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Jim Crow laws
(Encyclopedia) Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is…La Promesse
Directors/Writers: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Directors of Photography: Alain Marcoen and Benoît Dervaux Editor: Marie-Hélène Dozo Music: Jean-Marie Billy and Denis M'Punga…Brewer's: Rome
Virgil says of Romulus, “Mavortia condet moenia, Romanosque suo de nomine dicet” (AEneid, i. 276). The words of the Sibyl, quoted by Servius, are Romulus is a diminutive or word of…Koch, Jim
(Encyclopedia) Koch, Jim (C. James Koch)Koch, Jimk&oobreve;k [key], 1949–, American brewery executive, b. Cincinnati. Although he came from a family of brewers, he initially worked for Outward…Bakker, Jim
(Encyclopedia) Bakker, JimBakker, Jimbāˈkər [key], 1941–, American preacher and television evangelist, b. Muskegon, Mich. Born James Orson, he took the last name of his wife and partner Tamara Faye (…Muppets
(Encyclopedia) Muppets: see Henson, Jim.People's Temple
(Encyclopedia) People's Temple: see Jones, Jim.Sara Teasedale: Rome
RomeOh for the rising moon Over the roofs of Rome, And swallows in the dusk Circling a darkened dome!Oh for the measured dawns That pass with folded wings— How can I let them go…Brewer's: King of Rome
A title conferred by Napoleon I. on his son on the day of his birth. More generally called the Duke of Reichstadt (1811-1832). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Achilles of Rome
Lucius Sicinius Dentatus, the Roman tribune; also called the Second Achilles. Put to death B.C. 450. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Achilles of the…Trending
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