This Week In American History

January 29 1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven,” beginning “Once upon a midnight dreary,” was published in the New York Evening Mirror. Equally

January 22    1968 "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin released her twelfth studio album, Lady Soul. The masterpiece includes some of her biggest hit singles:

January 15    1929 Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate degree in

January 8 1978 Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, took his place on the San Francisco Board of