Indomitable: Ora Washington, Philadelphia’s Ultimate Sports Trailblazer

Posted by on Jun 8, 2020 in | Comments Off on Indomitable: Ora Washington, Philadelphia’s Ultimate Sports Trailblazer On June 5, 1971, the African American newspaper Philadelphia Tribune published an obituary for an individual it called “Superwoman.” Although it was a fitting homage, few who read the Tribune that day would have appreciated the level of deference granted to the individual at the center of that tribute. Her name was Ora Mae Washington (1898–1971). Another African American paper, the Pittsburgh...
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Editor’s Letter

Posted by on Jun 4, 2020 in | Comments Off on Editor’s Letter With the recent premiere of Country Music, director Ken Burns has launched another epic PBS TV docuseries that amplifies the significance of an enduring American institution. In this issue’s cover story, “High on a Mountain,” we follow up with a look at Pennsylvania’s key role in the evolution of country music and the state’s later contributions to the genre. Author Joe Baker takes us on a...
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Mr. All-Around by David Grzybowski

Posted by on Apr 14, 2020 in | Comments Off on Mr. All-Around by David Grzybowski Mr. All-Around The Life of Tom Gola by David Grzybowski Temple University Press, 208 pp., hardcover $27.95 As a college senior in 2013, David Grzybowski interviewed La Salle basketball legend Tom Gola in what would become the basis for Mr. All-Around. Over the next several years, Grzybowski spoke to many of Gola’s teammates and family members, resulting in a very straightforward biography of an...
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