MicrenspeU.S. Olympic Trials A Gifted High Jumper Gets Set To Leap Onto The World Stage verified_publisherNPR - Melissa BlockEditor's Note: Vashti Cunningham made the U.S. Olympic team by finishing second in the high jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., on July 3, clearing 6-foot-5 (1.97 meters). Her brother Randall...
MicrenspeMini-series In Its Retelling, 'Roots' Is Powerful, Must-See Television verified_publisherNPR - David BianculliThe original Roots miniseries, based on the 1976 Alex Haley novel tracing his own family tree from African tribal life to American slavery and freedom, was a phenomenon. ABC showed it over consecutive...
MicrenspeWest Point West Point Cadets At Center Of Storm After Raising Fists In Photo verified_publisherNPR - Dana FarringtonWest Point is investigating whether black female cadets violated any rules by raising their fists in a photo. The 16 women, following school tradition, posed in historical-style uniforms ahead of graduation...
Micrenspe Born With No Hands, This 7-Year-Old 'Stunned' Judges To Win Penmanship Contest verified_publisherNPR - Mabinty Quarshie, Laura WagnerSeven-year-old Anaya Ellick, who was born with no hands and does not use prostheses, recently won a national penmanship contest. Holding the pencil between her wrists, the first-grader at Greenbrier Christian...
Micrenspe Churchill Downer: The Forgotten Racial History Of Kentucky's State Song verified_publisherNPREvery year at the Kentucky Derby, crazy hat-wearing, mint julep-guzzling horse-gazers break into a passionate rendition of Kentucky's state song, "My Old Kentucky Home." As tradition goes, the University...
