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John Autry

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Husband, father, grandfather, film fan, music aficionado, life long learner, and retired member of the NC House of Representatives.

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John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 4h

"New Morning" by Bob Dylan released on this day in 1970.
#BobDylan #NewMorning

"New Morning" by Bob Dylan released on this day in 1970.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 6h

I have now.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 6h

"Pin Ups" by David Bowie released this day in 1973.
#DavidBowie #PinUps

"Pin Ups" by David Bowie released this day in 1973.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 7h

"Quadrophenia" by The Who was released in the US on this day in 1973.
#TheWho #Quadrophenia #VintageVinyl

"Quadrophenia" by The Who was released in the US on this day in 1973.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 8h

"Rock Art and the X-Ray Style" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros released this day in 1999.
#JoeStrummer #RockArtAndTheXRayStyle

"Rock Art and the X-Ray Style" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros released this day in 1999.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 9h

October 19, 1960 - Martin Luther King, Jr., and 36 others were jailed after being arrested during a sit-in at the snack bar of Atlanta's Rich's department store where they requested service and were refused on account of their race.
#MLK

October 19, 1960 - Martin Luther King, Jr., and 36 others were jailed after being arrested during a sit-in at the snack bar of Atlanta's Rich's department store where they requested service and were refused on account of their race.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 11h

Make your plan now to join us for NOs to the Polls on the 26th.
#MeckNO
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John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 12h

Workers, organized by the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, were supported by a widespread boycott of Stevens products by labor, progressive and religious organizations.
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John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 12h

10/19/1980-J.P. Stevens & Co. was forced to sign its first contract with a union after a 17-year struggle in North Carolina.
#CrystalLeeSutton #JPStevens #NormaRae
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October 19, 1980 - J.P. Stevens & Co. was forced to sign its first contract with a union after a 17-year struggle in North Carolina and other southern states.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 1d

Charles 'Chuck" Edward Anderson Berry born this day in St. Louis Missouri in 1926.
#ChuckBerry #TheGreatTwentyEight

Charles 'Chuck" Edward Anderson Berry born this day in St. Louis Missouri in 1926.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 1d

"Nothing Like the Sun" by Sting released this day in 1987.
#Sting #NothingLikeTheSun #VintageVinyl

"Nothing Like the Sun" by Sting released this day in 1987.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 1d

Are they flyin' the "L" flag in Milwaukee today?
#CUBS

Are they flyin' the "L" flag in Milwaukee today?

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 2d

Twang! It's Friday!
"The Adventures of Panama Red" by New Riders of the Purple Sage released in October 1973.
#NewRidersOfThePurpleSage #TheAdventuresOfPanamaRed #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday

Twang! It's Friday!
"The Adventures of Panama Red" by New Riders of the Purple Sage released in October 1973.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 3d

#MikeLuckovich 10/16/2025

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John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 3d

"It's Only Rock 'n Roll" by The Rolling Stones released this day in 1974.
#TheRollingStones #ItsOnlyRockNRoll #VintageVinyl

"It's Only Rock 'n Roll" by The Rolling Stones released this day in 1974.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 3d

Former enslaved and abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass said of Brown that he was a white man "in sympathy a black man, as deeply interested in our cause as though his own soul had been pierced with the iron of slavery."

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John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 3d

Virtually all his compatriots were killed or captured by General Robert E. Lee’s troops; Brown was wounded and arrested, and hanged for treason within two months.

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John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 3d

10/16/1859 - Abolitionist John Brown led a group of 21 other men, five black and sixteen white, in a raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. They had hoped to set off a slave revolt — throughout the south — with the weapons they had planned to seize.

#JohnBrown #HarpersFerry

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John Brown

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 3d

10/16/1998-In a human rights & international law breakthrough, British authorities, after receiving an extradition request from Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, placed former Chilean dictator, and senator-for-life, General Pinochet under arrest for "crimes of genocide & terrorism that include murder."

Pinochet

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 3d

They were suspended from the team by the U.S. Olympic Committee two days later. Smith later told the media that he raised his right fist in the air to represent black power in America while Carlos's left fist represented unity in black America.
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John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 3d

October 16, 1968 - During medal presentations at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, winning sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists while the U.S. national anthem was played.
#TommieSmith #JohnCarlos
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October 16, 1968 - During medal presentations at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, winning sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists while the U.S. national anthem was played.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 4d

"The Heart of Saturday Night" by Tom Waits released this day in 1974.
#TomWaits #TheHeartOfSaturdayNight #VintageVinyl

"The Heart of Saturday Night" by Tom Waits released this day in 1974.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 4d

"Mystery to Me" by Fleetwood Mac released this day in 1973.
#FleetwoodMac #MysteryToMe #VintageVinyl

"Mystery to Me" by Fleetwood Mac released this day in 1973.

John Autry @johnautry.bsky.social · 4d

"Mystery to Me" by Fleetwood Mac released this day in 1973.
#FleetwoodMac #MysteryToMe #VintageVinyl

"Mystery to Me" by Fleetwood Mac released this day in 1973.