Executive Director, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. Views are mine alone. Historian. Writer. Veteran. Adjunct history instructor. Author of “The Last Lincoln Republican” (Univ. Press of Kansas, 2020). #ParkChat Hall of Famer. Pittsburgh sports fan.
Dr. Todd Arrington
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“In the final analysis, a democratic government represents the sum total of the courage and the integrity of its individuals. It cannot be better than they are.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt.
Image: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum.
Dr. Todd Arrington
Wow, only 399 followers to hit 10K! I’m mystified that 10 people care about what I post, so 10K is pleasantly surprising and more than a little shocking (in the best possible way).
Thanks to everyone!
Jun. 10, 1692: Midwife/tavern owner Bridget Bishop became first person accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials to be executed. Nineteen others were eventually executed; five other accused "witches" died of illness in harsh, dirty jail conditions while awaiting trial.
Image: Getty Images.
On this day 63 years ago-Jun. 11, 1963-President John F. Kennedy addressed the American people on civil rights.
It was the same day that Alabama governor George Wallace had symbolically blocked access to the University of Alabama for two Black students trying to register.
Video: C-Span.
"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."
~Victoria Woodhull, 1872-when, as candidate of the Equal Rights Party, she became the first woman to run for President of the United States.
Woodhull died on this day 99 yrs ago-6/9/1927.
Image: Smithsonian.
"You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
~U.S. Army counsel Joseph Welch to Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) during the televised Army-McCarthy hearings on this day 72 years ago: Jun. 9, 1954.
Image: U.S. Senate Historical Office.
Hattie McDaniel was born on this day in 1893. She won 1940 Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of "Mammy" in "Gone with the Wind." She was the first Black performer to win an Academy Award. The ceremony at which she won her Oscar was strictly segregated.
Image: Public domain.
“The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself—always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent, and all the more valuable for having been tested in adversity.”
~President Jimmy Carter, 1978.
Image: White House Historical Association.
As a kid born in the ‘70s who came of age in the ‘80s…to be reposted by the great @morgfair.bsky.social is surreal to say the least. Thank you!!!
