Louis Long carved ingenuity into businesses, streets & stations: Former Gila ... - Eastern Arizona Courier

Louis Long carved ingenuity into businesses, streets & stations: Former Gila ... Eastern Arizona Courier He later returned and graduated with a degree in engineering in 1920," said Shirley Curtiss, Long's daughter. Curtiss said her father took a job as a mechanical engineer at a local mine, but after an explosion, the main vein was destroyed. and more »

Bengal Bouts: St. Joe grad Hammer takes his shot - South Bend Tribune

Bengal Bouts: St. Joe grad Hammer takes his shot South Bend Tribune The pre-med and history major will be one of 12 boxers competing for the 204-pound title. “I'm nowhere near as good as the guys that are captains and some older guys and I'm still learning a lot, so I think the time commitment has been great both years ...

The Washington Informer Celebrates BHM - Washington Informer

The Washington Informer Celebrates BHM Washington Informer Black History Month actually began as Black History Week in 1925, the brainchild of Carter G. Woodson, an African-American historian and founder of the Washington, DC-based Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). and more »

Norma Rae Meets Downton Abbey: the English Factory Football Clubs - Rant Sports

Norma Rae Meets Downton Abbey: the English Factory Football Clubs Rant Sports Caroline writes: “In 1920, 53000 spectators watched a boxing day match between Dick, Kerr Ladies (a Preston team) and St Helen's Ladies; the biggest crowd for a men's match that year was just 37545. Such success, though, was perhaps the cause of what ...

Tangled reaction to Duluth racism ads - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Tangled reaction to Duluth racism ads Minneapolis Star Tribune ... Duluthians placed a memorial on the downtown street corner where a white mob lynched three black circus workers in 1920, what many have called the darkest moment in the city's history. Chuck Horton, a boxing promoter who runs a gym in Duluth, ... and more »