28 5 / 2012
Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia…. This old woman was a slave and belonged to the family on whose place she now lives. She was a small girl when Sherman’s Army came through. 05/28/1941 - 06/01/1941
Irving Rusinow, photographer. From the Photographic records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
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09 5 / 2012
Photographer Terry Richardson recently posted on his Tumblr these photos he shot of the Beastie Boys on Greenwhich Street — a lovely tribute to MCA who passed away last week.
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08 5 / 2012
Big announcement!!!
Hey Culture Place fans!!!! Business is really picking up! I’m almost done with my thesis on ebooks, which means I will soon be ready to embark on my biggest projects yet!!
No hints here. All I can say is that the fun will begin on July 4th 2012!
STAY TUNED!!!
08 5 / 2012
Maurice Sendak, the children’s author and illustrator best known for the 1963 classic “Where the Wild Things Are,” has died at age 83.
The Brooklyn-born author lost many family members in the Holocaust and spent time in bed with health problems as a child. After seeing the Disney movie “Fantasia” at the age of 12, he resolved to become an illustrator.
Image: Ls / AP file
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04 5 / 2012
May 4, 1961: Freedom Riders Board Buses to New Orleans
On this day in 1961, a group of Freedom Riders set off from the nation’s capital to New Orleans. There were thirteen in total - male and female, black and white, young and old- who set out in two separate buses.
Their goal was to test and challenge segregated travel facilities throughout the South.
Click the American Experience interactive map to retrace the Freedom Rides of 1961.
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01 5 / 2012
life:
Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and other jazz greats at Gjon Mili’s Studio in New York in 1940…
Pictured: The great pianist Mary Lou Williams appears satisfied with the way the night is proceeding, 1942. (Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Amazing jazz photos!
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