Below the Mason-Dixon line, “Negroes” were still being lynched.Yet, from 1955 until 1961, I and roughly 179 other elementary school kids stood each Friday morning in the vaulted, two-story foyer of our schoolhouse, built in 1895, to participate in choral singing. Accompanied on a ...
It’s a well-known fact that you can spot American tourists worldwide by their shiny white tennis shoes. Or shorts. Or sweatsuits. While there’s nothing wrong with casual dress, everyone’s definition of “casual” is different. Dockers and polo shirts at the office on Fridays is fine. ...
When the English language finally gives up the ghost, who will mourn it?I used to think that former English majors might stage a last stand, hunkering down in an abandoned coal tipple outside New Martinsville, W.Va. There, they could issue succinct, well-edited press releases that contained no ...