NEWS
October 26, 2003
On Sunday, October 19, 2003, LILLIAN DABNEY DEARING, Ph.D., a resident of Baltimore, MD., passed away at the Independence Court of Hyattsville. She was a retired professor of education at Coppin State University, born in Washington, D.C. Daughter of the late William H. and Minerva G. Dabney. Left to cherish her memory are; her sister Ruth C. Smith and brother-in-law William R. Smith. Family will receive friends during viewing on Monday, October 27 from 10 A.M. until Funeral Service 11 A.M. at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 1225 R St., NW, Washington, D.C. Interment Maryland National Memorial Park.
NEWS
By Laurie Willis and Laurie Willis,SUN STAFF | October 12, 1999
Larry J. Dabney was no stranger to work. For years, he has helped run several family beauty salons in Baltimore. Since December, he has worked at The Sun's Glen Burnie warehouse, and he was considering getting a third job.Dabney, 40, of Owings Mills was leaving a friend's house to return to work at the newspaper warehouse when he was fatally shot about 11: 30 p.m. Friday in the 4500 block of Homer Ave.Police had not determined a motive in the shooting.Mike...
FEATURES
By Knight-Ridder News Service | September 19, 1991
The Fox network did not make the new Dabney Coleman sitcom, "Drexell's Class," premiering tonight at 8:30 (Channel 45), available to critics. Never a good sign.Another trouble sign: The series has gone through several title changes, among them "Shut Up, Kids" and "Oh, No, Not Drexell."Mr. Coleman plays a sarcastic fifth-grade teacher with two teen daughters. Look for a lot of putdowns in the classroom.
NEWS
By Stacey Patton and Stacey Patton,SUN STAFF | July 12, 1997
Life can be complicated for average teen-agers raised by two parents in a stable home. It becomes anguishing for foster children who are constantly shifted from home to home.Last night, 200 foster care teens were honored by the Baltimore City Department of Social Services for their tenacity and perseverance in overcoming obstacles during much of their adolescent lives.Sinora Dabney, 18, has been in foster care for six years. She had waited for years to be rescued from an abusive environment, but social workers had told her they could do nothing because they had seen no signs of physical abuse.
NEWS
December 30, 1995
Virginius Dabney, 94, historian, author, journalist and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, died in his sleep Thursday at his home in Richmond, Va.A native of Virginia and a grandson of a Confederate veteran, he was an early and steadfast opponent of segregation. For many years as the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, he took stands against Southern sectionalism and fundamentalism that angered his conservative colleagues and neighbors.An outspoken and independent writer and editor, Mr. Dabney proudly said about one of his books, "I'm going to say whatever I think I ought to say, and if they don't like it, that's just too bad."
ENTERTAINMENT
By Allen Barra and Allen Barra,Special to the Sun | September 4, 2005
BIOGRAPHY EDMUND WILSON: A LIFE IN LITERATURE By Lewis M. Dabney. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 604 pages. To call Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) the greatest American critic or our most dynamic man of letters doesn't begin to hint at the scope of his achievement. Wilson's passions ranged from modernist literature to politics, the American Civil War, the ancient Middle East, northeastern American Indians, and just about anything else that piqued his intellect. He wrote good fiction (I Thought Of Daisy and Memoirs of Hecate County)