Just think… How can NYC get the Coronavirus virus under control if mass transit is still moving a considerable amount of people? NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo has stated the transportation system is remaining open to transport “essential workers” to their locations, but is this really true? Continue reading
We must remember next contract what the Governor has done to us by having no mercy for our health, our family’s health and our wellbeing— all in the name of service.
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Harriet E. Wilson, one of the first female African-American novelists, was born today in 1825. Her novel Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black was published anonymously in 1859 in Boston.
SYLVIA BEACH
Sylvia Beach, an American-born bookseller and publisher, was born today in 1887. She was perhaps best known for her Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company. Continue reading
In the midst of the Coronavirus outbreak we have seen many events get cancelled as a result. All professional sports teams have cancelled their seasons, Governor Cuomo has banned events that would have more than 500 people including the St. Patricks Day Parade, even Mayor De Blasio has ordered restaurants to cut their capacity by 50%.
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Juliette Gordon Low assembled 18 girls together in Savannah, Georgia, for the first-ever Girl Scout meeting today in 1912.
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Today in 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In the Sun opened at Barrymore Theater, New York. This was the first play by a Black woman to premiere on Broadway.
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