By Patty Rinehart Many of us remember standing in classrooms at the beginning of our school day to recite the pledge of allegiance–hand over heart. I went to find out about this…
Category: History
BLACK HISTORY – EVERY MONTH: John Lewis 1940-2020
EDITOR’s NOTE: We are going to continue to celebrate the ethnic diversity that’s the United State of America … Here’s more about the heroes of history in the U.S.A. By Jim Heffernan…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: ROSA PARKS
By Jim Heffernan This is the 1955 booking photo of Rosa Parks taken in the Montgomery, Alabama jail. She had committed the heinous crime of sitting on a bus seat reserved for…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: HARRIET TUBMAN
By Jim Heffernan Harriet Tubman was born a slave in 1822 with the name, Ariminta Ross. She grew up on a Maryland plantation and like most slaves was treated harshly until she…
