Widow’s Guilt

In January 1957, Henry Alexander offered an innocent black man, Willie Edwards, a terrible choice while he looked down the barrel of a gun.  Either run or jump from a bridge north of Montgomery, Alabama.  He leapt into the Alabama River 50 feet below. ...

Vietnam Wall Washers

Michael Najarian found his name chiseled on a list of war dead.  His was one of more than 58 thousand names on the Wall of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.  Najarian served in Vietnam, but was still very much alive. “I just sort of sank on...

Summit Town

Folks in Polk, Nebraska prefer to get their news the old fashioned way — in a newspaper, the Polk Progress.  Its editor Norris Alfred is the only Democrat in the county.  Why do people buy his newspaper?  “I play poker with a lot of them.  And I...

Four Corners

There was a time in America where neighbors were considered part of your wealth.  In Four Corners, Louisiana, they still are.  Hardly a family here makes $10,000 a year.  But together, they had rebuilt eleven homes.  They linked up with trade...

What She Cannot Live Without

Doris Travis’s talent brought her to Broadway twice.  The first time she was 14.  Doris did something no other 14-year-old  had ever done.  She danced her way into one of the most popular shows in New York City.  It took her more than twenty...