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rock music

(Encyclopedia) rock music, type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. A turning point in rock music occurred in the…

Notable Filmmakers and Directors

Notable Filmmakers and Directors Spike Lee See also Actors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and Theater…

Notable Actors

Isabella Rossellini See also Filmmakers and Directors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and Theater…

Missouri, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 MissouriMissourimĭz&oobreve;rˈē, –ə [key], one of the midwestern states of the United States. It is bordered by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee, across the Mississippi…

Reconstruction

(Encyclopedia) Reconstruction, 1865–77, in U.S. history, the period of readjustment following the Civil War. At the end of the Civil War, the defeated South was a ruined land. The physical…

A More Perfect Union

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama   Barack Obama Related Links Notable Speeches by African Americans Campaign 2012 Democratic Candidates: Campaign…

Comics Timeline

The history of the funnies in America by Shmuel Ross and Jennie Wood 1800s • 1900–1919 • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s •…

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