John Autry
@johnautry.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, film fan, music aficionado, life long learner, and retired member of the NC House of Representatives.
December 1, 1966 - Comedian Dick Gregory was convicted in Olympia, Washington for his participation in a Nisqually Native American fishing rights protest.
#DickGregory
#DickGregory
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
December 1, 1966 - Comedian Dick Gregory was convicted in Olympia, Washington for his participation in a Nisqually Native American fishing rights protest.
#DickGregory
#DickGregory
James Baldwin died on this day in 1987.
"But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain.”
#JamesBaldwin
"But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain.”
#JamesBaldwin
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
James Baldwin died on this day in 1987.
"But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain.”
#JamesBaldwin
"But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain.”
#JamesBaldwin
December 1, 1948 - Following a brief but bloody civil war in 1948, Costa Rican President Jose Figueres helped draft a constitution that abolished the military and guaranteed free election with universal suffrage (all adult citizens can vote).
#JoseFigueres #CostaRica
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#JoseFigueres #CostaRica
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December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
December 1, 1948 - Following a brief but bloody civil war in 1948, Costa Rican President Jose Figueres helped draft a constitution that abolished the military and guaranteed free election with universal suffrage (all adult citizens can vote).
#JoseFigueres #CostaRica
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#JoseFigueres #CostaRica
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December 1, 1955 - Rosa Parks, a black seamstress active in the local NAACP, was arrested by police in Montgomery, Alabama, after refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
#RosaParks #MontgomeryBusBoycott
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#RosaParks #MontgomeryBusBoycott
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December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
December 1, 1955 - Rosa Parks, a black seamstress active in the local NAACP, was arrested by police in Montgomery, Alabama, after refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
#RosaParks #MontgomeryBusBoycott
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#RosaParks #MontgomeryBusBoycott
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December 1, 1969 - A lottery was held to determine which young men would be drafted into the armed services for the ongoing War in Vietnam. A large glass container held 366 blue plastic balls each marked with a birth date.
#DraftLottery
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#DraftLottery
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December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
December 1, 1969 - A lottery was held to determine which young men would be drafted into the armed services for the ongoing War in Vietnam. A large glass container held 366 blue plastic balls each marked with a birth date.
#DraftLottery
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#DraftLottery
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Ah... Those were the days.
But no more.
But no more.
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ah... Those were the days.
But no more.
But no more.
Born this day in 1912 photographer, musician, writer and film director, Gordon Parks.
#GordonParks
#GordonParks
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Born this day in 1912 photographer, musician, writer and film director, Gordon Parks.
#GordonParks
#GordonParks
11/30/1993 - The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act became law. It provided for a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun, and for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system to be used by firearms dealers before the transfer of any handgun.
#BradyBill
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#BradyBill
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November 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
11/30/1993 - The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act became law. It provided for a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun, and for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system to be used by firearms dealers before the transfer of any handgun.
#BradyBill
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#BradyBill
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Gordon Parks born this day in 1912.
Photographer, musician, writer and film director, became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.
#GordonParks
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Photographer, musician, writer and film director, became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.
#GordonParks
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November 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Gordon Parks born this day in 1912.
Photographer, musician, writer and film director, became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.
#GordonParks
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Photographer, musician, writer and film director, became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.
#GordonParks
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"Crisis? What Crisis?" by Supertramp released this day in the UK in 1975.
#Supertramp #CrisisWhatCrisis #VintageVinyl
#Supertramp #CrisisWhatCrisis #VintageVinyl
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Crisis? What Crisis?" by Supertramp released this day in the UK in 1975.
#Supertramp #CrisisWhatCrisis #VintageVinyl
#Supertramp #CrisisWhatCrisis #VintageVinyl
Today in 1925 George D. Hay begins a one-hour radio show “WSM’s Barn Dance” in Nashville Tennessee with 77-year-old fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson. The first "Grand Ole Opry" broadcast. It is the longest-running radio broadcast in U.S. history.
#GrandOleOpry
#GrandOleOpry
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today in 1925 George D. Hay begins a one-hour radio show “WSM’s Barn Dance” in Nashville Tennessee with 77-year-old fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson. The first "Grand Ole Opry" broadcast. It is the longest-running radio broadcast in U.S. history.
#GrandOleOpry
#GrandOleOpry
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison released in the US on this day in 1970.
#GeorgeHarrison #AllThingsMustPass #VintageVinyl
#GeorgeHarrison #AllThingsMustPass #VintageVinyl
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison released in the US on this day in 1970.
#GeorgeHarrison #AllThingsMustPass #VintageVinyl
#GeorgeHarrison #AllThingsMustPass #VintageVinyl
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" released in November 1972.
#NittyGrittyDirtBand #WillTheCircleBeUnbroken #VintageVinyl #RoyAcuff #MotherMaybelleCarter #DocWatson #EarlScruggs #RandyScruggs #MerleTravis #PeteOswaldKirby #NormanBlake #JimmyMartin
#NittyGrittyDirtBand #WillTheCircleBeUnbroken #VintageVinyl #RoyAcuff #MotherMaybelleCarter #DocWatson #EarlScruggs #RandyScruggs #MerleTravis #PeteOswaldKirby #NormanBlake #JimmyMartin
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" released in November 1972.
#NittyGrittyDirtBand #WillTheCircleBeUnbroken #VintageVinyl #RoyAcuff #MotherMaybelleCarter #DocWatson #EarlScruggs #RandyScruggs #MerleTravis #PeteOswaldKirby #NormanBlake #JimmyMartin
#NittyGrittyDirtBand #WillTheCircleBeUnbroken #VintageVinyl #RoyAcuff #MotherMaybelleCarter #DocWatson #EarlScruggs #RandyScruggs #MerleTravis #PeteOswaldKirby #NormanBlake #JimmyMartin
November 26, 1970 - American Indian activists marked Thanksgiving with a National Day of Mourning for Native Americans by occupying Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts, the alleged landing spot of the Pilgrims’ arrival in Massachusetts colony.
#NationalDayOfMourning
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November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
November 26, 1970 - American Indian activists marked Thanksgiving with a National Day of Mourning for Native Americans by occupying Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts, the alleged landing spot of the Pilgrims’ arrival in Massachusetts colony.
#NationalDayOfMourning
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#NationalDayOfMourning
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November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No bone spurs detected.
#SenMarkKelly
#SenMarkKelly
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
No bone spurs detected.
#SenMarkKelly
#SenMarkKelly
Jimmy Cliff has died at the age of 81.
#JimmyCliff
#JimmyCliff
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Jimmy Cliff has died at the age of 81.
#JimmyCliff
#JimmyCliff
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
11/23/1981-President Reagan signed off on a top secret document, National Security Decision Directive 17, which gave the Central Intelligence Agency a budget of $19 million to recruit and support a 500-man force of Nicaraguan insurgents...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
11/23/1981-President Reagan signed off on a top secret document, National Security Decision Directive 17, which gave the Central Intelligence Agency a budget of $19 million to recruit and support a 500-man force of Nicaraguan insurgents...
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November 23, 1887 - Black Louisiana sugarcane workers, in cooperation with the racially integrated Knights of Labor, had gone on strike at the beginning of the month over their meager pay issued in script (not cash).
#ThibodauxMassacre
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#ThibodauxMassacre
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November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
November 23, 1887 - Black Louisiana sugarcane workers, in cooperation with the racially integrated Knights of Labor, had gone on strike at the beginning of the month over their meager pay issued in script (not cash).
#ThibodauxMassacre
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#ThibodauxMassacre
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"Down Two Then Left" by Boz Scaggs released in November 1977.
#BozScaggs #DownTwoThenLeft #VintageVinyl
#BozScaggs #DownTwoThenLeft #VintageVinyl
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Down Two Then Left" by Boz Scaggs released in November 1977.
#BozScaggs #DownTwoThenLeft #VintageVinyl
#BozScaggs #DownTwoThenLeft #VintageVinyl