Understanding America and Her Enemies in Wartime
Pope John XXIII Crowned
Pope John XXIII was head of the Catholic Church from October 1958 until his death in 1963. Born in 1881 as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, he was one of thirteen children in a family of sharecroppers who lived in a village...
Kingston Trio – Tom Dooley
The Kingston Trio, an American folk and pop group from San Fancisco helped launch the folk music revival of the late 1950s. The original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds rose to international popularity fueled by an...
Boris Pasternak Forced to Decline Nobel Prize
Growing up in Moscow, the son of an artist and concert pianist, Boris Pasternak anandoned a career as a composer to study philosophy in Germany. On returning to Moscow, he became an author and was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize for literature. His novel Doctor Zhivago...