Jenny Lind was a “rock star” long before the term was even coined. “The Swedish Nightingale” is judged to have been the greatest soprano singer of the 19th Century. Her nickname was as well known in her day as “The…
Month: August 2012
Jesse and Adolf: The rest of the story
“Jesse Owens, the son of sharecroppers, grandson of a slave, won four gold medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, exploding Adolf Hitler’s myth of ‘Aryan supremacy.’ Hitler, the most evil man in history,…