On This Day...
Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 11pm
Alex Haley , Roots.
3114 BC: The World began according to Maya. They predicted the World would end in late December, 2012.1790: President George Washington signed into law an act providing aid disabled veterans.1828: First Labor Party in U.S.A. formed in Philadelphai, PA.1921: Birthday of African-American novelist, Alex Haley who with his fictionalized family history from captured African slave to current African-American, Roots gained him world-wide fame & gave African-Americans pride in their heritage.1965: Rioting began in Watts, a black ghetto of Los Angeles, CA. (booksense)… (more)
3114 BC: The World began according to Maya. They predicted the World would end in late December, 2012.1790: President George Washington signed into law an act providing aid disabled veterans.1828: First Labor Party in U.S.A. formed in Philadelphai, PA.1921: Birthday of African-American novelist, Alex Haley who with his fictionalized family history from captured African slave to current African-American, Roots gained him world-wide fame & gave African-Americans pride in their heritage.1965: Rioting began in Watts, a black ghetto of Los Angeles, CA. (booksense)… (more)
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