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Washington Afro-American
03-24-2006
Wycliffe N. Morton, 73 Professional Baseball Player
Wycliffe "Bubba" Nathaniel Morton was born Dec. 13, 1932, in Washington,
D.C., to the late Wycliffe F. and Mary Page Morton. He attended the
District of Columbia Public Schools and graduated from Armstrong High
School in 1949. Later he attended Howard University in 1954.
He served as a radio operator with the U.S. Coast Guard from 1950 to 1954.
He married Audrey Farrar from Washington and from their union four children
were born; Michelle, Michael, Brian and Brenda.
He later married Annie Pearlman.
Mr. Morton signed his first professional baseball contract with the Detroit
Tigers in 1955 and started his first ...
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KILLER SAYS RELATIONSHIP ROCKY FROM START WASHINGTON: `I GOT SCARED AND...
Evansville Courier & Press;
May 31, 2002 ;
DAVE HOSICK, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7449 or hosickd@evansville.net;
787 words
...Jeff Washington said he just wanted to talk to his...left her to die in her car Dec. 5. Washington, 33, now faces the prospect of spending...jury recommended to the judge that Washington receive a sentence of life without...
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Washington's prospects look good in expansion race
Chicago Sun-Times;
March 25, 1991 ;
Thomas Boswell;
787 words
...Folks in Washington, Miami, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Denver...particular, you can keep a watch on Washington, Miami and Tampa. Denver's not out...still guessing and hoping. The key is Washington - the mystery city. It has, by far...
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Library photo exhibit captures essence of Harold Washington
Chicago Sun-Times;
December 29, 1991 ;
Steve Neal;
593 words
...Harold Washington loved the camera. Has there ever been a Chicago politician who played his role better than Washington? Everywhere he went, Washington had his personal photographer along to record the event...
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Washington's God: Religion, Liberty, and the Father of Our Country
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography;
January 1, 2006 ;
Henriques, Peter R;
787 words
...Washington's God: Religion, Liberty, and the Father of Our Country...34.95 According to the preface, the impetus for Washington's God came from the director of Mount Vernon. He and many others desired to have a current study of George Washington that demonstrated that he was more religious than many...
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Washington, Booker T.
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature;
William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris;
787 words
...Washington, Booker T. (1856–1915), educator, autobiographer, biographer, and race leader...African American life excite as much passion and misunderstanding as Booker Taliaferro Washington. Born a slave on a Virginia plantation in 1856, Washington rose to become the founder and driving force behind ...
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Political Terrain: Washington, D.C., from Tidewater Town to Global...
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography;
October 1, 1999 ;
Moeser, John V;
664 words
...Political Terrain: Washington, D.C., from Tidewater Town to Global...pp. $39.95 cloth; $19.95 paper. Is Washington, D.C., a southern city, northern...acknowledges at the outset that Washington has always been a difficult city...
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Heavenly Visitors // As angel in `The Preacher's Wife,' Denzel Washington...
Chicago Sun-Times;
December 8, 1996 ;
CINDY PEARLMAN;
787 words
...WASHINGTON, D.C. - He might play an angel, but Denzel Washington always had a bit of the devil in him. As a kid growing...store a block down from my house because I was hungry," Washington says. "I ended up stealing an apple, but there was nothing...
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STUDENT EMBRACES A LIFETIME OF LEARNING; WILLIE WASHINGTON, 72, RETURNS TO...
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);
August 26, 2000 ;
574 words
...Willie Washington's dorm room is Spartan. There is no...block walls. There's little to distract Washington from his studies - and that's fine...usually in my room or in my classrooms, Washington said. I'm studying. Clearly, Washington...
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For Redskins, Washington Sees Safety as His Number
The Washington Post;
July 30, 1996 ;
Dave Sell;
787 words
...James Washington is 31, so he can't play the role of...is entering his second season as the Washington Redskins' strong safety, so he is now...Norv Turner has been coach. However, Washington is usually not one to keep his opinions...
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Washington, O Washington: A Capital Unsung
The Washington Post;
July 4, 2005 ;
Paul Farhi;
787 words
...Washington has many blessings -- monuments and memorials, baseball and bureaucrats -- but it doesn't...widely performed over the decades. George Harrison recorded "Baltimore Oriole." Meanwhile, Washington can't hit a note. Go ahead: Name a popular Washington song. Yes, there are songs associated with the ...
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Booker T. Washington and Black Progress: Up From Slavery 100 Years Later
Southern Quarterly;
July 1, 2006 ;
Wells, Jeremy;
787 words
...Booker T. Washington and Black Progress: Up From Slavery...essay he contributes to Booker T. Washington and Black Progress: Up from Slavery...once widely thought of as "the Age of Washington." The term itself was coined by historian...
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George Washington: The Man Behind the Myths.
Journal of Southern History;
November 1, 2000 ;
LONGMORE, PAUL K.;
751 words
...George Washington: The Man Behind the Myths. By William...Historical Society, with support by Washington and Lee University and the Mount Vernon...with many insights into both George Washington and the myths surrounding him. The...
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Tracking George Washington, political theater's first star
The Boston Globe;
February 22, 1993 ;
Michael Kenney, Globe Staff;
787 words
...PATRIARCH George Washington and the New American Nation By Richard...AND COUNTRY The Maturing of George Washington, 1748-1760 By Thomas A. Lewis, HarperCollins...27.50 On July 10, 1790, George Washington, then halfway through his first year...
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Washington: The man who made it happpen.
United Press International;
July 2, 2002 ;
787 words
...WASHINGTON, Jul 02, 2002 For all their Yankee Doodle dandyism...Production's 90-minute documentary Rediscovering George Washington, which premieres on PBS at 9:30 p.m. on July 4. Richard...and writer. For 25 years, the historian has studied Washington as warrior, charismatic leader and politician, and ...
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Washington still waits on deck
Chicago Sun-Times;
February 17, 2002 ;
John Lindsay;
787 words
...WASHINGTON--It has been more than 30 years since Major League Baseball struck out in Washington, D.C. On a warm September night in 1971, the Washington Senators were poised to defeat the New York Yankees. But in the ninth inning, unruly fans...
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