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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…

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Director/Writer:Jim JarmuschArtisian Entertainment; R; 116 minutesRelease:3/00Cast:Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Isaach de Bankole It takes a post-modern cowboy like Jim Jarmusch to pull off…

Dead Man

Miramax; rental pricingFeature; RDirector: Jim JarmuschCast: Johnny Depp, Gabriel Byrne and Robert Mitchum Depp furthers his reputation for playing idiosyncratic outcasts with his portrayal…

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.

Neil Young Biography

Neil Youngsinger; songwriter; guitaristBorn: 11/12/1945Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada From his work with Buffalo Springfield (1966–68) and Crosby, Stills, and Nash in the 1960s and…

Harrison, Jim

(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Jim (James Thomas Harrison), 1937–2016, American novelist, poet, and essayist, b. Grayling, Mich., grad. Michigan State Univ. (B.A., 1960; M.A., 1965). He began his writing…

2005 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'Or L'Enfant (The Child), Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France) Grand Prize Broken…