Ocupation: Author
Life: b. May 10, 1940
Birthday: May 10
Irving Wallace wrote a bestselling novel, The Man, in the 1960s about a black man becoming president of the United States. We thought that such a possibility was thousands of years in the future. Some people may still have some difficulty with the idea, but that's a major cultural meme shift.
topic: Men, Years, Ideas, Memes, Becoming President