Month: October 2022

* Interracial Marriage History      For more than 300 years the laws of America banned interracial marriage. History shows that black people were viewed as slaves, the help and sex objects, but love conquers all.     In 1964, nearly 100 years after slaves were freed by Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to ban interracial marriage.     Since then interracial couples have fought against their own culture and popular opinion to change the sentiment around mixed race. Since Then….     50 years have passed since interracial marriage became legal everywhere in the United States.     Loving Day is a holiday made for interracial couples to celebrate the anniversary of the Loving V. Virginia Supreme Court case in 1967.     This case was created by Mildred Loving. A black woman who married her white husband Richard Loving.     He was sentenced […]

We’re here! @medieval_times in Baltimore. Can’t wait to eat with my hands and watch jousting! – – – #medievaltimes #knights #jousting #eatingwithhands #datenight #beltwaynews #journalism #reporter #dc #baltimore A post shared by Eli Swedlow (@elijah.swedlow) on Oct 7, 2017 at 3:26pm PDT At Medieval Times you’re encouraged to eat with your hands, yell ‘huzzah’ as you drink and participate in the most epic color war that you’ve ever seen. As you enter the ‘arena’ the staff – dressed to the nines as medieval squires and servers – give you crowns and assign you to a section by color. There is a gift shop that sells swords, armor and little toys for kids. As a fan of all things ‘knight’ I loved it, I felt like a kid in a candy shop. A torture museum is in the arena as well, and for two dollars you can tour it. I wish […]

Across the U.S., college students upset about the outcome of the Presidential Election took to the streets to protest, especially on the West Coast. Around the D.C. area, things were quieter, with Clinton supporters mostly somber and Trump supporters staying out of the spotlight.  

On the day after an historic election, Washington D.C. was strangely quiet on Capitol Hill, especially since lawmakers are still away from the Capitol in their home districts. One area woman was taking photos to mark the moment. Jade Cabrera supported Hillary Clinton. Congress is in adjornment until November 14th, when lawmakers return to work with a new Republican Senate, House and White House under GOP control in 2017.