Mycah Hazel

1 month ago | kpbs.org | Mycah Hazel

In 1934, the Washington Post called Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux the "best known" Black man in America. They weren't wrong. By that year, Michaux, preacher and founder of the Gospel Spreading Church of God, had been delivering his religious message to more than 25 million radio listeners each week, according to Suzanne Smith, a historian at George Mason University.

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Mycah Hazel |Nate Schweber

In 1934, the Washington Post called Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux the "best known" Black man in America. They weren't wrong. By that year, Michaux, preacher and founder of the Gospel Spreading Church of God, had been delivering his religious message to more than 25 million radio listeners each week, according to Suzanne Smith, a historian at George Mason University.

Nov 29, 2023 | opb.org | Mycah Hazel

Your browser does not support the audio element. A number of memorable images came from those tragic few days after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in as the successor president on Air Force One, 3-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father’s casket in Washington, D.C.Yet one image, taken directly after Kennedy was shot, captured the attention of news outlets all over the United States.

Nov 22, 2023 | mprnews.org | Mycah Hazel

A number of memorable images came from those tragic few days after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in as the successor president on Air Force One, 3-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father’s casket in Washington, D.C.Yet one image, taken directly after Kennedy was shot, captured the attention of news outlets all over the United States.