings committed to his care by Congress. They are the ones who set up the stands for Presidential Inaugurations, keep up the every day maintenance of the Capitol and the Capitol grounds, the congressional office buildings, the Library of Congress buildings, ...