Posts Tagged: 100th birthday

Rosa Parks

February 6th, 2013
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When I read that the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a stamp commemorating civil right activist Rosa Parks, I said to myself, “It’s about time.”
Parks, who would have turned 100 this year, was riding a segregated and crowded bus home in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 when a white man wanted her seat.  She refused to get up and give it to him and she was arrested for breaking the law.
A 381-day bus boycott began, lead by a young Baptist minister named Martin Luther King Jr.  Both Parks and King went on to capture the nation’s attention for standing up … Read More

Happy 100th Birthday Julia Child!

August 15th, 2012
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  Courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine “I think every woman should have a blowtorch.” “Always start out with a larger pot than you think you need.” “I would rather eat one tablespoon of chocolate russe cake than three bowls of Jell-O.” Only one woman could have said all three of these fabulously witty things and that is Julia Child! Child, the infamous American chef who also worked as a spy for the U.S. government during World War II, would have turned 100 today (she died in 2004) and restaurants from coast to coast are celebrating her landmark birthday by offering special… Read More