Charles Rangel was born in New York City in 1930. After dropping out of high school, he found a series of low paying jobs to be unfulfilling, and in 1948, joined the US Army. Rangel …
Politics
David Susskind – From Campus to Combat
David Susskind was raised in a Jewish family. He graduated from Brookline High School in Massachusetts and entered the University of Wisconsin at Madison. During WWII, he joined the US Navy and was assigned as …
Edward M. Kennedy – Private First Class
Edward Moore ‘Ted’ Kennedy was born into what would become one of America’s most storied and enduring political families in American history. His grandfather, John Fitzgerald, was Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Joseph P. …
Mel Brooks – War Is No Laughing Matter
Mel Brooks would carve out a place in American entertainment history as one of the most successful directors of comedy films, and would also be one of the few people to win an Oscar, a …
Profile in Black History – The Hammer
It has been said that one of the most difficult feats to perform in sports is to hit a pitched baseball with a bat. One athlete was so adept at this task that he was …
Remember Pearl Harbor
On 7 December, 1941, America experienced one of the most humiliating military catastrophes in its history. Japanese air and naval forces would destroy over 300 American aircraft, as well as 20 vessels, and over 2,500 …
Relentless Revolutionary
12 November marks the day that Sun Yat-Sen was born in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China, in 1866. His steadfast determination to modernize China and free it from dynastic and warlord rule earned …
First of 44
It was on 4 November, 2008, that Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected President of the United States. Prior to 2008, no major Party in the United States had even nominated …
We Are Your Sons
It was on 16 October, 1995, that the Million Man March arrived in the Nation’s Capital. The event was Chaired by Dr. Ben Chavis with the NAACP and the Nation of Islam being the key …
Anti-Imperialist
6 October marks the birthday of John Y.F. Blake. Blake was born in Missouri, raised on the cattle ranches of Texas, and graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1880. He was …