(Encyclopedia) Weill, KurtWeill, Kurtk&oobreve;rtˈ vīl [key], 1900–1950, German-American composer, b. Dessau, studied with Humperdinck and Busoni in Berlin. He first became known with the…
(Encyclopedia) Paton, AlanPaton, Alanpāˈtən [key], 1903–88, South African novelist. A devoted leader in the struggle to end the oppression of the South African blacks, he served (1935–47) as…
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(Encyclopedia) Cleland, Max, 1942-2021, American politician, b. Atlanta, GA, as Joseph Maxwell Cleland, Stetson Univ. (B.A., 1964), Emory Univ. (M.A., 1968). Cleland enlisted in the Army in 1965…
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The Sacco-Vanzetti Case What does the evidence say? A poster by artist Ben Shan in the Library of Congress.On August 23, 1927, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts executed two Italian…
(Encyclopedia) Roach, Max (Maxwell Lemuel Roach), 1924–2007, African-American jazz drummer, b. Newland, N.C. Raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was playing jazz in Harlem clubs by 1943. Roach had an…
(Encyclopedia) Stirling, Sir James Frazer, 1924–92, British architect., b. Glasgow, grad. Univ. of Liverpool school of architecture (1950). Settling in London, Stirling worked in partnership (1956–63…
