Truly, history’s most famous concert is a matter for debate. But the performance of Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9 of 1939 was memorable for a host of reasons. Anderson, a world-famous contralto, sang before an audience estimated at 75,000 on Easter Sunday that year. It’s a performance still remembered today. What […]
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Grace Lorch Helps Elizabeth Eckford
It’s unlikely you’ve heard of Grace Lorch. Unless you are a serious student of Arkansas history, her name likely doesn’t register. But when Grace Lorch helps Elizabeth Eckford in 1957, she changed history. Grace Lorch is a superb example of how regular people, almost unknown today, contributed to the Civil Rights Movement. The main event […]
Elizabeth Eckford & the Little Rock Nine
You’ve probably seen the photograph of Elizabeth Eckford, even if you didn’t know that was the woman’s name. In a way, it’s a chilling image. It, and the Little Rock Nine, remain a prominent feature in any history of the civil rights movement in the United States. Elizabeth Eckford, a young African American with large […]
Operation Overlord and D-Day at Normandy
Well, June 6 is a huge day in history, so I’ve chosen to post about two events today that were crucial to history in the United States. This is the first of two posts, and it concerns Operation Overlord and World War 2. Operation Overlord was the code name for the American landing at Normandy […]