Quote of the day
A society that has made 'nostalgia' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
Born: February 25, 1928
Died: December 14, 1998 (aged 70)
Bio: Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. was a prominent African-American civil rights advocate, author, and federal appeals court judge.
Known for:
- Shades of freedom (1996)







