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British Volunteer Aid Nurse Vera Brittain left No. 24 General Hospital in Étaples in time to escape the bombings of May 30 [see “Etaples Hospital Air Raid;” May 30, 2018] but not so soon that she missed the arrival of … Continued
The first edition of The Chicago Defender, a run of three hundred papers, went on sale May 5, 1905. For two cents, readers received six columns of text on four full pages. It was a humble beginning for one … Continued
I grew up convinced I would die in the jungles of Vietnam. I needn’t have worried. My birth had come almost a full decade too late. My worries weren’t constant, in any case. Most of the time I was too … Continued