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Globe Film Feature: "Soul Power"
A free screening of "Soul Power," a film about legendary soul music concert staged in Kinshasa, Zaire, in 1974, featuring James Brown, Celia Cruz, B.B. King, Bill Withers, Muhammad...
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A Journey Begins: nature's role in the flight to freedom - audio tour launch
With its forests, thickets, marshes, rivers and creeks, the Eastern Shore’s natural landscape provided a passageway to freedom along the Underground Railroad for hundreds, and possibly...
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"Globe Poster" Docent-led Tours for the Public
Offered each Saturday, 12-3pm through June 8: Six days are designated for the general public to enjoy docent-led tours of the “Globe Poster: Not to Be Missed!” exhibition. Docents...
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May 16, 2013
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Blood and Fire: Reflecting on the 45th Anniversary of the Catonsville Nine Actions
May 17th marks the anniversary of when nine Catholic activists burned 378 draft files in the parking lot of the Catonsville draft board to protest the Vietnam War...» read more
April 30, 2013
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When the Wheels Fell Off the Wagon
Watching my older son fail at the Maryland History Day competition on Saturday was one of the toughest things I’ve done as a parent. He had paced through the...» read more
April 17, 2013
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The Words of Steelworkers
MHC launched a new radio segment in March 2013 on WYPR 88.1, FM called "Humanities Connection," airing every Monday at 5:45pm. While the station reaches the Baltimore...» read more
About MHC
The Maryland Humanities Council is a private, educational, 501c(3) nonprofit organization that
stimulates and promotes informed dialogue and civic engagement on issues critical to Marylanders.
What is the Maryland Humanities Council?
MHC is a nonprofit that uses the humanities to stimulate and promote informed dialogue and civic engagement on critical issues.
What are the Humanities?
The humanities comprise the disciplines of the liberal arts, such as history, literature and poetry, classics, philosophy, ethics, jurisprudence, comparative religion, the interpretation of the arts, architecture and archaeology.
These humanities disciplines are tools that can help us to explore what makes us human, connect with others, and and discover meaning and richness in
our lives
and for our communities.
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