During the 1890s, publications were inserted into Joseph
Pulitzer‘s New York World and William Randolph Hearst‘s
New York Journal.

In November 1896, Morrill Goddard, editor of the New
York Journal from 1896 to 1937, launched Hearst’s
Sunday magazine, later commenting, "Nothing is so
stale as yesterday’s newspaper, but The American
Weekly may be around the house for days or weeks
and lose none of its interest."

William Randolph Hearst Sr. 
(April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951)

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)

Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana.

Jackson began performing with his four brothers in the pop
group the Jackson 5 when he was a child. The group scored
its first No. 1 single in 1969, with “I Want You Back.” By age
11, Jackson was appearing on TV, and by age 14 he had
released his first solo album.

A Jackson 5 TV cartoon series appeared in the early ’70s, and
in 1976 the Jackson family, including sister Janet Jackson,
launched a TV variety show called The Jacksons that ran for
one season. Throughout the 70s, media attention focused on
Michael, who piped vocals in his high voice for “ABC,” “I’ll Be
There,” and many other Top 20 hits.

As the presidential election of 1952 began to heat up, so did
accusations and counteraccusations concerning communism
in America. The “Red Scare”—the widespread belief that
international communism was operating in the United States
—came to dominate much of the debate between Democrats
and Republicans in 1952.

Senator Joe McCarthy delivered a radio address on 
October 27, 1952 where he made accusations of
Communist infiltration into the State Department,
the administration of President Harry S. Truman,
the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army.

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the
African American civil rights movement reached its high-water
mark when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream"
speech to about 250,000 people attending the March for Jobs
and Freedom.