Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Sheriff Jasper Lewis, shown here with his wife, had has hands full with a renegade,...

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society This three story structure, once known as the Barcroft Building, is still standing on...

For The Madera Tribune A photo of the Coast Guard Band performing at the Village of Pushkin in the Soviet Union. THE UNITED STATES COAST...

For The Madera Tribune Kirk Edwards is shown here holding the Russian flag presented to him as a gift from a member of the Soviet band....

Courtesy of The Madera County Historical Society By the 1960s, the silent “Jim Crow” mentality in Madera was assailed by such individuals...

For The Madera Tribune King Papers Project staff with Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of the “Little Rock Nine” who integrated Little Rock’s...

For The Madera Tribune This drawing of Kirk Edwards was done by a member of the Russian band while Edwards was in Leningrad with the...

For The Madera Tribune A Russian-American concert. CWO Edwards is pictured, fourth from left, in a blue uniform. The Leningrad Military...