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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”…

Long-Lost Fragment of First Rainbow Pride Flag Resurfaces After Four Decades

Post published:June 16, 2021
Post category:Charley Beal In The News

The brilliantly colored banner—now on view in San Francisco—flew on “Gay Freedom Day” in 1978 A priceless piece of queer history has returned home to San Francisco, reports Ezra David…

How the rainbow flag became the symbol of pride

Post published:June 14, 2021
Post category:Charley Beal In The News

You already know what the rainbow flag stands for. It's one of the most recognizable symbols in the world, on par with the American flag or the recycling symbol, and especially during…

After 43 years, the original rainbow flag is coming home to San Francisco

Post published:June 7, 2021
Post category:Charley Beal In The News

For decades, the primary LGBTQ symbol was a small pink triangle — first displayed on the uniforms of prisoners at Nazi concentration camps who had been labeled as homosexual. In 1978, San…

Original rainbow flag returns home to San Francisco after being lost for more than 40 years

Post published:June 6, 2021
Post category:Charley Beal In The News

SAN FRANCISCO -- The first rainbow flag used to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride has been found and is back in San Francisco. It's on display at the GLBT Historical Society Museum…

Chaos in the sky, female fighter pilot looks back

Post published:February 8, 2021
Post category:In The News Tammie Jo Shults

History was made in the skies over Super Bowl 55 in Tampa, Florida when a female pilot, Captain Sarah Kociuba, led the flyover before the game. But years before, Naval…

The Oath with Chuck Rosenberg – Heather Penney: Lucky

Post published:December 23, 2020
Post category:Heather "Lucky" Penney In The News

Heather “Lucky” Penney – one of the first women to fly an F-16 – has a riveting tale of a mission she was ordered to fly on 9/11 that could…

Nick Swisher can’t believe he’s on the Hall of Fame ballot

Post published:November 17, 2020
Post category:In The News Nick Swisher

Nick Swisher is on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. And the first thing the former Yankees outfielder did was take to Twitter to share his…

Former Gov. Paterson Joins Public Affairs Firm

Post published:September 30, 2020
Post category:David Paterson In The News

Former Governor David Paterson is joining the public affairs and communications firm Kivvit, joining several former staffers to Governor Andrew Cuomo. Paterson most recently and briefly was the public face…

Influential Women of South Texas: Kathryn Childers

Post published:March 29, 2020
Post category:In The News Kathryn Childers

As 23-year-old Kathryn Clark readied to embark on her new career as a Secret Service agent in October 1970, she and her family sat down for an interview with the…