William F. Spivey's History Channel
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Most of my stories invariably return to history, a different perspective, and always in context. A recent story about the Red Summer of 1919 also described 1918-1923. You'll get some politics, education, and race, but history is what I always return to. Source
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The First Black West Point Cadets, Including the Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Story
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Benjamin O. Davis Jr. graduated 35th out of 276 cadets in the West Point Class of 1936. He finished that high despite failing three classes: boxing, ballroom dancing, and CPR. He failed those classes because they required a partner. Other cadets, staff, and faculty had been ordered to treat Davis as if he were invisible. He wasn’t to be spoken to directly, touched, or called on in class; he couldn’t have study partners or be in study groups.
The Creation of the Tuskegee Airmen: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Lays the Groundwork
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) (Carlisle, PA)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons My wife sent me a short video about Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., and the Tuskegee Airmen, which inspired me to look deeper. As I researched, I found that his story begins with his father and the cadets that preceded him at West Point and continues with his role in forming the Tuskegee Airmen. I had in mind mentioning Benjamin O. Davis Sr. as a preface but found he required a story of his own.
What’s Next for Mike Lindell, the “My Pillow Guy?”
Jaredlholt, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Mike Lindell, the “My Pillow Guy,” is at another crossroads, something he’s not unfamiliar with. Lindell was born June 28, 1961, in Mankato, Minnesota, about 80 miles southwest of Minneapolis, where I grew up. When Mike was a small child, he moved to Chaska, Minnesota, in the Minneapolis suburbs. We were practically neighbors, though I was five years older.
Kevin Lincoln is the Last, Last, Great Black Hope for the Republican House of Representatives
TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons I wrote an article about Charlotte Bergmann in Memphis, who I believed was the last Black hope for a Republican to win a seat in the House of Representatives in 2026. The present House has four Black members out of 219. All four aren’t running for reelection for various reasons. Three took a chance on running for higher office.