Notable African-American Musicians
The following list includes African-American singers, composers, rappers, pianists, and other musicians who have contributed to the world of music,…
See Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism at Infoplease.com for the full list of winners.Meritorious Public Service1918New York Times; also special award to Minna Kewinson and Henry Beetle Hough1991Des…
(Encyclopedia) submarine, naval craft capable of operating for an extended period of time underwater. Submarines are almost always warships, although a few are used for scientific, business, or other…
U.S. Department of State Background Note
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PEOPLE AND HISTORY
The Arawaks are recognized as the first human…
(Encyclopedia) Dutch and Flemish literature, literary works written in the standard language of the Low Countries since the Middle Ages. It is conventional to use the term Dutch when referring to the…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Monaco Relations GEOGRAPHYThe Principality of Monaco…
(Encyclopedia) criticism, the interpretation and evaluation of literature and the arts. It exists in a variety of literary forms: dialogues (Plato, John Dryden), verse (Horace, Alexander Pope),…
(Encyclopedia) Dutch art, the art of the region that is now the Netherlands. As a distinct national style, this art dates from about the turn of the 17th cent., when the country emerged as a…
(Encyclopedia) South, the, region of the United States embracing the southeastern and south-central parts of the country. Traditionally, all states S of the Mason-Dixon Line and the Ohio River (…
