Great historic audio clips about Jackie Robinson’s first baseball game as the first African American to play in the major leagues over at NPR. HOWEVER, folks in Toledo, OH (my hometown!) give credit to Fleet Walker.
The Library of Congress announces the launch of a new Web site devoted to the history of the hymn *Amazing Grace,* and the Library*s Chasanoff/Elozua Amazing Grace Collection, which is comprised of 3,049 published recordings of the hymn by different individual musicians or musical ensembles. This site is a joint venture of the Motion Picture,… Read More Library of Congress Presents: New Web Site on the History of the Hymn “Amazing Grace” and the Chasanoff/Elozua Amazing Grace Collection
The Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities announce the release of “Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,” an online presentation containing more than 226,000 pages of public-domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia and the District of Columbia published between 1900 and 1910.
Posted today on the LM-NET website: Spike Lee and HBO’s epic documentary, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” is the centerpiece of a new curriculum package that will be available this fall for high school, college and community educators. The documentary, for which Lee and Sam Pollard recently won the 2006 George… Read More Spike Lee Video Offer
It can be difficult finding ways to reach young adults who are female athletes. One way may be to tell them about the new radio show hosted by Ida R. Muorie, the “Oprah of Sports.” The show premieres on April 10, 2007 at 8pm(Eastern), 7pm(Central) and 5pm(Pacific). “The Sportsmavericks Show” will be featured this year… Read More Female Athletes
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