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Maddox, Lester G.

(Encyclopedia) Maddox, Lester G. (Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr), 1915–2003, U.S. public official, governor of Georgia (1967–71), b. Atlanta. He achieved national notoriety in 1964 when he drove African…

Harry Hay Biography

activistBorn: April 7, 1912Birthplace: Worthing, EnglandDied: October 24, 2002 Harry Hay was born to American parents Margaret and Harry, Sr. in Worthing, England. Hay’s…

Harry Flood BYRD, Jr., Congress, VA (1914)

Senate Years of Service: 1965-1971; 1971-1983Party: Democrat; IndependentBYRD, Harry Flood, Jr., (son of Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.), a Senator from Virginia; born in Winchester, Va., December 20,…

Jesse BLEDSOE, Congress, KY (1776-1836)

Senate Years of Service: 1813-1814Party: Democratic RepublicanBLEDSOE, Jesse, (uncle of Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, grandfather of Benjamin Gratz Brown), a Senator from Kentucky; born in…

Compton Ignatius WHITE, Congress, ID (1877-1956)

WHITE, Compton Ignatius, (father of Compton Ignatius White, Jr.), a Representative from Idaho; born in Baton Rouge, La., July 31, 1877; at an early age moved with his parents to Rankin County…

Birkbeck, George

(Encyclopedia) Birkbeck, George, 1776–1841, English educator. He established (1800–1804) in Glasgow a popular course of lectures for workingmen, which led to the founding of the Glasgow Mechanics'…

color-field painting

(Encyclopedia) color-field painting, abstract art movement that originated in the 1960s. Coming after the abstract expressionism of the 1950s, color-field painting represents a sharp change from the…