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The biggest jazz star you ve never heard of
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On a rainy September morning in 1950, jazz pianist Hazel Scott stood in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee hoping to clear her name.
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Red Channels had accused Scott â along with 150 other cultural figures â of communist sympathies. Failure to respond would be seen as an admission of guilt. But her appearance at HUAC had a greater purpose than personal exoneration. She believed she had a responsibility to stem the tide of paranoia that gained momentum by the day.
She told the committee s members, Mudslinging and unverified charges are just the wrong ways to handle this problem. With the same poise she brought to the stage as a musician, she testified that what happens to me happens to others, and it is part of a pattern which could spread and really damage our national morale and security.
The secret society of lightning strike survivors
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The Jack Britt High School girls soccer team was playing on a muggy evening in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when the sky grew dark. It was on Sept. 30, 2015. Shana Williams Turner, a 46-year-old teacher in the school s special education department, was supervising at the gate that leads to the field. She watched as the weather started to turn.
Thunder rumbled above, each clap bringing lightning closer. When a bolt struck close by, the players and coaches were escorted inside by supervising staff. Shana kept guard outside, the heavy rain soaking her shoulder-length auburn hair, red trousers, and white shirt. After 30 minutes, the storm appeared to calm and the match resumed. Then, Shana saw another lightning bolt hit a grocery store across the street. Scared, she and the choir teacher, Richard Butler, ran to a nearby ticket booth to find shelter. With barely e
The DIYers demanding dolls as diverse as they are
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In her parents kitchen, 15-year-old Teddie fills a stockpot with water. She places the detached head of an American Girl doll (whose neck strings allow for such blunt dismemberment) atop a towel in a bowl, pours a small amount of warm water in the neck opening, and steps back to wait. Once the vinyl is heated enough to melt slightly and become squishy, she takes a wooden spoon from a kitchen drawer and pops out the doll s eyes, laying them aside carefully â if they get any water on them, they ll turn silver â before adding special fabric dye to the boiling pot on the stove. There s no need to worry about the doll s precious locks â Teddie has already removed the wig with a metal spoon, sliding it underneath the cap until the old glue pops with a
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