December 3rd, 2008
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Growing Bolder Insider Volume 29
As warriors in the battle against ageism, we celebrate the men and women who have broken through the barriers of racism, risking it all to help change the world.
We don't think it gets much bolder than that.
In honor of Black History Month, we have some powerful stories and interviews in this Insider.
Also, don't miss our special feature, Growing "Bull"der.
Marc takes on a 6,000-pound bull who comes complete with his own bodyguard -- and you don't want to ruffle his feathers.
Plus, a new episode of Reality Bytes, our made for the web reality TV series.
Come on in!
Roadside Works of Art
Life is a Highway
The Florida Highwaymen were 26 mostly self-taught artists, all African-Americans, who traveled the state in the '50s and '60s creating landscape paintings and selling them right along the roadside.
Ignored at the time, today their works are highly sought-after collectibles.
It's something that seems like a miracle to Highwayman James Gibson, and sounds pretty bold to us.
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A True Renaissance Woman
Late Honors for a Literary Legend
With works including "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "Dust Tracks on a Road," Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the preeminent writers of black literature.
But Hurston died broke and largely ignored in 1960.
Now, the town of her birth holds an annual celebration, bringing the incredible story of her life to the forefront of public awareness.
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Never Too Late
African-American Pioneers Break Records
75-year-old explorer Barbara Hillary took setting records to a new level when she became the first black woman to reach the North Pole.
Hall-of-Famer Monte Irvin was supposed to be "the chosen one" in Major League Baseball, but had to turn down an offer to sign with the Dodgers -- and break the big-league color barrier -- two years before Jackie Robinson's historic first at-bat.
It's a 2-for-1 GB Radio special.
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The War at Home
Veterans Who Smashed Stereotypes
At a time when people thought blacks lacked intelligence, skill, and courage, the Tuskegee Airmen proved them wrong.
They fought two wars -- one against the enemy overseas, the other against racism at home.
Now, like other veterans of WWII, they are dwindling in number.
But they continue to tell their inspiring stories to ensure that their dedication to America will never be forgotten.
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Growing "Bull"der
One Wild Ride With the Brown Brothers
This is going to be one of the most unusual stories you'll ever see.
Seriously.
That is, unless you see another one with a bull, a goose, a weiner dog and Lyle and Curt Brown.
The Browns are a couple of 60-something brothers who know how to have a good time.
More importantly, they have a knack for making those anound them enjoy life as well.
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Reality Bytes
The First-Ever GB Job Fair
We're a news organization.
We're a media group.
We're a TV production company.
And we're a Web development company.
Finding good people isn't easy.
Finding good developers is nearly impossible.
That's why we decided to think outside the box and stage an informal and unusual job fair in the lobby of our office building.
Click image to watch the story.
Click here for Katy's blog, "Adventures of a Startup."
In the next Growing Bolder Insider: Look out Mickey, here comes Bruce. He's a blue-collar corporate icon who took a dream and rode it all the way to the top. Get an Insider's look at the newest attraction in Florida. Plus, they're international superstars in the making, and Growing Bolder has a front row seat for their success. See how a group of fun, fearless women is taking a girls' game and making it much more.
Archive
Deep Thoughts
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
-- Rosa Parks
A Look Back
Feb. 17, 1936
The world's first superhero, The Phantom, makes his comic-strip debut in a daily newspaper.
He's the first to wear the skintight costume that is now a superhero standard, and 72 years after his first crackdown on crime, The Phantom is still saving lives all over the world.
Feb. 18, 1978
The first Ironman Triathlon, where racers swim, bike and run, is held in Kona, Hawaii.
Thinking about becoming a triple-threat yourself?
Check out the Triathlon group, or search for other triathletes who share their stories on GrowingBolder.com.
Feb. 18, 2006
The surviving members of The Bee Gees, Robin and Barry Gibb, return to the stage for the first time since their brother Maurice's death three years before. The pair performs many of the hits from a 35-year career and raises money for the Diabetes Research Institute.
Feb. 19, 1964
As if the Beatles craze isn't enough, a British company ships half a ton of Beatles wigs to the United States.
Feb. 19, 2002
Vonetta Flowers becomes the first black athlete ever to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics when she and Jill Bakken take top honors in bobsledding in Salt Lake City.
Feb. 20, 1792
Let there be mail! President George Washington signs an act creating the U.S. Post Office.
Feb. 20, 1960
Jimi Hendrix makes his stage debut when he plays a show at a Seattle high school.
Feb. 21, 1965
During a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City, Malcolm X is shot 16 times and dies on arrival at the hospital.
Three men will later be convicted in connection with the assassination and as many as 30,000 people will attend a public viewing for the controversial leader.