“Something about the crisp, cool air, the twinkling carnival lights, and the scent of deep-fried food provided the perfect atmosphere for reckless teenage abandon.” ― Krystal Sutherland, Our Chemical Hearts
The “Calumet says Howdy” mural from the 1984 Patrick Swayze commie invasion flick, Red Dawn, set in the fictional town of Calumet, Colorado can still
When I was 7 years old, I was Chewbacca for Halloween. The body of the costume was made out of a sheet of plastic, the
Ernest Barnes Jr. was born in 1938 during the Jim Crow era in “the bottom” community of Durham, North Carolina, near the Hayti District of
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We certainly didn’t. Once thermonuclear weapons made the scary transition from theory to reality in 1952, Americans realized that they had a scary chance of
Few drag racers in Mopar history are of the stature of “Dandy” Dick Landy. In addition to an endless line of Super Stocker, Pro Stockers
The company that would become the Zenith Corporation began quite literally inside a “radio shack”—a nondescript two-car garage in Edgewater that served as both a
You have to rewind back to fifties Southern California to find the not-so-humble beginnings of lowriding. Back then, young Mexican Americans (Chicanos) in Los Angeles
“Each morning when I open my eyes, I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I
Considered one of the most prolific heroines of the 1970s, North Carolina-born actress Pam Grier is often lauded as the first female action movie star.
