Richard Wright’s autobiography, Black Boy, tells about the real life occurrences that characterized his life from childhood until adulthood. The book begins with Richard’s boyhood, which was spent mostly growing up in the South where Jim Crow laws still dominated the every day lives of blacks. These laws stipulated that segregation was mandatory in public ...
The Iroquois Theater opened in downtown Chicago in November 1903. Located at 28 West Randolph between State and Dearborn, the theater’s opening had been long heralded in the press. The theater sat 1,724 people and its opening attraction was a vaudeville stage show called “Mr. Bluebeard” with citywide advertisements advising parents to “Don’t fail to ...
Wildlife-loving gardeners across the world enthuse about planting butterfly gardens, but relatively few think to design and plant a bee garden. Designing and planting a bee garden will bolster the health of your garden and help conserve one of earth’s treasures. Why Design and Plant a Bee Garden There are over 3,500 species of bees ...
Fairy tales have existed for hundreds of years in multiple cultures. They serve as an insightful view into the customs and beliefs of the time and culture in which they were written. For instance, Charles Perrault’s version of the tale “Hansel and Gretel” offers readers insight into what it meant to be lower class during ...
Despite a film career that started in 1918 and ran through 1955, Ben Lyon is probably best remembered for his long marriage to the equally durable Bebe Daniels and for one film: Hell’s Angels. Lyon was a highly appealing star of the 1920s and 30s. Although he never rose to major stardom, he enjoyed decades ...
As new home owners of one year, my husband and I are incessantly working on the design for our garden with no such luck. Sure, we have some blueprints and basic garden feng shui ideas however our latest mind-boggler was due to shrubs. Although it is nice to have an option among a few choices, ...
When people think of purple flowers, the flowers that come to mind first are usually petunias, pansies, and violets. There are many other purple flowers that are wonderful choices for a purple flower garden. Purple is the favorite color of many people, and a purple flower garden with pretty blooms in varying shades of purple ...
