Mary Jane Whitaker
Among the first of these was Mary Jane Whitaker, wife of William Whitaker, Sarasota’s first pioneer settler.
As gutsy as she was small she stood in at 5 feet tall the diminutive Mary Jane was fearless. Besides contending with the hardships inherent in surviving life on the frontier, she faced danger from marauding Seminole Indians who burned her Yellow Bluffs home down in a raid.
Later, she went toe-to-toe with Union soldiers during the Civil War who threatened to burn her second home down. Legend has it that Mary Jane handed the officer in charge a match, saying, “I want to look in the eyes of a man who can stoop so low as to burn the house of a helpless woman and her children.” He and his men rode off leaving the Whitaker home standing.
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The Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck has devoted his career to investigating the pathologies of the 20th and 21st century and forcing audiences to confront them. His brooding documentaries and feature films have explored economic despair in Haiti, the legacy of Papa Doc Duvalier’s brutal dictatorship there, the Rwandan genocide, the assassinated Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, and Karl Marx s and Friedrich Engels’s creation of the
Communist Manifesto. Like the left-wing English filmmaker Ken Loach, known for his naturalistic and bleak dramatizations of the Irish revolution, British poverty, and the Spanish civil war, Peck is drawn to projects about injustice, rendered in unflinching and sometimes disturbing detail. It seems safe to guess that he was not on the short list to direct
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A close up of Krunchie Killeen s white bearded face
Krunchie Killeen taking a stroll by the side of the River Tolka
Krunchie Killeen impersonating James Joyce at the Feis of 1904
Krunchie Killeen Releases On Spotify (And Other Digital Channels) “The Universal Dividend,” A Song Calling For A Monthly Payment To All Adults
A person would not have to be unemployed to claim this dividend: (s)he would be entitled just by being an adult member of the human race” Krunchie KilleenDUBLIN, DUBLIN 11, IRELAND, February 14, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Krunchie Killeen has released “The Universal Dividend,” a song calling for the introduction of a monthly payment to all adults across the world. This would ensure that all humans get to share in the wealth of the world. A person would not have to be unemployed to claim this dividend: (s)he would be entitled just by being an adult member of the human race. The song is available (from 15 February 2021) on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer,
Black Seminoles made their mark on Texas history
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Blas Payne stands under the big West Texas sky where he spent his life cowboying. His grandfather won the Medal of Honor while serving as a Buffalo Soldier during the Indian wars.Sam C. Pierson, Jr. / Houston Chronicle staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Cowboy Blas Payne and his dog outside his old fort home in Texas.Sam C. Pierson, Jr. / Houston Chronicle staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
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True to his Black Seminole heritage, Blas Payne was a superb horseman and cowboy.Joe Holley / ContributorShow MoreShow Less
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