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@ 9:15 a.m. on Nov. 21, 1963, Caroline Kennedy kissed her daddy goodbye. At 9:55 JFK wrote letters to two fatherless Texas children. At 10:42 a.m. JFK received an updated

I'm supposed to be writing. But I brought "Death Of A President" & "Instant Replay" w/ me, because, yunno- pandemic. & two other reads I'll need f/ this piece. I

In the 1930's Boston had three popular Black baseball teams. The Tigers, whose owners AA Johnson & Bob Russell attended annual Negro League owners' meetings applying f/ acceptance. The Royal

It's intriguing that the person who put the noose in that garage benefits from living on stolen land, which was force farmed 246 years f/ free, even if his fam

On March 31, 1943 Joe Namath was born. In h.s. Namath turned down a $60K bonus fr. the Cubs. U. Iowa flew him in to work out w/ the basketball

Intriguing elements of what made Lombardi so successful- he created a highly competitive atmosphere during practice week, w/ exacting standards. He was an excellent teacher of small detail & repetition.

The 380,000 Black veterans of The Great War were targets of hate crimes during The Red Summer of 1919, including race riots & illegal public hangings. There were 25 race

When "The White Shadow" debuted we saw the opening credit sequence & knew the protagonist was modeled after Jerry Sloan. Sloan was an All-America at Evansville when it was a

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little 95 years ago today. I wrote about his assassination f/ this book: https://products.abc-clio.com/abc-cliocorporate/product.aspx?pc=A4761C The most recent of the prominent Malcolm X biographies was by

70 years ago today, Steveland Morris "Little Stevie Wonder" Judkins was born. Musically, Ronnie White of The Miracles was credited w/ his discovery. Berry was very reluctant to sign a

"Clean Up Woman" dropped during the period of testimonial soul marked by 1970's "Want Ads" (Honey Cone), 1971's "Mr. Big Stuff", 1971's "Smiling Faces" (Undisputed Truth), 1971's "Respect Y