It has been 38 years since Alex Haley published Roots in 1976. Michael Eric Dyson summed it up well in the 2006 introduction to the 30th Anniversary Edition of Roots: “Haley’s monumental achievement helped convince the nation that the black story is the American story.” If you know anything about American history, you know that […]
Archives for March 2014
What is Rainbow Coin Toning?
Read this article to find out what causes rainbow toning on coins, and how it effects the value.
Twelve Years a Slave, One Little Book
And the Oscar goes to…Solomon Northup. Who? Solomon Northup. His is certainly not a household name in current American culture. In fact, Northup has never been a wildly popular or recognizable figure in American history outside a few years in his own time and with historians of slavery, abolition, and the period before, during, and […]
Collecting Gone Digital: A Guide To Investing in Domain Names
It started for me more than a decade ago. Like many people, I pondered the various Internet-based businesses I could start and run from my house. I was inspired by the success stories of ordinary people running a business they had a passion for, right out of their living room. I really desired the freedom that an […]