JANUARY 30, 1948: GANDHI ASSASSINATED
On this day in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist.
Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent movement to free India from British colonial rule inspired American civil rights activists who had immersed themselves in Ghandi’s teachings and viewed non-violence as an effective way to challenge the tyranny of the Jim Crow South.
This one time, in 1951, my great great uncle was on the cover of Life magazine.
He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor when he was a 22...
From Sgt. Stubby to Smoky and Cairo: Dogs in Combat
As we celebrate Memorial Day, we look at the role man’s best friend has had in combat...
Happy Mustache Monday! This week’s subject is John Good. We’ll just quote from “A Biographical Dictionary of People in Engineering” (Carl A. Wall,...
Classic photo from KLRU archive in honor of our 50th Anniversary
