Learn about the day segregated military regiments ended in the United States, the first-ever symphony by a woman premiered, the first transgender military ban was halted, and more. It’s This Day in History for October 30, MainStream MultiMedia’s summary of progressive, intersectional, historical happenings.
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The friendship between two drastically different Mexican-Americans, a custodian and a TV writer, centers “Fade” at Urbana’s Station Theatre.
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It’s a touching thumbs-up from reviewer Caleb Sneeden, for award-winning author Nico Lang and his true-story compilation “American Teenager,” about gender-non-conforming youth across the country.
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Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black player with a major league organization. Blanche Stuart Scott is the first woman to publicly pilot a plane. The Nazis ban Jews from migrating into Germany. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is sworn in. And more. It’s October 23 in history, part of MainStream’s daily look at This Day in History.
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Learn about the Medicine Lodge Treaty and its devastating impact on three Native American tribes, President Warren Harding’s stance against lynching, the historic March on the Pentagon, and more. It’s Today in History for October 21 from MainStream MultiMedia.
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Learn about the founding of Planned Parenthood, the historic Million Man March, the Black Power salute by Olympians, Abraham Lincoln’s historic “Peoria speech” against slavery, and more. It’s This Day in History for October 16.
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Learn about the first-ever national “gay” publication, Chaplin’s movie mocking Hitler, the start of the #MeToo Movement, the birth of the Black Panther Party, and more. It’s This Day in History for October 15.
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On this day in history, Martin Luther King, Jr., becomes the youngest man ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Anita Bryant receives her legendary pie in the face, a historic march for gay and lesbian rights takes place, and more.
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The October 7 Attacks rocked Israel and the world, President Donald Trump’s first campaign takes a crass turn, Toni Morrison makes history, Elton John “comes out,” and more. It’s This Day in History for October 7.
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“Predictor” just wrapped at Urbana’s Station Theatre and will have its off-Broadway premiere in December. Caleb Sneeden writes in his review how the play by Jennifer Blackmer uses humor and frustration to preserve the story of Meg Crane, inventor of the at-home pregnancy test.
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