Bring That Week Back: Solomon Northup’s Descendants Reunite
A dead man comes back to life in Mississippi, plus more.
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Solomon Northup’s Descendants Reunite - A dead man comes back to life in Holmes County, Mississippi; Bernice King to speak on judge's decision to lock up MLK's nobel prize; plus more national news. — Natelege Whaley (@natelege)The descendants of Solomon Northup, the author of 12 Years a Slave, were brought together in Washington, D.C., Rochester, New York, and Los Angeles by The Hollywood Reporter. Forty-seven family members, from 10 months old to 72, were featured in the profile. (Photo: Courtesy The Hollywood Reporter)
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Dead Man Comes Back to Life - A miracle has happened in Holmes County, Mississippi. Walter Williams, 78, came back alive after being pronounced dead on Wednesday. Williams’s body was placed in a bag and was being transported to a funeral home when a coroner noticed the bag began moving.(Photo: CNN)
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Bernice King to Speak on Judge's Decision to Lock Up MLK's Nobel Prize - Dr. Bernice A. King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., and other community leaders will be speaking to a judge’s recent decision to lock up her father’s bible and Nobel Peace Prize in a safe deposit box. A press conference will be held Thursday, March 6 at 11:00 a.m. at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta (407 Auburn Avenue NE 30312). (Photo by Monica Morgan/WireImage)
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New York Times Corrects Solomon Northup Article - A typo has come back to haunt the New York Times. The newspaper published a correction Tuesday to the headline of its Jan. 20, 1853, article that misspelled Solomon Northup’s last name as “Northrup.” The piece was written to review Solomon Northup’s 12 Years a Slave, the memoir adapted for the Oscar-winning film. (Photo: courtesy NY Times)
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Brooklyn Brownstone Vandalized After Spike Lee’s Remarks - “Do the Right Thing” was spray-painted on a brownstone next to the home of Bill Lee, the father of Spike Lee, who recently spoke out against gentrification in the neighborhood of Fort Greene. Dianne Mackenzie, who owns the house, believes the vandalism is connected to Lee’s comments. (Photo: courtesy NY1)
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