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Americans Will Get Federal Holiday Between Thanksgiving, Christmas Under New Proposal Americans Will Get Federal Holiday Between Thanksgiving, Christmas Under New Proposal
Americans Will Get Federal Holiday Between Thanksgiving, Christmas Under New Proposal With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The day, December 1, would be in honor of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has been proposed by Representative Terri Sewell of Alabama. Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 1, 1955. Sewell, Alabama's first Black congresswoman, introduced the bill on Tuesday, Feb. 4, which would have been Rosa Parks' 112th birthday.&n…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Boston Celtics Legend, Civil Rights Activist Bill Russell Dies At 88 Boston Celtics Legend, Civil Rights Activist Bill Russell Dies At 88
Boston Celtics Legend, Civil Rights Activist Bill Russell Dies At 88 NBA legend and and former center for the Boston Celtics William "Bill" Russell has died at the age of 88, according to a statement on his Twitter.  An announcement… pic.twitter.com/KMJ7pG4R5Z — TheBillRussell (@RealBillRussell) July 31, 2022 Russell won 11 NBA titles with the Celtics, the most by any player, over his 13 seasons with the team, ESPN reports.  Russell was also a five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time NBA All-Star. He later became the first Black coach of a North American professional sports team.  An all-time winner, teammate and person 💚 pic.twitter.com/xNQ…

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by David Cifarelli
Lifestyle
From Football To The FBI, Longtime Fairfield County Resident Milton Graham Shares His Story From Football To The FBI, Longtime Fairfield County Resident Milton Graham Shares His Story
From Football To The FBI, Longtime Fairfield County Resident Milton Graham Shares His Story The way the story was shared in the news a couple of years back, you’d think Charles Tillman, known as one of the best cornerbacks in Chicago Bears history, was the first retired professional football player to become an FBI agent. But you’d be wrong. That honor actually belongs to another (albeit briefly) former Bear — 85-year-old Milton Graham. Graham now calls an assisted-living facility in Norwalk, Brightview, home after losing his wife of 60 years less than a year ago and becoming beset by health issues — but he still has stories to tell, like how a highly recruited high school basket…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Lifestyle
New Canaan's Ann Curry Finally Breaks Her Silence On Leaving 'Today' New Canaan's Ann Curry Finally Breaks Her Silence On Leaving 'Today'
New Canaan's Ann Curry Finally Breaks Her Silence On Leaving 'Today' NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Ann Curry of New Canaan has broken her silence on leaving the "Today" show, telling People.com that "it hurt like hell" when she was fired over five years ago.  A longer interview with People will hit the newsstands on Friday, but in an online preview, Curry, 61, talks about her exit from the NBC morning show on June 28, 2012. Many speculated at the time that she was fired partially because she had no chemistry with co-anchor Matt Lauer. Lauer, 60, was himself fired from the show in November for alleged sexual misconduct. “It hurt like hell,” she tell…

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