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The powerful story of Rosa Parks and her act of civil disobedience is so often reduced to just a headline,It’s often easy to forget the three-dimensional person she was. It
One of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century was a man who often needed nothing more than a banjo and a strong voice to entertain an audience.
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In the late 1940s and early ‘50s America was caught up in a “red scare.” The nation was gripped by fears of Communism, communist spies, communist infiltration. One of those
TV-radio Fixture Charles Osgood, On How He Practiced His Unique JournalismTV-radio Fixture Charles Osgood, On How He Practiced His Unique Journalism
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Most journalists can craft a pretty good straight news story, in that classic inverted pyramid style. All the facts, expertly and objectively told. But then there are other journalists, those