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1994 CMA Awards

Entertainer of the YearVince GillSingle of the Year“I Swear,” John Michael MontgomeryAlbum of the YearCommon Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, John Anderson, Clint Black, Suzy Bogguss, Brooks &…

The Amistad

The Amistad The Spanish schooner and its slaves who fueled proslavery ire by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Steven Spielberg popularized the story of the Spanish slave ship Amistad in his…

incunabula

(Encyclopedia) incunabulaincunabulaĭnˌky&oobreve;năbˈy&oobreve;lə [key], plural of incunabulum [Late Lat.,=cradle (books); i.e., books of the cradle days of printing], books printed in the…

Mnangagwa, Emmerson Dambudzo

(Encyclopedia) Mnangagwa, Emmerson Dambudzo, 1942?–, Zimbabwean political leader. A guerrilla leader during the struggle against white-minority rule, he received military training in China and was…

Bellows, George Wesley

(Encyclopedia) Bellows, George Wesley, 1882–1925, American painter, draftsman, and lithographer, b. Columbus, Ohio. The son of an engineer, architect, and builder, he left Ohio State Univ. in his…

Milwaukee, Wis.

Mayor: Tom Barrett (to April 2016) 2010 census population (rank): 594,833 (28); Male: 286,949 (48.2%); Female: 307,884 (51.8%); White: 266,339 (44.8%); Black: 237,769 (40.0%); American Indian and…

John Hollis BANKHEAD, Congress, AL (1842-1920)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1920Party: DemocratBANKHEAD, John Hollis, (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead), a…