AltWeeklies Wire
Bombs Awaynew
What ever happened to the North Country's 12 Cold War missile silos?
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
06-28-2006 |
History
Rush to Judgmentnew
In World War II, Houston attorney Leon Jaworski prosecuted a group of black American soldiers -- in a hurried-up trial, they were court-martialed and sentenced to hard labor. The verdict was probably wrong, and Jaworski had a lot to do with that.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
06-27-2006 |
History
Tags: history
Gunkist Orangesnew
The Citrus War of 1936 is the most important event in Orange County history you've never heard of.
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Las Vegas Stripnew
Vintage vixens of yesteryear meet up with the neo-burlesque starlets of today at the 16th Annual Miss Exotic World Pageant, one big glittering bridge to the ecdysiastical generation gap.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
06-07-2006 |
History
The Kent State Conspiraciesnew
What really happened on May 4, 1970?
Cleveland Free Times |
James Renner |
05-04-2006 |
History
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Paradise Regained: Detroit's Legends of Burlesque Reminiscenew
The most famous exotic dancer in the history of Motown, Lottie The Body, and fellow stripteaser Toni Elling recall the glamourous days of burlesque in the 1960s and the struggles they faced as African-American dancers.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
08-03-2005 |
History
Fighting Under a Green Bannernew
History has nearly forgotten the story of the San Patricios, a battalion of U.S. Army deserters -- many of them Irish -- who fought for Mexico against the United States.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
03-17-2005 |
History
Down the Chisholm Trail Once More
By the time 1972 presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm died on New Year’s Day at the age of 80, her name had dropped off our nation’s radar. A documentary that premieres on PBS Feb. 7 sheds light on the lady with beatnik glasses, bird’s nest hair and defiant personality.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
01-13-2005 |
History
William J. Clinton Presidential Center to Open in Little Rock Nov. 18new
The Clinton Center, with its accompanying Clinton School of Public Service in the remodeled historic Choctaw Railroad Station, inarguably lands Arkansas in the 21st century and gives city leaders hope of a bright future for Little Rock.
Arkansas Times |
Leslie Newell Peacock |
11-11-2004 |
History
