Cold War, Rights & Culture (1945–1991)

1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (884+ words) Activist Octavius V. Catto, who lived from 1839 to 1871, pushed the fold for Black Americans. Catto advocated Black Americans’ right to vote, to eliminate segregation of the city’s schools, and Philadelphia’s racist trolley car system.— LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The Octavius V. Catto…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago   (483+ words) September 21, 2026 / 2:03 PM EDT / CBS News "I want my pictures to hurt you, I don't want you having any free rides, I'm there to upset you and I'm there to make you feel uncomfortable the way I feel when I go…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (363+ words) The Times of India Lucknow: Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke, a decorated Indian Air Force fighter pilot who shot down a Pakistani Sabre jet during the 1965 India-Pakistan war and was awarded the Vir Chakra, died at the Base Hospital in…...

6+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1321+ words) Jessica is a clinical social worker, writer, and military advocate whose work for We Are The Mighty focuses on the lived realities of military service, especially the moments that come after the uniform comes off. Her writing centers on veterans,…...

11+ hour, 30+ min ago   (714+ words) January 10 should be a special date in American history. On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense rolled off the press in Philadelphia and ignited a drive for independence. As Murray Rothbard wrote,“Tom Paine had, at a single blow, become the…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (644+ words) Army Cpl. Luther H. Story, an infantryman, posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Korean War. Story was born July 20, 1932, in Buena Vista, Georgia. His parents were Mark and Florence, both sharecroppers in Plains, Georgia, on…...

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1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (347+ words) The Valley Breeze Lloyd Richard Cottle, later known in the Air Force as Dick, was born in North Smithfield, R.I., in 1933.One of 8 children, Dick’s early influences came mainly from his older brother Jack Through working on cars together,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (400+ words) Eighty-four years ago today, the FFVS J 22 took to the skies for the first time as Sweden sought to strengthen its air defenses during World War II. Developed domestically after wartime conditions limited access to foreign fighters, the J 22 combined innovative…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (414+ words) YARMOUTH — Thousands of people gathered in Yarmouth over the past several days to pay tribute to the men and women who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War as The Wall That Heals made its only Massachusetts stop of the…...