by Elissa Haney
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…
journalist, political commentator Clift started her career at Newsweek magazine as a secretary. Eventually she became a reporter in the Atlanta bureau, covering then-governor Jimmy Carter, of…
(Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr.)actorBorn: 2/17/1925Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Insightful actor active in stage, film, and television but best known for developing and touring with a one-man show of…
BREWSTER, William K., a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., November 8, 1941; attended public schools in Oklahoma and Texas; B.S., Southwestern Oklahoma State…
actorBorn: 12/28/1954Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York Academy Award-winning film and television actor whose films include Cry Freedom (1987), Glory (1989) (for which he won a best-supporting…
tv producerBorn: March 23, 1962 Birthplace: Los Angeles County, California After Marc Cherry graduated from the theater program at California State University, Fullerton,…
(Encyclopedia) Eggleston, William (William Joseph Eggleston, Jr.), 1939–, American photographer credited with establishing color photography as an art form, b. Memphis Tenn. His early work in black…
(Encyclopedia) Christopher, Warren Minor, 1925–2011, U.S. government official, b. Scranton, N.Dak. He studied law at Stanford (1946–49) and was a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (…
