Bridge to Bridge: Golden Gate to Frederick Douglass “Get your kicks on Route 66.”  Nat King Cole recorded that little ditty three times, in 1946, 1956 and 1961, and performed it hundreds of times. The song romanticized the lure of the road, to visit far-flung places from Chicago to Los Angeles and St. Louis was a stop along the way. Post-World War II […]

'Bridge to Bridge: Golden Gate to Frederick Douglass'

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