On 28 March, 1977, the film, ‘Harlan County, USA’ was awarded the ‘Best Documentary’ Oscar at the 49th Annual Academy Awards. The film, which chronicles a protracted struggle of 180 miners and their wives against the …
Politics
Crime and Cover-up
It was on 21 March, 1973, that White House Counsel John W. Dean III (pictured above) informed President Nixon that “there is a cancer on the Presidency” in reference to the expanding nature of the Watergate …
No Irish Need Apply
17 March is ‘St. Patrick’s Day’, an occasion on which Irish throughout the United States will celebrate their identity. The US was not always so welcoming however to those who arrived from the ‘Emerald Isle’. …
Bernadette Devlin – This Week;s Profile in Women’s History
In 1969, at the age of 21, Bernadette Devlin became the youngest member of the UK Parliament when she was elected to represent the Mid-Ulster constituency of Northern Ireland. Devlin had previously been a Psychology student …
Who Will Speak Out?
6 March marks the day on which Martin Niemöller died in 1984. Niemoller was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian born in Lippstadt, Germany, in 1892. A German Navy and WWI Veteran, Niemöller was a …
Working Class Author
It was on this date, 2 March, that journalist and author Philip Bonosky died. Phillip Bonosky was born in 1916 to Lithuanian immigrant parents in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, in the heart of the coal and steel …
Grand Old Party
It was on this date, 29 February, in 1956, that William J. Campbell, often credited with being the founder of the modern Wisconsin Republican Party, died. It was Campbell, a lumber company executive, and member …
Fred Hampton – This week’s profile in Black History
Illinois native Fred Hampton rose to national prominence as an activist and organizer with the Black Panther Party. He was shot to death while sleeping at his apartment during a raid by a tactical unit …
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 …