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Joseph Rainey

First African American CongressmanBorn: June 21, 1832Birthplace: Georgetown, South Carolina. Rainey was born a slave, but his father bought the family's freedom. During the Civil War, the…

Joseph Pulitzer

journalistBorn: 4/10/1847Birthplace: Mako, Hungary Newspaperman who emigrated to the United States in 1864 and began a successful career as editor and publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He…

Joseph Barbera

animator, producerBorn: 3/24/1911Birthplace: New York City He joined MGM studios in 1937 and, with William Hanna, created the characters Tom and Jerry in 1940 and went on to garner seven Academy…

Jackson, Ketanji Onyika Brown

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Ketanji Onyika Brown, American lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court Justice, b. Washington, D.C., 1970; grad. Harvard-Radcliff…

Malcolm X

(Encyclopedia) Malcolm X, 1925–65, militant black leader in the United States, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, b. Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb…

Famous and Infamous Moms

Famous and Infamous Moms Mother Teresa, Rose Kennedy, and other notable mothers by Beth Rowen Dorothea Lange's photo, "Migrant Mother"Mother's Day is the one day when we take time to…

DiMaggio, Joe

(Encyclopedia) DiMaggio, Joe (Joseph Paul DiMaggio)DiMaggio, Joedĭmăjˈēōˌ, –mäjˈēōˌ [key], 1914–99, American baseball player, b. Martinez, Calif. One of the most charismatic of 20th-century sports…

Selected Activists and Reformers

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…

Edward E. (Ted) KAUFMAN, Congress, DE (1939)

Senate Years of Service: 2009-2010Party: DemocratKAUFMAN, Edward E. (Ted), a Senator from Delaware; born in Philadelphia, Penn., March 15, 1939; B.S.E., Duke University, 1960; M.B.A.,…

Members of Congress: New Mexico, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from New Mexico Member Name Birth-Death ANDERSON, Clinton Presba 1895-1975 ANDREWS, William Henry 1846-1919 BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis,…