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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 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,…

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…

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…

Watson, Thomas John, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Watson, Thomas John, Jr., 1914–93, American industrialist, b. Dayton, Ohio. The son of Thomas John Watson, Sr., the founder of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), he…

Cocteau, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Cocteau, JeanCocteau, JeanzhäN kôktōˈ [key], 1889–1963, French writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He experimented audaciously in almost every artistic medium, becoming a leader of…

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