This is the grave of David Ruffin. Born in 1941 in the amazingly named Whynot, Mississippi, Ruffin grew up the son of a minister and a lumber truck driver. That's.
This is the grave of Johnny Otis. Born in Vallejo, California in 1921, Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes grew up in a Greek immigrant household. His father owned a grocery store and.
This is the grave of Ella Fitzgerald. Born in 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, Fitzgerald mostly grew up in New York. Her parents, both light-skinned African Americans, broke up, but.
This is the grave of Lester Flatt. Born in 1914 in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee, Flatt grew up around music. He learned the banjo, the mandolin and the guitar at the.
This is the grave of Ray Charles. Born in Albany, Georgia in 1930, Ray Charles Robinson grew up very poor. His mother was an orphan a family had taken in.
"Comrade Lenin Sweeps the Globe Clean" by Mikhail Cheremmnykh & Victor Deni, 1920 I'm curious to get a closer look at the actual legislation, but this strikes me as a.
It's time for something a bit more light hearted than usual. So here's this great story about how a bunch of teenagers who don't care about some old man named.
Inside this unfortunately locked cemetery lies the grave of Bob Moog. Born in 1934 in New York, Moog grew up in Flushing and then went to Bronx Science. Moog's father.
