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July 6, 2008

One Vision --Two Voices Comes to Westminster

The Maryland Humanities Council, The Carroll County Public Library, Carroll County Arts Council, Carroll County Human Relations Commission, the Ira and Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education, Carroll Community College, McDaniel College, Community Media Center, and the Carroll County Times invite you to participate in an exciting dialogue between legendary civil rights figures Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X on Friday, September 19, 7:00 PM, at the Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main Street, Westminster, MD. “Martin and Malcolm: One Vision – Two Voices” commemorates the enduring legacy Dr. King on the 40th anniversary of his assassination.

June 15, 2008

Get Ready to Take a Seat, and a “Stand,” at Chautauqua 2008

This July, fold up that beach blanket and forget those big screen blockbusters—MHC’s Chautauqua offers the best of both worlds!

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June 6, 2008

Maryland Teacher One of Eight Finalists for National History Day Award

A Baltimore Polytechnic Institute history teacher is being nationally recognized for his dedication to and excellence in teaching.

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June 2, 2008

One Book Brings Maryland Together to Discuss Race, Class, Education

On Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 11:00 am, The Maryland Center for the Book will launch Maryland’s first-ever statewide community reading program—One Maryland One Book. The selected book is A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League (1995) by Ron Suskind. The kickoff will take place at the Enoch Pratt Central Library at 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore. Katie O’Malley, First Lady of Maryland and Honorary Chairperson for the One Maryland One Book project, will host the celebration, and the subject of the book, Cedric Jennings, will be present as well. The project will bring together diverse people in communities across the state through the shared experience of reading the same book and participating in book-centered discussions and other related programs at public libraries, high schools, colleges and universities, museums, and bookstores.