Following the end of the Civil War, Congress enacted “An Act to Increase and Fix the Military Peace Establishment of the United States”, which … included the establishment of two regiments of cavalry and four regiments of infantry to be composed of “colored men”. For the first time in the United States history
black men had a place in the regular army. [more inside]
posted by serazin
on Jan 16, 2010 -
11 comments
History,
horrors,
leaders,
literary figures,
lots of pop stars and inevitably,
the Last Supper. Don't let the
international conglomerate fool you, wax museums are
still weird. Case in point: beware the
dangers of drugs in wax! And if you can't make it to Russia, you can always check out the
Russian Imperial court, in Texas! (Oops, bye bye
Czar Nicholas!)
My personal favorite of the genre is
Great Blacks in Wax, and I'm not the only one who likes wax museums. The medium has inspired
poetry,
films and
photography.
Check out the
previous threads on the subject, (but alas, it's too late to buy the
Country Music Wax Museum of the Stars.)
posted by serazin
on Apr 4, 2007 -
15 comments
Billy Tipton (1914-1989) was a moderately popular jazz musician who happened to have been born a girl and lived as a man. In retrospect, some see Billy as a woman pragmatically trying to make it in a male dominated field, others see Billy as clearly transexual. If you like jazz of the 30's and 40's, forget Billy's gender for a moment and take a
listen to Billy's playing! For more backstory,
biographer Diane Middlebrook has posted a
timeline of Tipton's life. More recently, Tipton has inspired jazz ensemble
The Tiptons launches sound, a
novel,
a few plays and butch/punk/queer director Silas Howard is
working on a film.
Oh, and here's
WP.
posted by serazin
on Mar 19, 2007 -
22 comments
