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Non Fiction 1961

Black Like
Me
Writer John Griffin stains his skin black and experiences
America from a new point of view.

Has Man a Future?
Leftist icon Bertrand Russell, as always, gains
controversy by putting the chance of nuclear holocaust on the shoulders of
Scientists rather than the Military and his
promotion of a world governmental entity with more teeth than any single nation.

The
Genesis Flood
Creationists
John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris begin the
new attack on evolution by creating "Creation
Science"
Pulitzer prize for fiction awarded to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1961 Tony Awards
(theater)
Play
- Becket,
Jean Anouilh
Actor
- Zero
Mostel, Rhinoceros
Actress - Joan
Plowright - A Taste of Honey
Supporting Actor - Martin Gabel, Big Fish, Little
Fish
Supporting Actress - Colleen Dewhurst, All the Way
Home
Director - Sir
John Gielgud, Big Fish, Little Fish
Comedy 1961

Grammy - Best Albums
In 1960, Bob Newhart scored two back-to-back #1
hits on the pop charts with his best-selling
albums The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart ...

...and The
Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! They also
both won Emmy's.
Stan
Frieberg Presents The United States of America
Volume 1
A classic comedy album spoofing
the history of the New World in song and dialog.
Volume 2 did not appear until 1996. |