Sojourner Truth See also Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline African-American Religious Leaders Civil Rights Leaders Civil Rights Movement Heroes…
OWEN, Emmett Marshall, a Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Hollonville, Pike County, Ga., October 19, 1877; attended the Hollonville grammar school; was graduated from Gordon…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-Party: DemocratUDALL, Thomas, (son of Stewart Lee Udall; nephew of Morris K. Udall; cousin of Mark Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Senator and a…
Horses in parentheses. Individual Dressage: 1. Isabell Werth, (Gigolo) GER (235.09); 2. Anky Van Grunsven, (Bonfire) NET (233.02); 3. Sven Rothenberger, (Weyden) NET (224.94). Team Dressage: 1.…
film director and screenwriterBorn: 8/6/1970Birthplace: Tamil-Nadu, India Shyamalan was a virtual unknown when The Sixth Sense arrived in movie theaters in 1999. The film, starring Bruce Willis and…
JONES, Allen, (brother of Willie Jones), a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Edgecombe (now Halifax) County, N.C., December 24, 1739; attended Eton College, England; was a member of the…
(Encyclopedia) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st earl of, 1705–93, English jurist. As solicitor general (1742–54) he prosecuted the Scottish rebel lords, Balmerino (Arthur Elphinstone), Kilmarnock, and…
(Encyclopedia) Ashton, Catherine Margaret, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, 1956– British government official. She was an administrator for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (1977–83), director of…
(Encyclopedia) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum was designed by Gordon Bunshaft to house 6,000 pieces of the enormous art…