Author: Erik Loomis
On March 17, 1966, farmworkers organizing in the United Farm Workers marched from Delano to Sacramento to bring attention to their plight, one of the most important early moments in.
This is the grave of Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet. Born in 1922 in Louisiana, Jacquet and his parents moved to Houston when he was young. His father was a bandleader, though.
This is the grave of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. Born in 1914, the fifth child of FDR and Eleanor, Jr graduated from Groton in 1933, Harvard in 1937, and the.
This is the grave of Kate Chase. Born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Kate Chase was the daughter of the legendary Ohio politician Salmon Chase. Her mother died when Kate was.
This is the grave of Thomas Edison. So, what does one even say about Thomas Edison, especially when one is on a research trip across the country? Why even go.
This is the grave of Jim Ed Brown. Born in 1934 in Sparkman, Arkansas, his family moved to Pine Bluff when he was a child. They frequently sang publicly as.
I was contacted by a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter to give some context to the current Wabtec strike going on in Erie, which is a classic case of an industrial employer.
I'm always interested to read books hastily written to respond to a crisis a year or two after they are published. How are they dated? How well do they hold.