There is a lot of pride at UW-Madison, and the spirit of the student body is often on display at sporting events, where the Badgers frequently reign triumphant over their rivals. Maybe you didn’t know …
Linda Thao
Frank Lumpkin – This week’s profile in Black History
The son of a sharecropper and Merchant Marine veteran, Frank Lumpkin, known as ‘The Saint of Chicago’, was an African-American steelworker who organized the ‘Save our Jobs Committee’ on behalf the workers at WISCONSIN STEEL …
44 and Counting
16 February marks ‘President’s Day’, here are a few lesser known facts about the men who have held the top job. James K. Polk was the first President to be elected before reaching the age …
Legendary Organizer
14 February marks the anniversary of the birth of James R. Hoffa in 1913. Hoffa was President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1958 to 1971. Hoffa left school at 14 to work as …
Man with a Movie Camera
11 February marks the day that Sergei Eisenstein died in 1948. Eisenstein was a Soviet movie director and film theorist and is recognized world-wide as a pioneer in film making. At the Petrograd Institute of …
Citizen 13660
10 February marks the birthday of Mine Okubo in Riverside, California in 1912. Okubo is best known for her graphic illustrated memoir in which she told the story of her families internment during World War …
Alan Keyes – This week’s profile in Black History
Alan Keyes is a commentator and diplomat who mounted numerous campaigns for public office. A year before completing his doctoral studies, Keyes joined the United States Department of State as a protégé of Jeane Kirkpatrick. He …
What did the President know, and when did he know it?
It was on 7 February, 1973, that the US Senate voted 77 – 0 to approve Senate Resolution 60 and establish a select committee to investigate Watergate, with Senator Sam Ervin named chairman the next …
The Search for Truth
4 February marks the birthday of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in 1906. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident. Bonhoeffer did his postgraduate work in New York City, where he attended Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist …
Celebrating Black History
In declaring Black History Month in 1976, President Gerald Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” University Staff …