This is the grave of Torrie Zito. Born in 1933 in Utica, New York, Salvatore Zito grew up in an Italian-American family, in case the name wasn't clear enough on that point. He mostly taught himself to play piano and started getting jobs in clubs...
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This is the grave of Christopher Columbus. Hoo boy...... I'm largely just going to copy from my Columbus Day labor history post from earlier this year, which lays most of.
This is the grave of Lyman Lemnitzer. Born in 1899 in Homedale, Pennsylvania, Lemnitzer graduated from high school there, got a West Point appointment, and finished there in 1920. He.
This is the grave of George Pettibone. Born in 1862, Pettibone was a miner. He came out of Kansas, but he eventually ended up in Idaho. He was just a working class guy. He became an activist in the Western Federation of Miners. This started...
This is the grave of John Schofield. Born in 1831 in Gerry, New York, Schofield grew up the son of a Baptist minister and missionary. The lattermeant a lot of.
This is the grave of Oscar DePriest, as well as his wife Jessie DePriest. Born in 1871 in Florence, Alabama, DePriest grew up, like most Black kids of that time,.
This is the grave of Teresa Wright, as well as the remains of other good people who left their bodies to the Yale University School of Medicine for research purposes in training doctors. Born in 1918 in Harlem, Muriel Wright was a middle class child,...
This is the grave of Aretha Franklin. Born in 1942 in Memphis, Franklin grew up the daughter of the famous preacher C.L. Franklin, who took a pastorate in Buffalo shortly.
This is the grave of Al Hopkins. Born in 1889 in Watauga County, North Carolina, Hopkins grew up in a locally prominent and musical family. His father was in the.
This is the grave of Mabel Hyde Kittredge. Born in 1867 in Boston, Kittredge grew up wealthy. Her father was the Presbyterian leader A.E. Kittredge. He sent his daughter to all the fancy schools, including Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut, which still exists today....
This is the grave of Patricia Roberts Harris. Born in 1924 in Mattoon, Illinois, Patricia Roberts was a child of the Black middle class. Her father was a sleeping car.
This is the unmarked grave of Archibald Motley. Born in 1891 in New Orleans, Motley grew up in the Black middle class. His mother taught school until she married and.