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Book Review, Memoir

“Son of Sam Was My Catcher and Other Bronx Tales” by Ian Lowell

Son of Sam Was My Catcher and Other Bronx Tales by Ian Lowell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ian Lowell takes me has taken me back to my youth, growing up in New York City in the 50’s and 60’s, in his wonderful memoir “Son of Sam Was My Catcher and Other Bronx Tales”. Although I was in upper Manhattan and he was in … Continue reading “Son of Sam Was My Catcher and Other Bronx Tales” by Ian Lowell

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1963 and “View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale”

1963 and “View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale” In 1963 America was still innocent. World War II was well behind us. We had a young president with a fashionable wife and two lovely children. In spite of the Cuban Missile Crisis the country felt safe although travel and trade with Cuba are made “illegal”.Our president had avoided war and was negotiating peace with the … Continue reading 1963 and “View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale”

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1963, New Book

1963 and “View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale”

In 1963 America was still innocent. World War II was well behind us. We had a young president with a fashionable wife and two lovely children. In spite of the Cuban Missile Crisis the country felt safe although travel and trade with Cuba are made “illegal”. Our president had avoided war and was negotiating peace with the USSR. The US signed the Nuclear Test Ban … Continue reading 1963 and “View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale”

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anti-gay, civil rights, discrimination

Arizona & the Anti-Gay Law

Between 1876 and 1965 racial segregation laws, Jim Crow Laws, were enacted at state and local levels in the United States.  African Americans were seen as “separate but equal”.  In 1964 these “laws” were overruled by the Civil Rights Act. In July 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act which included a “commerce clause” that made discrimination in public accommodations such as privately … Continue reading Arizona & the Anti-Gay Law

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