(Belle Silverman)operatic sopranoBorn: 5/25/1929Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Animated coloratura widely regarded as America's greatest soprano. She has appeared as the heroine in more than 50…
writer, photojournalistBorn: 2/22/1901Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary An expert in U.S. presidential and pictorial history, Lorant worked as a filmmaker in Europe (1920s) before becoming a journalist…
(Joseph Russell Smith) economist, scholar, geographerBorn: 1874Birthplace: near Lincoln, Va. Having studied and taught economics at the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School of…
physicistBorn: 1914Birthplace: Pocahontas, Va. As chair of the Department of Physics at Howard University, Herman Branson helped the scientific community gain new insight into organic molecules and…
Terminates a complete declarative or mild imperative sentence: There could be no turning back as war's dark shadow settled irrevocably across the continent of Europe.—W. Bruce Lincoln. Return all…
(Georgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze)choreographer, dancerBorn: 1/22/1904Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia Creative and experimental choreographer and dancer considered the most influential figure…
American commanderDied: January 14, 2008 (Berkeley, California) Best Known as: last commander of the American volunteers who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War…
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Dr. Carter G. Woodson Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926, first as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month." What you might not…
Corporate Shenanigans by Shmuel Ross Yo Quiero LibertyOn April 1, 1996, readers of newspapers including the New York Times were met with a full-page advertisement announcing that Taco Bell…
(Encyclopedia) Stephen, 1097?–1154, king of England (1135–54). The son of Stephen, count of Blois and Chartres, and Adela, daughter of William I of England, he was brought up by his uncle, Henry I of…
