Ellas Bates was born in McComb, Mississippi in 1928. He didn’t exactly have an easy childhood and was eventually adopted by his mother’s cousin, Gussie McDaniel. In 1934, the McDaniel’s moved to the South Side of Chicago where Ellas changed his name to Ellas B. McDaniel. He was active in Chicago’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where […]
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They soared through the trees on vines, swam in rivers wild, fought and played with wild animals, and became lovers. You knew them as Tarzan and Jane. In real life they were Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan, and both were extraordinary individuals. Weissmuller was a five-time Olympic Gold Champion who was a star long before
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She was the most unlikely Daredevil to ever conquer Niagara Falls and the first documented survivor. Niagara Falls, a natural wonder that straddles the border between the United States and Canada, has always been a magnet for adventurers and daredevils. But in the annals of Niagara Falls history, one name stands out as a
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