“The New Colossus” is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal’s lower level. This poem […]
Steve Cropper
Steven Lee Cropper, sometimes known as “The Colonel“, was an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Cropper was born in Dora, Missouri on October 21, 1941. He was raised in Dora and West Plains before moving with his family to Memphis at age 9. In Memphis, he was exposed to black church music, which had […]