Tales to Inform, Inspire, and Motivate
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When we think of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in the US, we normally think of luminaries such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Andrew Young, and Rosa Parks. But have you heard of Donald L. Hollowell? It’s not a name that is famous in this early part of the 20th …
When you think of “Hollywood heartthrob”, who comes to mind? Brad Pitt? George Clooney? Ryan Gosling? OK, let’s rewind a little more to the golden age of Hollywood. Cary Grant? Rock Hudson? Marlon Brando? If we rewind a little further, all the way to the dawn of cinema, who can you think of now? We’re …
This is a story of a tremendous mathematical genius from the early 20th century. This person helped illuminate profound fundamental truths of the universe using mathematics that the layperson could barely fathom, and in so doing set the bedrock on which some of the most important breakthroughs in physics in the 20th century took place. …
The idea of the Black Samurai is a popular concept and a powerful motif in the popular imagination. It took root in the 50s, 60s, and 70s when Japanese martial arts first entered the American consciousness and many of those who took up these fighting arts were African American. They were attracted to the physical …
She cracked Russian codes for the NSA at the height of the Cold War. Before that, she was the first female instructor in the US Navy to teach pilots how to shoot down enemy planes. But first, she had to crack racial barriers to be the first Asian American woman in the US Navy. …
When someone says secret agent, who do you think of? James Bond? Jason Bourne? Austin Powers? What about “detective”? Sherlock Holmes, I’ll bet. Any others? The Hardy Boys? Magnum PI? Batman? If you had to pick someone who was both? Tough one. But wait, have you ever heard of Kate Warne? Kate Warne was arguably …
Awesomeness is often associated with being great something. Being a master of some topic, field, or domain. But how do we master something? Often the first step to being great at something is to learn as much and as well as possible. And this usually means learning from some source – whether that is a …