January 17, 1942 was a chilly day in Louisville, Kentucky. It was also the day that Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Odessa and Cassius Clay Senior. Cassius Clay was an Afro-American, and he grew up in that city. When he was just twelve years old, an incident happened there that would forever change his ...
Ulysses S. Grant was the greatest general in American history-better than Lee, better than Eisenhower and better than Patton. No less an authority than Eisenhower himself said as much. (See here, second item.) However, Grant’s presidency has been greatly maligned. He is under-appreciated, underestimated, misunderstood and undeserving of his presidency’s lousy reputation. If there was ...
This is a very odd movie. On different websites it’s listed as having a release date of 1964 and 1969, which is impossible since it is a documentary covering events from roughly 1964 to 1974. Elsewhere I see it listed as having a 2002 release, which is also a little odd since there are no ...
Whoopi Goldberg – Whoopi Goldberg is most famous for her comedy, but she has long been a humanitarian and a strong role model for both women and people of color. In addition to her film roles, she was a long-time head-liner on Comic Relief. She was the second black woman to win an Oscar. She ...
Independence Day (1996) The start of summer is interrupted by UFOs seen around the world. Will Smith stars as a jet pilot who is a crucial link in saving the day. It will take the government, secret programs, the President, scientists and a lot of guts to save the world. But with the aliens having ...
Sports autograph seekers have aspirations of acquiring that rare sports autograph and adding it to their collection. However, for many collectors, these autographs are priced far out of their collecting budgets. These rare autographs can range in price from hundreds of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars. There is no argument that rare autographs ...