Jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos still playing as he approaches 100
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A new book about the little known and largest slave revolt in this nation.

American Uprising, by Daniel Rasmussen

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HOUSTON - In the weeks before he was to assume office as the first black mayor in a largely white Louisiana town, Gerald Washington received several pieces of hate mail. But family members said he never expressed fears for his safety and looked forward to Tuesday, his first day on the job ( Read more... )