Son Of Sam And A Summer Of Terror
Editor Picks | September 14, 2021
From the summers of 1976-1977, the young people of Queens and the Bronx were on edge. During this time period, David Berkowitz shot and killed six people and wounded seven more using...
The Momentous Berkeley Free Speech Movement Of 1964
Culture | September 12, 2021
The Berkeley Free Speech Movement of the 1960s arose in response to restrictions enacted by the University of California, Berkeley. Those restrictions included rece...
Barbara Walters: Changing The Face Of Television News
Icons | September 10, 2021
American broadcast journalist Barbara Walters looks at film negatives with an unidentified man behind the scenes at NBC Studios, New York, New York, 1966. (Photo by ...
President Lyndon Johnson's War On Poverty
Icons | September 8, 2021
On January 8, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared his war on poverty. As he proclaimed during his Union address, "Our aim is not only to relieve the symptoms of poverty, ...
Bloody Sunday: A Massacre During A Civil Rights March
Culture | September 6, 2021
British troops marching arrested citizens toward detention on Bloody Sunday 30th January 1972 (Photo by William L. Rukeyser/Getty Images) In 1969, Derry, the secon...
The 1962 University of Mississippi Riots That Changed The World
Culture | September 5, 2021
The 1962 riots at the University of Mississippi campus marked a turning point for racial equality in the region. For a state that featured the confedera...
Silent Movie: Slapstick In The Seventies
Entertainment | September 2, 2021
In 1926, Brooklyn native Mel Brooks was born. He got his start as a writer and comic for Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, which ran from 1950-1954, where he worked alongside N...
The Grooviest Afros Of The "60s and "70s
Culture | August 31, 2021
The ‘60s and ‘70s brought many groovy influences into the world but none groovier than the Afro. In reality, the bouncy, effervescent hairstyle represented so much more than a...
Jazzercise: The Beginnings Of A Fitness Craze
Culture | August 29, 2021
Jazzercise was born after second-wave feminism was underway, and it helped to revolutionize fitness for women; its impact continues to be felt today. Prior to the 1960s, ...
The Orginal Mini Cooper
Fads | August 27, 2021
Endless ill-conceived sports cars account for much of Britain’s automotive history, however, the original Mini Cooper stands apart. Voted the “European Car of the Century” in 1999 by 130 motor...
The Poor People's Campaign
Culture | August 25, 2021
On January 8, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson addressed the nation in the State of the Union Address, proposing legislation to help combat poverty in America. The poverty rate at that point was aro...
The Harlem Cultural Festival
Music | August 23, 2021
Source: (The Everett Collection/Pop Sugar). In the Summer of 1969, Woodstock became the music festival to remember. At the time, other youth-oriented festivals, like Monterey and Newport w...
