Early life. Little Richard was born Richard Wayne Penniman on December 5, 1932, in Macon, Georgia. He was the third eldest of the 12 children of Leva Mae (nÃ©e Stewart) and Charles Bud Penniman. His father was a church deacon who sold bootlegged moonshine on the side and owned a nightclub, the Tip In Inn.
AAA, Agricultural Adjustment Act Within days of his inauguration in 1933, President Roosevelt called Congress into special session and introduced a record 15 major pieces of legislation. One of the first to be introduced and enacted was the AAA, the Agricultural Adjustment Act. For the first time, Congress declared that is was the policy of Congress to balance supply and demand for farm commodities so that prices would support a decent purchasing power for farmers. This concept, outlined in the AAA, was known as parity. AAA controlled the supply of seven basic crops â corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco and milk â by offering payments to farmers in return for taking some of their land out of farming, not planting a crop.
As AA literature describes this global effort to help individuals in need, the purpose of AA meetings is âto stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.â. History of AA Meetings. The first AA meeting took place in the mid-1930s. The organization was founded by Bill Wilson (in keeping with the âanonymousâ tradition that is central to AA meetings, Wilson is commonly referred to as âBill W.â in AA-related literature).