Series: Groundbreakers in History “People say baseball’s dead. Baseball doesn’t die. People die. Baseball lives on.” Continuing my baseball theme of this blog started with
Category: History
Florence Price, first African American female composer to have a piece debuted by a major American symphony
Series: Groundbreakers in History “Unfortunately the work of a woman composer is preconceived by many to be light, froth, lacking in depth, logic and virility.
Celebrating the Women Elected to Congress in 2018
A Special Groundbreakers Post; Groundbreakers of Today If you’re in the US (and even if you’re not), you may have heard that we had midterm
Jeannette Rankin, First Woman Elected to Congress
Series: Groundbreakers in History “I may be the First woman member of Congress, but I won’t be the last.” When you think of “women’s firsts,”
Donald White & the Lack of Black/Latino Musicians in American Orchestras
Series: Groundbreakers in History Even if you were not steeped in classical music for most of your life as I was, you have probably heard
Dorothy Kenyon, trailblazer in women’s equality movement
Series: Groundbreakers in History “One of the most important precepts of the movement for women’s rights is that the aspirations of women are bounded only,
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate for President and fighter for workers
Series: Groundbreakers in History “The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity.” If you are a fan of
Josh Gibson, star of the Negro Leagues
Series: Groundbreakers in History On this last day of the regular baseball season (time flies), please enjoy this profile on a lesser-known player who never
Pauli Murray, fighter for all the good things
Series: Groundbreakers in History NOTE: I neglected to mention in my introductory post that for each Groundbreaker I profile, I will start by providing a
Welcome to Underground Groundbreakers!
Welcome to the world of Underground Groundbreakers! Think of all the pioneers, trailblazers, groundbreakers, that you know of, read about, learned in history classes. They’re