January 26: BESSIE COLEMAN – A Helplessness Never Learned
by BESSIE COLEMAN: January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926 In recent weeks, I have grown increasingly horrified by the political divisions in America. It’s not …
January 19: JANIS JOPLIN – Never Fit In
JANIS JOPLIN: January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970 “Playing is just about feeling. It isn’t necessarily about misery. It isn’t about happiness. It’s just …
February 24: HAROLD RAMIS – A Blessed Journey to Selflessness
by HAROLD RAMIS: November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014 “A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. …
June 18: THE WILD BUNCH – The Inexorable Walk Towards Whatever
The Wild Bunch: premiered June 18, 1969 When Warner Brothers screened Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch for the MPAA and assorted film critics in 1969, …
April 25: PRINCE – Fearless
PRINCE: June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016 I was just getting to a place where I was able to accept that we lived in …
February 23: JIM HENSON’S THE CUBE – The Truth Behind the Mask
JIM HENSON’S THE CUBE: aired February 23, 1969 I live with a strange philosophical contradiction.. It’s one of the things that has led me to …
February 22: CHUCK JONES – Creative Work is Never Competitive
CHUCK JONES: September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002 I think every parent attempts to introduce their children to the things they loved as a …
February 21: MALCOLM X / EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ – A Rare and Difficult Change
MALCOLM X / EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ: May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 I have made a lot of changes in my life in recent …
February 18: HARRY CARAY – The Metric that Matters
HARRY CARAY: March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998 I spent most of my youth in Chicago, despite being born in Ohio and descending from …
February 17: HUEY P. NEWTON – Power to the People
HUEY P. NEWTON: February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989 It’s midway through Black History Month, and a couple of weeks after Beyonce released her …