by Tom DeWolf | Apr 14, 2009 | History, Genealogy
I’ve written about Jackie Robinson in this blog here and here and at Beacon Broadside. I’ve always felt a special connection to Jackie as I was born 7 years to the day after he first donned a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform on April 15, 1947 becoming the first...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 7, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Movies, Reviews
Saturday, April 4 was the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. The White Privilege Conference took place at a Hilton hotel WAY out of town near nowhere other than a Benihana restaurant. I had no car and a taxi...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 25, 2009 | Books, Reviews, History, Genealogy
Today, at the Duke University Hospital, John Hope Franklin died of congestive heart failure. He was 94. A highly revered and accomplished historian, Franklin literally helped create the field of African American history. He wrote what is considered by many to be the...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 6, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
I received an e-mail from my friend Eric Manu this morning. He wrote from his home in Cape Coast to remind me that today is Independence Day in Ghana. On March 6, 1957 Ghana became free of British colonial rule. Ghana has a rich and troubled history; centuries of the...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 18, 2009 | Coming to the Table, History, Genealogy
Fifty years ago today, February 18, 1959, twenty three African American students walked into Warren County High School in Front Royal, Virginia for the first time. A young girl, Betty Kilby, was the plaintiff in the 1958 case brought to desegregate Warren County...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 12, 2009 | History, Genealogy
September 20, 2002. Friday. Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I’m with a dozen guys on a “guy” weekend. We flew to Baltimore where we caught the Orioles game last night. Tomorrow we’ll be in State College for the...
