Posts by Gene Meyer
Shields Green: He Went with the Old Man
“I think I’ll go with the old man.” With these words, on Aug. 21, 1859, Shields Green sealed his fate. The “old man” was John Brown, and Green was a…
Read MoreHarriet Newby’s “One Bright Hope”
“I want you to buy me as soon as possible, for if you do not get me some body else will,” Harriet, an enslaved house servant, wrote on this day…
Read MoreWash Post Aug. 9, 1974: Nixon Resigns; Larry Broadmoore Carries On
It was on this day 49 years ago — nearly half a century — that the front page of the Washington Post carried a simple large-font two-word banner headline: “Nixon…
Read MoreIs a picture still worth 1,000 words? Newspapers say no.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Or at least they used to say that. Now, however, many publishers seem to think that – though they are not…
Read MoreR.I.P. Winfield M. Kelly, Jr., AKA Mr. Prince George’s
For many years, Winfield M. Kelly, Jr. was a newsmaker, a homegrown success story in then majority-white blue collar Prince George’s County, Md. abutting the District of Columbia. He was…
Read MoreOn D-Day +1. ICYMI, my WP story from the 50th anniversary in 1994
D-Day 75 Years Later In 1994, I had the honor and privilege of telling the story of the D-Day landing through the voices of veterans, then mostly in their seventies.…
Read MoreBobby Kennedy’s death, when hope turned to despair
It has been 55 years to the day since Bobby (referred to more formally as Robert F.) Kennedy died, the victim of an assassin’s bullet. The anniversary brings back personal…
Read More“Favorite Regional Reads…that say DMV to me.”
I am honored to have had two of my Maryland books on the Washington Independent Review of Books’ list of “favorite regional reads” and “books that say DMV to me.”…
Read MoreNews You Can Use
Now hear this! Hidden Maryland and Five for Freedom are both available as audiobooks. I cordially invite you to visit my Audible Author Page by clicking here. For Hidden Maryland:…
Read MoreNo place for old men
The elderly Black gentleman in a suit jacket, high neck collar and overcoat approached the front steps to the Tastee Diner in downtown Silver Spring the other Wednesday afternoon, on…
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