TONRY, Richard Alvin, a Representative from Louisiana; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., June 25, 1935; attended the Catholic schools of New Orleans; graduated from Jesuit High School…
MANNING, John, Jr., a Representative from North Carolina; born in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., July 30, 1830; attended Edenton Academy, the Norfolk Military Academy, and was graduated from…
REEDER, William Augustus, a Representative from Kansas; born near Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., August 28, 1849; moved with his parents to Ipava, Fulton County, Ill., in 1853; attended…
RENCHER, Abraham, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., August 12, 1798; tutored at home and attended the common schools and Pittsboro (N.C.) Academy; was…
(Encyclopedia) Iwo JimaIwo Jimaēˈwō jēˈmə, ēˈwô [key], officially Iwo ToIwo Jimatō [key], volcanic island, c.8 sq mi (21 sq km), W Pacific, largest and most important of the Volcano Islands. Mt.…
(Encyclopedia) Motley, Archibald John, Jr., 1891–1981, African American artist, b. New Orleans, grad. Art Institute of Chicago (1918). He was an important figure in the early Harlem Renaissance,…
(Encyclopedia) mesamesamāˈsə [key] [Span.,=table], name given in the SW United States to a small, isolated tableland or a flat-topped hill. Two or more of the sides are steep and usually…
(Encyclopedia) Long Island, battle of, Aug. 27, 1776, American defeat in the American Revolution. To protect New York City and the lower Hudson valley from the British forces massed on Staten Island…
(Encyclopedia) Nicholas Brothers, African-American tap dance team consisting of Fayard Antonio Nicholas, 1914–2006, b. Mobile, Ala., and Harold Lloyd Nicholas, 1921–2000, b. Winston-Walem, N.C.…
(Encyclopedia) myna or mynahmynahboth: mīˈnə [key], common name for any of a number of species of Asian starlings found chiefly in India and Sri Lanka, some of which are known for vocal mimicry. Most…
