After winning her freedom in 1856, Biddy Mason invested in large tracts of land in downtown L.A., and she used her growing fortune to assist the city’s poorest people.Born into slavery and illiterate all her life, Biddy Mason was nonetheless a clever woman who knew her rights. So when the man who owned her forced her to walk 1,700 miles behind a wagon train while carrying her newborn, Mason filed a petition for her freedom — and won. Read More...
After a year of robbing banks, John Dillinger died on July 22, 1934, when federal agents shot and killed him as he left a movie in Chicago, Illinois.On July 22, 1934, federal agents surrounded Chicago’s Biograph Theater and waited for their target. Inside the theater was a man dubbed Public Enemy No.1, a notorious bank robber whose gang had been rampaging around the Midwest for almost a year. John Dillinger’s death, the agents hoped, would finally end the gang’s reign of terror. Read More...
According to the interviews with Secret Service agents and White House insiders, JFK's women were often prostitutes supplied by organized crime figures.U.S. Embassy New Delhi/FlickrJohn F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy remains one of America’s most respected and admired presidents more than forty years after his assassination. But for all his charisma and ability to navigate through some of the worst crises in U.S. history, there are many rumors that suggest that JFK may have some dark secrets yet to be uncovered. Read More...
