I grew up as a very precocious child of the 1950’s. I was as comfortable in the company of adults as I was with my peers. And I seldom shrank from conversations where I often held a contrary point of view. I would frequently push back against my family or their friends spoke and acted … More We Need Courageous Voices Now
Proclamation 95, better known as The Emancipation Proclamation, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved people in the designated areas of the South from slave to free. The signing of the Proclamation was … More America’s Third Civil Rights Movement
We’ve all heard the expression: “The day the music died”. The date was February 3, 1959. The place was a field in Clear Lake, Iowa where a small plane carrying music greats Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper fell out of the sky killing all aboard. It wasn’t literally the death of music. … More The Day That Cable News Died
