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Photo: Thurgood Marshall

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Thurgood Marshall, the first black judge to be on the Supreme Court.

Photo: Metro - Champion

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

Champion Billiards in Silver Spring.

Photo: Metro - Tony Cheng

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Photo: Whaton Metro Station

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Photo: Gallery Place/Chinatown - Chinatown

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Photo: Metro - Urban Outfitters

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Photo: Metro - Eat First

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Photo: Gangs

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Photo: Booker T. Washington

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

Photo: Judiciary Square Station

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

Isaac Hayes

By Danny Scheer | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about (Shaft!) Right on You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother - (Shut your mouth) Anybody who has heard these lyrics before knows that the deep, sultry voice who sings the funky beat is talking about "Shaft." But most people do not know much about the man behind the infamous Shaft theme, Isaac Hayes.

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.

Photo: Metro - Legends

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: Ben's Chili Bowl

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

Photo: Fort Totten Station

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Photo: Metro - Super Chicken

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

Super Chicken in Silver Spring.

Photo: Dollars

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Photo: Languages

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Photo: McLibel Leaflet

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The front page of the London Greenpeace leaflets.

Shielding our right to know

By Christopher Consolino | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Reporters Judith Miller of the New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine are currently being held in contempt of court after refusing to testify in a federal investigation on the leaking of CIA agent Valerine Plame's identity to the press. The recent high-profile U.S. District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision forcing the two reporters to reveal their confidential sources in this case marks a continuing trend of the government to use newspapers as intelligence agencies, while giving the courts and/or Congress a chance to set a precedent for protecting news sources in the courtroom.

A holy enjoyable "Constantine"

By Nick Falgout | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The main reason director Francis Lawrence's "Constantine," an adaptation of the comic book series "Hellblazer," gets away with casting Hollywood's Most Overrated, Keanu Reeves, as its leading man, is the simple fact that Reeves plays a character that would be completely believable as his real-life persona. Could we see Reeves…chain smoking? Making dry yet knife-edged remarks about mental patients? Acting mildly misogynistic? I think so.

Heaven, Hell and "Constantine"

By Christopher Consolino | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a self-righteous exorcist attempting to buy his way into heaven in director Francis Lawrence's "Matrix" meets Sunday school horror flick "Constantine." Though from the previews "Constantine" may look like a demonologists' cup of tea, the film, based on the DC/Vertigo comic book "Hellblazer," would satisfy anybody looking for a remedial plot along with a satanic dose of blood, violence and gore.

Photo: snoWatcher

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

The snoWatcher's blueprint.

Booker T. Washington

By Adith Sekaran | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856 but strived to become the well-known, educated man people see him as today. Recognized for founding Tuskegee Institute, Washington ensured that the school emphasized academics and practical areas for the advancement of uneducated blacks.