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A Senior Thesis Describes Alexandria's Struggle for Racial Justice
Griffin Harris details the crosscurrents and paradoxes of a turbulent period in the city's history
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Mark Eaton
The Best of What's Around: A Day Trip to Antietam National Battlefield
Exploring the grounds of what may have been the real turning point of the Civil War with Alexandria's Mark Fitzsimmons.
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The Best of What's Around: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and "Take the A Train"
How Billy Strayhorn's timeless jazz composition became a cornerstone of Duke Ellington's repertoire and launched his music publishing company.
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The Best of What's Around: Carl Bernstein's Early Days in Journalism
"Chasing History--A Kid in the Newsroom" tells how a marginal high school student began transforming into a legendary reporter.
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The Best of What's Around: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Time Out," and "Take Five"
How musical experimentation met popular success for a 20th century jazz quartet.
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The Best of What's Around: George Booth and the Art of Cartooning
How a master cartoonist and his frazzled cats and crazed dogs have kept us laughing for 50 years.
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The Best of What's Around: Johannes Vermeer at the National Gallery of Art
Not far from Alexandria: three of the Dutch artist's extraordinary interior scenes.
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