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npr:

Three years ago, a Chicago man found historic documents in an abandoned house and took them to a rare books dealer. The papers and books belonged to Richard T. Greener, a 19th century black intellectual, who was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard University. (via Discovery Sparks Interest In Forgotten Black Scholar : NPR)

Photo: Cheryl Corley/NPR

life:

It’s official: Lindsay Lohan to play Liz Taylor in the Lifetime movie, Liz and Dick.

Weigh in: What do you think? Look back at unpublished photos of Liz Taylor here.

latimes:

Review: ‘History of Space Photography’ is out of this world: For the exhibition at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, curator Jay Belloli worked with consultants from the Jet Propulsion Lab.

I can see forever…

Photo: An infrared photograph of Helix Nebula in deep space, part of “The History of Space Photography” at Art Center College. Credit: Art Center College of Design

barackobama:

Photo of the day: President Obama and Elie Wiesel tour the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

statedept:

Remarks

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State

Maxwell School of Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

April 23, 2012

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MR. STEINBERG: Well, Madam Secretary, welcome to Syracuse and Syracuse University. When we worked together, you told me often how much you appreciated…

(Source: state.gov)

statedept:

About the Author: Melanne Verveer serves as the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues at the Department of State.

From warm and walled Cartagena to temperate and sprawling Bogota, Colombia is a country whose 46 million people represent the very definition of a nation redefining…