(Encyclopedia) Mohammed, W. Deen (Warith Deen Mohammed), 1933–2008, American Muslim leader, b. Detroit as Wallace Dean Muhammad. The son of Nation of Islam (Black Muslim) leader Elijah Muhammad, he…
(Encyclopedia) Ayer, Sir Alfred JulesAyer, Sir Alfred Julesāˈər, âr [key], 1910–89, British philosopher, b. London, grad. Oxford, 1932. From 1933 to 1944 he was lecturer and research fellow at Oxford…
(Encyclopedia) Spence, Michael (Andrew Michael Spence), 1943–, American economist and educator, b. Montclair, N.J., Ph.D. Harvard, 1972. He has taught at Stanford (1973–75, 1990–99), Harvard (1975–90…
(Encyclopedia) Rostow, Eugene Victor Debs, 1913–2002, U.S. lawyer, educator, and government official, brother of Walt Whitman Rostow, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1938, Rostow joined the…
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872–1946, American jurist, 12th chief justice of the United States (1941–46), b. Chesterfield, N.H. A graduate (1898) of Columbia Univ. law school, he was…
U.S. public official, diplomat, educatorBorn: 12/14/1829Birthplace: Louisa County, Va. Langston was the son of Ralph Quarles, a white plantation owner, and Jane Langston, a Black slave. After his…
Senate Years of Service: 1915-1921Party: RepublicanHARDING, Warren Gamaliel, a Senator from Ohio and 29th President of the United States; born in Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, November…
Senate Years of Service: 1921-1925Party: RepublicanLADD, Edwin Fremont, a Senator from North Dakota; born in Starks, Somerset County, Maine, December 13, 1859; attended the public schools and…
Senate Years of Service: 1967-1997Party: RepublicanHATFIELD, Mark Odom, a Senator from Oregon; born in Dallas, Polk County, Oreg., July 12, 1922; graduated, Willamette University 1943;…