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Dr. Robinson-McNeese's recitation of his powerful verse should be required viewing in all public and private schools, and should be played in public, particularly at police and fire academy graduation ceremonies. We white people have no clue as to what a Black person encounters every day of his/her life.
Branch Ricky and jackie Robinson single handedly destroyed the black economic juggernaut called the negro league to integrate as a player not as owners not even as part owners there is nothing to be proud of if jackie had disagreed with a jew he would have been fired no matter how good he was and thats a fact jack..!!!
It keeps escalating 😭 I'm so grateful to have been selected to help promote Dieterich Bank and to work with amazing people all around. Simply the best! 💃
You can see the Oscar Wilde in him, the impulse to beautify; the Sinclair Lewis (Main Street) in the impulse to bring the beauty back home to the tacky little commercial-minded Mid-Western town. Long may his censors wave over America!
Absolutely delightful !! I loved this little history of a man who was true to himself. As well, I loved being reminded that there are many, many Americans who don't "improve" how they look, who have values other than money. I'm eternally puzzled by the fact that you don't call him Nicholas, but use the first part of his double surname as if it were his given name: I wish someone would explain this to an Aussie ...
Who would think there would be a need for restoration video on the reconstruction/ restoration of such an important piece of history? Obviously not the people who was contracted to do the work, the people in charge of Oak Ridge Cemetery, any historians involved, Lincoln’s so called admirers or bureaucrats!😡
Buck has since been inducted into the to the Hall, but the fact that it took so long is terrible. There has been no better ambassador of the game of baseball than Buck O’Neil. Maybe no better man, period.
I became familiar with one of Vachel Lindsay's poems, "The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the Little Girl Said)" by fantastic serendipity. I had to take a NYC subway daily, on my way to work, and used to read the poem daily, twice a day, as it had been placed among commercial posters. Having a 7-year old daughter and a newly born son, I decided to copy the poem for my children, line by line, and printed it for them, in an attractive, bold, font and read it to them by the moon. Later on, in the school district where I worked, I used to read the poem to elementary school children. One of the many creative teachers in whose classroom I read, took it one step further and had her students write two poems, "My imitation," and, "My poem," and "publish" them into a classroom book "by Vachel Lindsay and Ms. Xxx's Students." I kept the book and, tomorrow, I'll be introducing it to my 5-month old granddaughter. For me, this has been an incredible circular and cyclical experience because, as a foreign exchange student, at 17 years of age, I was a senior at Pittsfield H.S., in Pittsfield Illinois, hardly one hour from Springfield, Illinois, where Vachel was born!
I'm sorry, but Lincoln's pre-eminent desire to preserve the union cannot be cited as a moral failing even if prioritized above the emancipation of all slaves North and South of the Mason Dixon Line. I mean, the Civil War was America's deadliest conflict in terms of US dead in all of US history by a wide margin. Lincoln knew that an all out war between the Northern and Southern states would be devastating/brutal/destructive on an unprecedented scale, not to mention the fact that if the union were dissolved, then all the potential of this newfound democratic republic would potentially be lost to divided warring camps. More importantly, Lincoln did push for the emancipation proclamation at a time when it made more tactical sense to do so and would have actually had a positive effect on the slave population. Think about it, if Lincoln had rolled out emancipation legislation at the beginning of his presidency, then do you really think the South would have acquiesced? Lincoln was an incredibly complex person who lived and operated in a time when his personal moral/spiritual compass was remarkably positive, whilst he lived his life in such a way that should put any given one of us to shame. Lincoln was arguably the greatest president we ever had, without whom this country almost certainly wouldn't exist as we know it today. It's just so irritating to listen to a bunch of armchair historians morally posture and denigrate the legacy of a truly great man who probably accomplished more in any given week of being president than they ever will.
It can be considered a moral failing, because it’s valued more than basic human rights. Preserving the Union is a political victory, and Lincoln deserves the credit of being the first president of the unified post civil war America, and savior of the Union. But he didn’t free the slaves at first for purely moral reasons, but political reasons.
What have you done with yours? Focus on your own life, not others. Would you like it if people question what you do with your civil rights? Sounds somewhat pretentious, or condescending
The performance was great, don't get me wrong, but can someone explain the unorthodox nature of the poem and tonal shifts? You don't really hear poetry like this everyday, and I'm just a bit confused. Is it an artistic choice, or something else?
[8:43] ".... nearly court martialed from the US Army..." is not really correct. In the incident referred to (where US Army busses had been recently de-segregated - in theory, at least), Robinson sat next to a white woman (who was the wife of a white officer friend of his, and the couple both personally knew Jackie quite well). But this was a bit much for the bus driver, who kicked up an awful fuss. It didn't get Jackie court martialed, but it _did_ de-rail his chances of becoming an army officer. Not sure why that is, but.......
You seem to be well informed; however, what did the officer's wife do and say while the savage bus driver's animal like behavior was taking place??? Just asking...
Father told me he seen Sach PAGE PLAY FOR BLACK YANKEES..between inning a 2×4 was placed on home plate with 3 wooden matches upright, it took 4 throws to take down all matches..the crowd gave a standing ovation .....
I have never been to Cooperstown, but I have been to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. My father had told me that he had enjoyed Negro League baseball more than watching Major League baseball. I'm just glad I grew up when I did and got to see Willie Mays, Bob Gibson, and all the great black ballplayers who played in the fifties and sixties.
I've always wanted to visit the Negro Baseball HOF in Kansas City. Unfortunately every time I drive by they have been closed. Hopefully I can make it there before I die.
Thank you for telling this story! Thank you for all the hard work these architects have done! As a Springfield native I drive by this a lot now, and every single time I drive by, I catch myself just looking so intensely like I've never seen it before. But I have to remember I'm driving, so I have to be careful of my staring! Every time I drive by, I think to myself how happy that I live in central Illinois where such profound history has happened. This is just one of the many buildings that represent an ever changing but yet resolute spot in central Illinois and the United States beyond. Thank you again.
