Harold Washington was born 15 April, 1922 and would go on to serve as Chicago’s first, and so far only, African-American Mayor. Growing up in the ‘Bronzeville’ neighborhood of the city, Washington attended DuSable High …
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Life on the Line
It was on 10 February, in 1978, that the film, ‘Blue Collar’, was released to American theaters. The film starred Yaphet Kotto, Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel (pictured above) as workers in a Detroit auto …
Ralph Bunche – Profile in Black History
Ralph Bunche was the son of a barber and a musician. He gained attention early on as a brilliant student. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and graduated summa cum laude and …
Guns Against Civilians
It was on 30 January, 1972, that British soldiers fired into the participants of a protest, billed as a ‘Catholic Civil Rights’ march in Derry, Northern Ireland. Those shot dead by soldiers of the 1st …
January Congress Meeting
The University Staff Congress held their January meeting this week and started off the year with a full Agenda. Congressional Representatives heard presentations from the OMBUDS Office as well as from the Employee Assistance Office. …
Six Great Goals
It was on 22 January, 1971, that President Nixon gave his State of the Union address to the 92nd Congress. He announced ‘Six Great Goals’ to reform government and transform society. His address read in …
Chief Designer
12 January marks the birth of Soviet engineer, Sergei Korolev, in 1907. Korolev was the driving force behind the Soviet space program from the 1950’s until his death in 1966. Fearing that he might be …
December Congress Meeting
The University Staff Congress held their December meeting on Monday the 18th. In addition to getting updates from Vice Chancellor Heller on the pending merger with UW-Extension and the new Federal Tax Plan under consideration …
Bow-WOW!
To celebrate the coming ‘Year of the Dog’ in 2018, we had Rich Gassen and his team at Digital Printing and Publishing design a Chinese calendar for our office to give away. They proved to …
Shore Patrol
It was on 12 December in 1973, that Columbia Pictures released the film, ‘The Last Detail’. The film, directed by Hal Ashby, starred Jack Nicholson and Otis Young as two US Navy Petty Officers assigned …