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  2. Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia

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    suffragist. author. editor. diplomat. Signature. Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 [a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.

  3. Booker T. Washington - Wikipedia

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    Booker T. Washington. Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite. Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia, Washington was freed ...

  4. 19 Black Figures Who Changed History - AOL

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    She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. ... Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) ... As the first Black child to attend William Frantz Elementary School, Bridges persevered ...

  5. Gloria Yerkovich - Wikipedia

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    Gloria Yerkovich. Gloria Jean Yerkovich (born 1942) is an American victims' rights activist who founded Child Find of America to prevent and resolve child abductions and missing children cases. [1] Yerkovich is a 1993 inductee into the National Women's Hall of Fame for her work.

  6. Statue of Frederick Douglass (College Park, Maryland)

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    Designer. Andrew Edwards. Material. Bronze. Opening date. 2015. Frederick Douglass is a public artwork in front of the Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. The statue memorializes African-American abolitionist, suffragist, and labor leader Frederick Douglass. [1]

  7. List of colleges and universities in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The characteristics of each institution varies from small, intimate, liberal arts colleges such as Washington College and McDaniel College to large, public, research universities such as the University of Maryland, College Park. The oldest school in the state is St. John's College, formerly King William's School, founded in 1696, and the third ...

  8. Hood College - Wikipedia

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    NCAA Division III. Mascot. Blaze. Website. hood.edu. Hood College is a private college in Frederick, Maryland. In fall 2018, Hood enrolled 2,052 students (1,092 undergraduate students; 960 graduate students). Thirty-eight percent of students are either members of under-represented racial or ethnic populations or from foreign countries.

  9. Beaver County man accused of child molestation arrested after ...

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    FREDERICK, Md. ― A man from Beaver County wanted on local child abuse and sexual assault charges was arrested Friday morning at a Super 8 motel in Maryland.