Browsing: March 20

A Brief History On March 20, 1852, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s story about an African-American family enslaved in the Antebellum South was published.  It went on to become the best-selling book in the U.S. during the entire 19th century, second only to the Bible.  Its anti-slavery message rallied abolitionists and infuriated and scared slave owners, perhaps fomenting the American Civil War.  Many books have influenced Americans over the years, and here we list 10 of the most influential.   Digging Deeper 10. The Turner Diaries, William Pierce, 1978.  This novel, written by William Pierce under the pen name of Andrew Macdonald, quickly became…

A Brief History On March 20, 2015, John Carroll University’s Paranormal Research Group, the Boo Streaks, will investigate the Agora Theatre and Ballroom in Cleveland.  This building opened in 1913 and has quite the history in the past 100 years!  We are really excited to see what we discover tonight! Please stay tuned below to the live twitter feed from these and future investigations: Tweets by @JCU_Boo Digger Deeper Our previous investigation was at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Cleveland on March 14, 2015: Post by JCU Paranormal Research Group. Then, during the week, we were visited by Off…