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Kay Davis auditioned on a dare, and the next thing she knew, she was the vocalist of one of the greatest bands of all time. Now, in her late 80s, Miss Davis is being sought after again as one of the last direct links to the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Eatonville, Florida, is built on dreams. It nurtured the goals of a young Zora Neale Hurston. This year the annual Zora! Festival celebrated an even bigger dream.
What’s it like to fly around the world in a single-engine plane. These two women are among the very few who know. Pilot CarolAnn Garratt explains how she used her record-breaking trip to raise awareness about the disease that took her mother’s life.
When Janice Stillman became the first female editor of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, she took over a publication that George Washington helped launch. Find out why she says it’s still relevant today.
When Barack Obama won the presidential election he kicked in a door that some believed might never open. The same is happening in the world of racing, only it’s women walking through this door.
You may not know the name but you probably recognize his face from his various TV and movie roles. But it’s what he did in his youth that you need to know about.
A near-death experience robbed Jay Blake of his eyesight, but it didn’t steal his race-track dreams. So, when others wouldn’t hire him, he took matters into his own hands.
At 59, he’s the oldest jump master on active duty in Iraq. Col. Gallimore calls direct from one of Saddam’s old palaces in Baghdad where he’s an incredible inspiration to soldiers half his age.
Charley Pride was in no short supply of talent. He’s a country music legend who dreamed of being in the Major League Baseball hall of fame. But it wasn’t his lack of talent that stopped him – it was the color of his skin.
These guys made it to the big leagues, but they know they couldn’t have done it unless the Negro League players broke the sport’s barriers. Hear what they say about the history of baseball, and the work of unknown stars.
During the recent Major League Baseball draft, we talked to Hall of Famer Dave Winfield and former Negro League player Neale “Bobo” Henderson about how the sport has changed over the years.
She’s the only woman ever drafted by major league baseball; he’s 102 years old and still loves to tell stories about his days in the Negro Leagues.