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 The tagline of the Apollo Theater in Harlem, “Where stars are born and legends are made,” captures its essence perfectly. The theater, located at 253 West 125th Street in New […]
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Marge Villa became one of eleven Latina ball players to be selected for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League begun by Philip Wrigley in 1943. In that era, the women
Marge Villa, Latina Baseball Star, 1946-1950 Read More »
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed in 1943 to entertain crowds at home during World War II. As male baseball players were drafted into the military, many—including Chicago
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Just as the development of e-mail in the 1990s changed the love letter, the technology of the 1920s forever altered the love song. In the late nineteenth and early
How the Microphone Changed Music Read More »
Jackie Robinson was the first Black major league baseball player, but he was almost prevented from getting to his first spring training in 1946. In 1945, Branch Rickey, general
Jackie Robinson: Barred from Flying to First Spring Training Read More »
Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965) could sing and dance with the best of them. Though her marriage to Harold Nicholas was brief, she could more than hold her own on stage with
Dorothy Dandridge, First Black Nominated for Best Actress Oscar Read More »
