Althea Gibson was born in 1927 in Carolina, her parents were poor and their livelihood was under threat. As cotton pickers they received a small percentage of the profits for their labour but America was in the grips of a savage drought and for three consecutive years the crops failed forcing them to uproot their …
Shirley Jane Temple is who people called America’s favorite little darling. It was for good reason too. Shirley Temple was an outstanding little girl while growing up and dealing with family, co-workers, and directors. She was born on April 23, 1928 and died recently on February 10, 2014 at the ripe, old age of 85. …
Emma Goldman stands as a symbol of defiance and intellectual rigor within the anarchist movement. Her activism in the United States, rooted in advocacy for labor rights, free speech, and sexual freedom, marks her as a key figure in challenging societal norms. Goldman’s critical views on marriage, support for birth control, and involvement in key …
Ida M. Tarbell, a key figure in the Progressive Era, gained fame through her investigative journalism in McClure’s Magazine, targeting monopolistic practices and the negative impacts of industrialization. Before her notable work on Standard Oil’s unethical practices, she was acclaimed for her serialized biography of Abraham Lincoln in 1895, showcasing her reformist spirit by highlighting …
As the last of the apple blossoms were swept away by the groundskeepers, and the slight chill that had been in the Michigan air for over 6 months was finally gone, hundreds of young men scrambled this way and that, desperately trying to make it to their final exams. A young man named James H. …
Nathan Bedford Forrest, a name synonymous with both military brilliance and contentious legacy, occupies a complex place in American history. Born into the antebellum South, his life unfolded against the backdrop of some of the United States’ most turbulent eras, reflecting the paradoxes of a nation divided by civil war and struggling with the aftermath …