Today In History

• In 1956- Mattiwilda Dobbs becomes the first black to sing a romantic lead at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City as Gilda in Rigoletto

To Inspire You

What we need now, more than anything else, are people who are willing to do the difficult work of bridging gaps and healing wounds, people in our communities who can rally others together, across lines of division, for the greater good, people who reject cynicism and winner-take-all politics, and instead embrace the more difficult work this generation now faces: to unite our country in common cause

Cory Booker