The military flyover is ready, the songs have been rehearsed: Plains, Georgia is waiting to celebrate Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday on Tuesday, when its hometown hero becomes the only ever US president to reach the centennial mark. "We are thrilled that the president from this little town is going to be the only president to ever live to be 100 …
On the centennial of his birth, James Baldwin remains relevant today toggle caption Evening Standard/Getty Images/Hulton Archive James Baldwin would have celebrated his 100th birthday Friday — on Aug. 2. The opening essay to The Fire Next Time is Baldwin’s letter to his 14-year-old nephew describing the faulty institutions that make up his life — his family, his faith, and …
