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Photo: Whitney Houston

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Whitney Houston, the first female artist to have an album debut at number one on the charts.

Ray Charles

By Christopher Consolino | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Born into poverty in September of 1930, loosing his sight at age seven and loosing his parents by his early teens, Ray Charles has had a lot to sing about. But, rather than sing to someone else's tune, Charles invented his own musical style, combining 1950s R&B with jazzy rhythms and blues, making him one of the foremost pioneers of soul music.

Photo: Nat Turner

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Nat Turner, slave, preacher and leader of a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.

Photo: Paul Robeson

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Paul Robeson, actor known for his theatrical roles in "Othello," "Show Boat" and "The Emperor Jones."

Photo: Ray Charles

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Ray Charles, R&B, blues and pop musician.

Photo: Sidney Poitier

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Sidney Poitier, the second black to receive an Academy Award and the first actor to insist a certain percentage of black crew members be present for films on which he worked.

Nelson Mandela

By Erik Li | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

A South African nationalist and politician, Nelson Mandela became the first freely-elected president of South Africa in 1994. He implemented several social reforms and was a key player in the development of a democratic South Africa.

Photo: Duke Ellington

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Duke Ellington, famous black pianist and jazz composer.

Text-a-friend: the high-tech approach to cheating

By Ravi Umarji | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

During his Modern World History final exam last year, Mike, a senior, came to a difficult question. After mulling it over and failing to come up with the right answer, he decided to turn to text-messaging. Quietly, Mike put his head down on his desk and pretended to sleep while texting his friend the question under his desk. The friend texted the answer back to Mike, who quickly bubbled it in " all without the teacher noticing.

Photo: Nelson Mandela

By | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Nelson Mandela, South African nationalist and politician and the first freely-elected president of South Africa in 1994.

Photo: "Cursed" movie poster

By | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Ken Griffey, Jr.

By Adith Sekaran | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Ken Griffey, Jr. is the starting center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds. Griffey, whose father was also a legendary baseball player, recently entered the 500 Homerun Club and has been playing baseball throughout his life.

Maryland fans are over the top

By Grace Harter | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

In the world of college basketball, March Madness is almost here, which means a month of exciting games, intense rivalries and rowdy fan behavior.

Shirley Chisholm

By Zahra Gordon | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Legendary politician Shirley Chisholm died on Jan. 1, 2005 at the age of 80, but her spirit lives on. She was the first black woman elected to Congress and worked endlessly for the rights of women and minorities.

Photo: Ken Griffey, Jr.

By | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Ken Griffey, Jr., black baseball player who won every American League Gold Glove award as an outfielder in the 1990s and won the Most Valuable Plater during the 1997 season after hitting 56 homeruns, 147 RBIs and averaging .304.

Photo: 250 keanu reeves in "constantine"

By | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

The brooding Keanu Reeves as John Constantine in "Constantine."

Photo: Metro - Dusit

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Languages

By Sheila Rajagopal | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Metro - Tony Cheng

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Metro - Lucias

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Lucia's in Silver Spring.

Photo: Booker T. Washington

By | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute and intellectual.

Photo: African American Civil War Memorial

By Elena Pinsky | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

The African American Civil War Memorial near the U Street Metro station.

snoWatch: bigger, better than ever

By Vivek Chellappa, Ely Portillo | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

With the threat of snow approaching, we here at the Silver Chips snoWatch team would like to propose a system we feel would benefit MCPS snow team (since we are the ones with real experience).

Photo: Metro - Urban Outfitters

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Judiciary Square Station

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »