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March 10, 2014
Rev. David Smith
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Today’s Moment in Maryland Black History: Rev. David Smith (Web Exclusive)

March 10, 2014 - Web Exclusive - This day in history marks the life of Rev. David Smith. This early AME pastor was born enslaved in the vicinity of Baltimore County in the late 18th century and later became a minister in the AME Church.
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March 10, 2014
Daisy Lampkin
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March 10: This Day In History

March 10, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day the first successful telephone call was made, the day Harriet Tubman died, and the day Daisy Lampkin, founder of the National Council of Negro Women, died.
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March 10, 2014
lucy-parsons
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March 7: This Day In History

March 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the birth of Thomas Aquinas, Bloody Sunday, when civil rights marchers in Alabama were brutally attacked by police and deputized citizens, the death of Baltimore-born drag queen and actor Divine, and the death of labor organizer Lucy Parsons.
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March 5, 2014
attucks
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March 5: Day In History

March 5, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the Boston Massacre, when five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later.
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March 5, 2014
Was This Chicken Inspected?
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Sound Bites: Talking Nutrition / Beginner Farmers / What’s In Your Chicken?

March 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - In this week's Sound Bites, we begin by talking nutrition and Future Harvest CASA's Beginner Farmer Training program. Then, we hear from the star of the new "Was This Chicken Inspected?" Food and Water Watch commercial.
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March 5, 2014
Fannie Barrier Williams
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March 4: This Day In History

March 4, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Christopher Columbus arrived back in Portugal with slaves, the day the Massachusetts Bay Colony was granted a Royal charter, and the day Fannie Barrier Williams passed away.
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February 27, 2014
Reichstagsbrand
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February 27: This Day In History

February 27, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the death of singer Frankie Lymon, the Supreme Court ruling that the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was constitutional, and the 1933 Reichstag fire, when Nazis burned Germany's parliament building in Berlin, a crucial moment in their rise to power.
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February 26, 2014
Trayvon Martin
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February 26: This Day In History

February 26, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the day the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote was sent to the states for ratification, the birthday of singer Erykah Badu, and the second anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin.
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February 25, 2014
stop-cove-point
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Sound Bites: Food Insecurity And Seniors | “Stop Cove Point” Protest & Dominion Energy Response | Poultry Fair Share Act Dead In Maryland?

February 25, 2014 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we talk about food insecurity among seniors, hear about why some people oppose the retrofitting of the Cove Point facility to export natural gas, and look at the controversial Poultry Fair Share Act.
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February 25, 2014
ali
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February 25: This Day In History

February 25, 2014 - Segment 1 - We start the show with this day in history, February the 25th. Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including Muhammad Ali defeating Sonny Liston for the world heavyweight boxing championship, Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi being sworn in as first Black U.S. senator and first Black representative in Congress, and the birth of George Harrison, the lead guitar player for the Beatles.
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February 24, 2014
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
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February 24: This Day In History

February 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the Supreme Court's Marbury v. Madison decision, the day the United States acquired Guantanamo Bay from Cuba, and the day Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first black woman to receive an M.D. degree.
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February 21, 2014
Kurt-Cobain
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February 20: This Day In History

February 20, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks back at some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the establishment of the US Postal Service, Jimi Hendrix's stage debut, the death of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and the birth of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.
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February 19, 2014
The Miracles
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February 19: This Day In History

February 19, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the meeting of W.E.B. DuBois' Pan-African Congress, the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, and the birthdays of Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers from The Miracles.
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February 18, 2014
inmeatwetrust
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Sound Bites: Conflicting Views On Meat And GMOs

February, 18, 2014 - Segment 3 - In a special archive edition, we bring you some of our favorite Sound Bites segments from the past month: The longstanding relationship of Americans and meat, with Dr. Maureen Ogle, historian and author of In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America; "The Five Biggest Meat Stories of 2013" with Tom Philpott, Mother Jones Food and Agriculture blogger; and Do GMOs matter? with Tom Philpott, Mother Jones Food and Agriculture correspondent; and Nathanael Johnson, food writer for Grist.
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February 18, 2014
Audre Lorde
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February 18: This Day In History

February 18, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the first formal protest against slavery by an organized white body, the birthday of poet and activist Audre Lorde, and the day leader of the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther died.
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February 15, 2014
Mamie Smith
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February 14: This Day In History

February 14, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the death of Roman bishop and martyr Saint Valentine, the day that Oregon and Arizona became states, and the day Mamie Smith became the first Black woman to make a record.
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February 15, 2014
Peanuts Comic Strip
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February 13: This Day In History

February 13, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the day poet Lucille Clifton died, the day the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was organized, and the day the last original "Peanuts" comic strip appeared in newspapers the day after Charles M. Schulz died.
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February 12, 2014
SNAP
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Sound Bites: How The New Farm Bill Impacts SNAP | California Drought and The USA | Chesapeake Bay Moving In The Right Direction?

February 11, 2014 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we look at the new Farm Bill's cuts to SNAP, the effects of the West Coast drought on the food system, and have a roundtable on the Chesapeake Bay.
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February 11, 2014
motherjones
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February 11: This Day In History

February 11, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the arrest of labor agitator Mother Jones for leading a protest of conditions in West Virginia mines at the age of 83, the death of singer Whitney Houston, and the release of Nelson Mandela from prison after 27 years of incarceration.
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February 10, 2014
Chick Webb
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Baltimore Black History: Chick Webb, Drummer & Band Leader, Born Today

February 10, 2014 - Segment 5 - Marc talks to Lisa Crawley, Resource Center Manager at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture about this day in Baltimore history. Today, they discuss the birth of band leader and jazz & swing drummer Chick Webb in Baltimore.
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February 10, 2014
Grace Towns Hamilton
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February 10: This Day In History

February 10, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Jefferson Davis was selected as provisional President of the Confederate States of the America, the day the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the U.S. House of Representatives, and the birthday of Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton.
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February 7, 2014
Eubie Blake
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February 7: This Day in History

February 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about some of the things that happened on this day in history, including Grenada's Independence Day, the first celebration of Negro History Week, and the birthday of Baltimore music legend Eubie Blake.
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February 5, 2014
Parra violeta
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February 5: Day In History

February 5, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the birth of Trayvon Martin, King Leopold II of Belgium establishing the Congo as a "personal possession," the 2000 Russian massacre of at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya, and the death of Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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February 4, 2014
Farm Bill
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Sound Bites: Federal Farm Bill Slated To Pass | GMO Labeling Returns To Annapolis Legislative Agenda

February 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - We discuss and debate of the latest federal Farm Bill, which is slated to pass through Congress today, on the newest installment of Sound Bites. Then, we hear from Maryland Senators on the debate taking place in the Maryland Legislature over whether to label foods as containing GMOs.
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February 3, 2014
stein
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February 3: This Day In History

February 3, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the authorization of the US federal government to impose and collect an income tax, the banning of child labor and implementation of the forty-hour work week, and the births of Pretty Boy Floyd and Gertrude Stein.
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January 31, 2014
bloodysunday
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January 30: This Day In History

January 30, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the bombing of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott, the formation of the Harlem Globetrotters, and Bloody Sunday, the day British Paratroopers opened fire on and killed fourteen unarmed civil rights marchers in Derry, Ireland.
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January 30, 2014
Willie Dixon
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January 29: This Day In History

January 29, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day in 1889 six thousand railway workers went on strike for a union and the end of the 18-hour day, the birthday of Oprah Winfrey, and the day blues legend Willie Dixon died.
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January 28, 2014
Food Hub
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Sound Bites: St. Brigid | Beginnings of a Delmarva Food Hub | Do GMOs Matter? | ShorePower Project

January 28, 2014 - Segment 4 - We're talking food and farming, in our newest edition of Sound Bites! SB finds its patron saint, we learn about the beginnings of a Delmarva food hub, we ask the question: Do GMOs matter?, and hear about a new project seeking to reduce energy expenditures on the Eastern Shore.
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January 28, 2014
Crystal Bird Fauset
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January 28: This Day In History

January 28, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Zora Neale Hurston died, the date the Free Africa Society was organized in Philadelphia, and the day the first African-American state legislator was elected, Crystal Bird Fauset.
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January 27, 2014
zinn
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January 27: Day In History

January 27, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, the launch of the 2011 Yemeni revolution, and the death of historian Howard Zinn.
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January 27, 2014
Vera
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January 24: This Day in History

January 24, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including a slave uprising in Brazil, the shooting Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg, by the Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich, and the shooting of Ozie Powell, a Scottsboro boy, the day after he is sentences to 75 years.
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January 23, 2014
Gramsci
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January 22: Day In History

January 22, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the creation of the Central Intelligence Group, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency, Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, David Bowie coming out as bisexual, and the births of Nat Turner, Antonio Gramsci, and Sam Cooke.
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January 21, 2014
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
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Sound Bites: Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Victory | Marketing “Less Bad Food” To Millenials | Sustainability & The Legacy of George Washington Carver

January 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - It's the newest episode in our series about the food we eat, Sound Bites! We discuss the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' victory with Wal*Mart, which announced it would join the Fair Food Program. Then, we talk about marketing "less bad food" to Millenials, and the legacy of George Washington Carver, misunderstood but incredibly important inventor and agricultural contributor.
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January 21, 2014
Fanny Jackson Coppin
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January 21: This Day In History

January 21, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Fanny Jackson Coppin, one of the first black women to graduate from college, passed away, Altagracia Day in the Dominican Republic, and the birthday of musician Richie Havens.
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January 21, 2014
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January 20: Day In History

January 20, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc explores some of the events that happened today in history, including the birth of Leadbelly, the foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union, the 1954 establishment of the National Negro Network, and the death of Etta James.
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January 17, 2014
Alprentice_Bunchy_Carter
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January 17: Day In History

January 17, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc discusses some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the start of the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945, President Eisenhower's last speech as president of the United States in which he warned against what he called the “military-industrial complex” and strongly urged people to seek peace, and the murders of Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins in 1969.
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January 16, 2014
Wee Bea Booze
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January 16: This Day In History

January 16, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day the first grammar of the Spanish language was presented to Queen Isabella I, the day Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom, and the day Bea Booze's "See See Rider" went #1 on what would become the R&B Chart.
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January 16, 2014
jackass
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January 15: This Day In History

January 15, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened today in history, including the writing of the labor anthem "Solidarity Forever," the first time the Democratic Party was symbolized by a donkey, and the death of Rosa Luxemburg.
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January 14, 2014
General Mills' Cheerios
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Sound Bites: Future Harvest: Farming For Profit & Stewardship Conference | GMOs & Cheerios | Maureen Ogle’s “In Meat We Trust”

January 14, 2014 - Segment 4 - In the newest edition of Sound Bites, we get a sneak preview of the 15th Annual Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference hosted by Future Harvest CASA, which will be held this weekend. We also talk about GMOs and General Mills' decision to stop using them in Cheerios, and look at the history of Americans and meat with historian and author Dr. Maureen Ogle.
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January 14, 2014
Allen Toussaint
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January 14: This Day In History

January 14, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the Sidereal Winter Solstice in South and Southeast Asian cultures, Ratification Day in the United States, and the birthday of musician and composer Allen Toussaint.
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January 13, 2014
Dylan
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January 13: This Day In History

January 13, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc looks back at some of the events that happened today in history, including the recording Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan, the publishing of Émile Zola's J'accuse, and the foundation of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
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