When you take a trip to the far north part of Manhattan and visit what had once been the Audobon Ballroom — now redesigned and renamed the…
The body of an Egyptian woman, who died more than 3,000 years ago, was discovered recently. On her head were about 70 or so hair…
“I have never killed a bird nor shot a rabbit. I never liked fishing and always let others kill even the chickens which I ate.…
A brand new infographic highlights just how white and male the Academy Awards really are. According to research by book publisher Lee & Low, since the…
Via Foxbaltimore.com A few months away from 100 years, a 99-year-old woman, made her way to Ashburton Elementary School in Baltimore, Md yesterday to cast her ballot in the 2012 election. Harriet recalls on when she was a young girl and Taft was President. She may not remember to much about the past , but […]
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966. The celebration gathered people to honor the war dead in the 1860’s tapped into the general human need to honor […]
Sunday Sept 11, 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. Many of us will never forget that horrific morning when the United States was under attack. Our memory will not allow us to forget exactly where we were, what we were doing and who we were with at that very moment. 10 […]
A sweeping, high-profile, and ambitious musical film, ‘The Underground Railroad’ blends two powerful, redemptive stories into the background of Gospel/blues songs. The first story tells about a slave, Samuel Woodward, who escapes with his family to Canada. On their heels, is an obsessed slave hunter, JD Plimpton, who has never lost a slave. Along the […]
There is a good opinion piece in the Washington Post about Sarah Palin’s recent racially tinged criticism of Michelle Obama in her book. It’s appalling that Palin and too many others fail to understand that fact – indeed so many facts of American history. They don’t offer the slightest hint that they can appreciate the […]
