April 2, 2017

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    TUNES FROM A DC MUSICAL: Sam & Kathy Smith, along with Becky Brown, wrote a musical revue of DC history that was performed by the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in 1978. The Washington Times listed the show as one of the "Sure Things" for the week. Mayor Marion Barry attended one performance Unfortunately, no recording was made, but years later Sam made a rough recording of some of the tunes for a curiuous reporter.
  • THE ATTICA THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN One year after Attica, there was a prisoner revolt at the Washington, DC Jail during which the director of DC Corrections and a number of guards were taken hostage. But, unlike Attica, no one was killed. Perhaps this is why so few remember what happened on a night when judges, politicians, U.S. Marshals, prisoners, and hostages all gathered in Courtroom 16 to see what could be done - brought together by a single judge who wasn't afraid o talk when others wanted to shoot.
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1 comment:

Capt America said...

Again, DC statehood was not Julius Hobson's briar patch; recission to Maryland was. DC to Maryland is much more than just fair in getting voting rights, and other rights, for DC's citizens, and it is a goal that conceivably could be attained. The failure of Statehood Party members to talk to any of the past Governors of Maryland is reprehensible. The Statehood Party has sold out and continues to sell out the people of the District.