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Chinese New Year in Kentucky

February 3, 2006

Over 200 people packed First Presbyterian Church of Owensboro, Kentucky, Fellowship Hall as the city was treated to a cultural exchange from China. Dancers from the Heilongjiang School of Performing Arts of Harbin, China, performed an...

CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

February 3, 2006

‘Seven Decades in the Struggle for Human Rights’ Through July 31 Chicago More than 125 rare and unique photographs, correspondence, programs and memorabilia trace seven decades in Chicago struggles for human rights through the eyes of...

Hunters history exposed in Congo film

February 3, 2006

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Peter Bate, director 2004, Belgium/UK, ArtMattan Productions (U.S. distributor) 100 min., English/French/Dutch with English subtitles An African proverb reminds us, “Until the lions have their historians, tales of the...

LETTERS

February 3, 2006

My opinion My parents were both immigrants from the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. They came in the earlier part of the 1900s. They were both from very poor families. Thus for the last three decades I’ve...

PEOPLES HEALTH: Mineworker president on coal tragedies

February 3, 2006 By PAI

Putting “the coal industry in charge” of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is leading to dangerous conditions for the nation’s coal miners, United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts told lawmakers at a Jan. 23...