An original adaptation of James Clavell’s bestselling novel, Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Producer Hiroyuki Sanada stars as “Lord Yoshii Toranaga” who is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite ...
It is not commonly known that in addition to his many popular songs, Stephen Foster also composed a group of beautiful hymns during the Civil War years. Some of these hymns are available in First Recordings on a multimedia disc titled, "Glory, Halllelujah" - Songs and Hymns of the Civil ...
Her passionate renditions of songs like "Move On Up a Little Higher" and "How I Got Over" not only earned her widespread acclaim but also played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement. Also ranks #1 on The Greatest Female Gospel Singers Also ranks #6 on The Best Musical Artists ...
Also, I remember, am still today touched by, the scene from the Time Machine where the elderly Filby (Alan Young) urges George (Rod Taylor) to get to the shelter, atomic satellites, you see. I reckon, then, as well as the Civil Right Era, I’ve been living, have lived, am living...
Though true so far as it goes, this is the sort of claim you can make unequivocally only if your historical awareness extends no further than 1800, or if you simply ignore every new state law passed, every Amendment ratified, every reform movement mustered, and every civil war fought in ...
American patriotic music is said to be inspired from the six wars—the American Revolution, the American Indian Wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, and the Spanish–American War. The first patriotic song written in America was the “The Liberty Song”,...
He was a general in the Civil War. Yeah, an old soldier.’ Well, Dan, he voted.” How a diverse group of Americans succeeded in living together is a fascinating tale that has made an extraordinary difference for the millions who came after them. Of course they had racial problems, and...
You may not have heard of civil rights hero, Fred T. Korematsu. In 1942, at the age of 23, he refused to go to the government’s incarceration camps for Japanese Americans. After he was arrested and convicted of defying the government’s order, he appealed his case all the way to the...
and sang lead on a few of the band's songs, including "Back on the Road Again," "Girl With the Heart of Gold" (Hall sings the verse; frontman Kevin Cronin sings the refrain), "Let's Be-Bop," "Someone Tonight," "Hey, Wait a Minute," "After Tonight," and "Born to Love You....
More recently, in the wake of the FBI’s raid of former president Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago, polling showed that more than half of Americans who identify as “strong Republicans” think civil war is at least somewhat likely in the next decade. That ominous attitude has helped ...