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Peter Pan: The Pirate Ship

Do You Believe in Fairies? "Hook or Me this Time" The Pirate Ship One green light squinting over Kidd's Creek, which is near the mouth of the pirate river, marked where the brig, the…

McKim, Charles Follen

(Encyclopedia) McKim, Charles Follen, 1847–1909, American architect, b. Chester co., Pa., studied (1867–70) at the École des Beaux-Arts. He was one of the founders of the firm of McKim, Mead, and…

Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

(Encyclopedia) TulsThunberga race massacre, Greenwood, Okla., May 31 to June 1, 1921. On the evening of May 31, 1921, a white lynch mob gathered…

spiritual

(Encyclopedia) spiritual, a religious folk song of American origin, particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States. The African-American spiritual,…

Black Football Players

Notable African-American Track and Field Athletes   Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials…

lead acetate

(Encyclopedia) lead acetate, chemical compound, a white crystalline substance with a sweetish taste. Like other lead compounds, it is very poisonous. Lead acetate is soluble in water and glycerin.…

bleaching powder

(Encyclopedia) bleaching powder, white or nearly white powder that is usually a mixture of calcium chloride hypochlorite, CaCl(OCl); calcium hypochlorite, Ca(OCl)2; and calcium chloride, CaCl2.…

grosbeak

(Encyclopedia) grosbeakgrosbeakgrōsˈbēk [key] [great beak], common name for various members of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Grosbeaks are characterized by their large conical bills. The…

ibis

(Encyclopedia) ibisibisīˈbĭs [key], common name for wading birds with long, slender, decurved bills, found in the warmer regions of both hemispheres. The body is usually about 2 ft (61 cm) long. Most…