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Remembering the 1968 East Los Angeles high school blowouts
May 11, 2018I had graduated a year earlier from Lincoln High School not knowing how to read and write proficiently. Now I was marching with others, shouting: "Education not eradication!"
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The First Lady of baseball
May 8, 2018There is only one tombstone engraved: "She Loved Baseball." A fitting tribute to the memory of Effa Manley, the only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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A literary visit with the Misses Zona Gale and Lulu Bett
May 8, 2018Ever hear of Zona Gale? No? Well, let me tell you something about her.
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The real Bosox curse was racism, not the Bambino
May 7, 2018The Boston Red Sox have finally decided to atone for two of the most racist, self-destructive snubs in sports history.
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This week in history: The city of New Orleans founded in 1718
May 7, 2018This year in New Orleans, it’s Laissez les bons temps rouler—Let the good times roll—as a unique historic American city marks its 300th birthday.
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