Monthly Archives: February 2025

February 2025 Black History Month

When I was young, the flame of my desire to be an artist guttered and died in Los Angeles California. My bride and I had travelled across the country from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to LA, but I was unable to get a satisfactory position with the companies that I had adored … Read More

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, Part 1

On August 28, 1963, Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech to over 250,000 civil rights supporters during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. In that speech, King called for civil and … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 7-13

From The Indianapolis Times, Thursday, February 12, 1925: The lack of a suitable memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Indianapolis was today, the anniversary of his birth, occasion for discussion of the late Henry C. Long’s bequest of $10,000 (2023: $181,770) to the city for a memorial to the Great Emancipator. … Read More