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PBS’ Marian Anderson Documentary Highlights the Racial Fortitude of the Legendary Opera Singer

Post published: February 1, 2022
Post category:In The News Rita Coburn

In honor of Black History Month and Marian Anderson’s 125th birthday, which is February 27, 1897, PBS series American Masters will be debuting a special about the life and times of the esteemed…

Ride Out The Turbulence: Flying, Landing And Overcoming Adversity

Post published: November 29, 2021
Post category:In The News Tammie Jo Shults

When it comes to times of uncertainty, few things equal losing an engine when you’re 32,000 feet in the air. Now, imagine you are the one at the controls of…

A “Secret” life, new work from a Pulitzer finalist and getting a start on holiday gifting

Post published: November 4, 2021
Post category:In The News Kathryn Childers

The women who gathered at River Crest Country Club on a recent afternoon were there to buy a book: Scared Fearless: An Unlikely Agent in the US Secret Service by…

Smart Idea: Dump the F-15EX for More F-35 Stealth Fighters

Post published: October 28, 2021
Post category:Heather "Lucky" Penney In The News

The Mitchell Institute report reaffirms the mounting bipartisan consensus of top military experts: to curtail F-35 production in the present domestic and geopolitical context is to court an unmitigated national…

Fighter pilot reflects on would-be 9/11 suicide mission

Post published: September 10, 2021
Post category:Heather "Lucky" Penney In The News

Heather Penney was asked to stop hijacked flight 93 before it reached D.C. As the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were unfolding, then-Air Force Lt. Heather Penney was given a mission…

The F-16 pilot who was ready sacrifice her life to bring down Flight 93 on September 11

Post published: September 10, 2021
Post category:Heather "Lucky" Penney In The News

On the morning of September 11, 2001, as Americans everywhere were shocked by the terror attack that would change the world, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney and her wingman were airborne…

TEXANA READS: She has been a trailblazing Secret Service agent, TV anchor, clown, author

Post published: August 21, 2021
Post category:In The News Kathryn Childers

Shhhh. . . . Kathryn Clark Childers has a secret, with a capitol “S.” Back when she was a young woman straight out of the University of Colorado, she took…

Air Force Fighter Pilot Heather Penney Shares Story Of 9/11 Mission That Nearly Cost Her Life

Post published: August 8, 2021
Post category:Heather "Lucky" Penney In The News

She spoke to an audience at the Heinz History Center and urged people to remember the heroism of the passengers on Flight 93. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — “On a bright blue…

Malcolm X series produced by daughter Ilyasah Shabazz in development

Post published: July 21, 2021
Post category:In The News Uncategorized

The series is set to adapt two of Shabazz’s novels about her father’s life, including ‘X: A Novel’ and ‘The Awakening of Malcolm‘ According to recent reports, a Malcolm X series produced by…

Malcolm X Series in the Works From Activist Icon’s Daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, Sony’s TriStar

Post published: July 20, 2021
Post category:Ilyasah Shabazz In The News

A television series based on the life of Malcolm X is in the works at Sony Pictures Television’s TriStar, Variety has learned exclusively. The series will be based on the novels “X: A Novel”…