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 …
World History
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 …
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 …
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 …
Go East Young Man
It was in early September 1920, that a historic conference took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. The aim was to inspire a revolutionary consciousness among the people of former Tsarist Republics and beyond, many of whom …
The Flying Column
It was on this day in 1897 that one of the most famous names in the fight for Irish Independence was born, Tom Barry. A veteran of service in the British Army in the First …
Nothing is Written
It was on 15 May, 1961, that principle photography on the motion picture ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ began. Lawrence of Arabia was nominated for ten Oscars at the 35th Academy Awards in 1963; it won seven …