Billie Holiday: How She Sang Truth to Power & Got Silenced She was born in poverty, raised in brothels, and became the greatest jazz vocalist of all time. But Billie Holiday's real power wasn't just in her voice—it was in what she dared to sing about. Born April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) rose from a childhood of abandonment and abuse to become a transformative force in American music. According to the National Museum of African American History, she had no formal t

LEGO The history of LEGO began in 1932 in Billund, Denmark. Its founder, Ole Kirk Kristiansen, was a carpenter who struggled during the Great Depression. As his carpentry work declined and after the death of his wife, Ole searched for a new way to support his children. He began making wooden toys from leftover materials, including the now famous wooden duck. His young son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, helped him after school, making LEGO a family effort from the very beginning. In 1934, Ole named