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JENKINS, Edgar Lanier (Ed), Congress, GA (1933)

JENKINS, Edgar Lanier (Ed), a Representative from Georgia; born in Young Harris, Towns County, Ga., January 4, 1933; graduated from Union County, Blairsville, Ga., 1949; A.A., Young Harris…

Baraka, Amiri

(Encyclopedia) Baraka, AmiriBaraka, Amiriamērē bəräˈkə [key], 1934–2014, American poet, playwright, and political activist, b. Newark, N.J., as Everett LeRoy Jones, studied at Rutgers Univ., Howard…

Fantastic Fantasy Novels

  What to Read While You're Waiting for the Next Harry Potter: Favorites from Other Fantastic Series   by Holly Hartman Harry Potter wasn't the first child to discover he possessed magical…

Oscar Hosts

Read a bio on Neil Patrick Harris, the host of the 87th Academy Awards, and past Oscar hosts. Do you remember who hosted in 1989? No one. That was the year the Oscars had no host, in…

Zell Bryan MILLER, Congress, GA (1932)

Senate Years of Service: 2000-2005Party: DemocratMILLER, Zell Bryan, a Senator from Georgia; born in Young Harris, Georgia, on February 24, 1932; graduated Young Harris College 1951; served in…

Bing Crosby's Recordings

The Question: How many songs did Bing Crosby record? The Answer: According to Steven Lewis' Bing Crosby Internet Museum, Crosby recorded more than 1,700…

Year in Review 2001 | Pop Culture Trends

  By John Gettings AMERICAN PATRIOTISM It's too early to tell if the country's renewed interest in Old Glory and American patriotism will be a just another fad or a new way of life. But…

Divine, Father

(Encyclopedia) Divine, Father, c.1882–1965, African-American religious leader, founder of the Peace Mission movement, b. probably near Savannah, Ga. and named George Baker. After preaching in the…

Lindsay, Vachel

(Encyclopedia) Lindsay, Vachel (Nicholas Vachel Lindsay)Lindsay, Vachelvāˈchəl [key]Lindsay, Vachel lĭnˈzē [key], 1879–1931, American poet, b. Springfield, Ill., studied at Hiram College, the Art…