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How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days ago/And the bull got nasty – ghastly – nasty/Bull turned the hoses on the church people/And the water came splashing – dashing – crashing/Freedom rider–ride...
Today in History: May 14, state of Israel is proclaimed
Chicago Tribune· 14 hours agoToday is Tuesday, May 14, the 135th day of 2024. On May 14, 1948, according to the current-era...
“Steve Winwood has his failings… I guess you can’t have everything”: The story of Traffic
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt seems every member of the groundbreaking band paid a price for their involvement – but a...
An American Gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover's Authoritarian Legacy
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIllustration: Lex Villena On May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil...
The Radically Different Lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis
The New York Sun· 5 days agoJohn Lewis first shows up in Jonathan Eig’s trenchant biography as the kind of courageous and...
Today in History: May 14
The Herald Bulletin· 12 hours agoToday is TUESDAY, MAY 14, the 135th day of 2024. There are 231 days left in the year. In 1998, singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles hospital...
Today in History: May 20, Charles Lindbergh takes off on solo flight to France
Houston Chronicle· 1 day agoToday is Monday, May 20, the 141st day of 2024. On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.
Student protesters are not ‘useful idiots.’ They’re the conscience of our country: Letter to the...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 2 days agoThe label “outside agitators” some use to describe the protesters is most ironic, since that is how...
Today in History: May 24, first night game in Major League Baseball
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoToday is Friday, May 24, the 145th day of 2024. On May 24, 1935, the first Major League Baseball game to be played at night took place at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia ...
