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Harry Edward HULL, Congress, IA (1864-1938)

HULL Harry Edward , a Representative from Iowa; born near Belvidere, Allegany County, N.Y., on March 12, 1864; moved with his parents to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1873; attended the grammar and high…

Virginia Foster Durr Biography

Virginia Foster DurrAge: 95 inspirational white civil rights activist who helped put an end to racist poll taxes and, with her husband (civil rights lawyer and activist Clifford Durr), posted…

Clash by Night <span class="date" >(1952)</span>

Turner; $19.98; NRDirector: Fritz LangCast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Keith Andes and J. Carrol Naish Stanwyck portrays tough gal Mae Doyle, a wayward woman…

literary frauds

(Encyclopedia) literary frauds, manuscripts that are presented to the public as works of famous authors but that are actually forgeries or imitations. Literary frauds are perpetrated for various…

Nichols, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Nichols, Mike, 1931–2014, American actor and director, b. Berlin, Germany, as Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky. His family immigrated to the…

Sinclair, Upton

(Encyclopedia) Sinclair, Upton (Upton Beall Sinclair), 1878–1968, American novelist and socialist activist, b. Baltimore, grad. College of the City of New York, 1897. He was one of the muckrakers,…

Calvinistic Methodist Church

(Encyclopedia) Calvinistic Methodist Church, Protestant Christian denomination, closely allied to Presbyterianism. It originated in Wales (1735–36) with the evangelistic preaching of Howell Harris,…

Belly

Director/Writer:Hype WilliamsArtisan Entertainment; R; 110 minutesRelease:11/98Cast:Earl “DMX” Simmons, Nasir “Nas” Jones, Taral Hicks, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lavita Raynor, Clifford Smith,…

Willis Benjamin GIBBS, Congress, GA (1889-1940)

GIBBS Willis Benjamin , a Representative from Georgia; born in Dupont, Clinch County, Ga., April 15, 1889; attended the public schools and Mercer University, Macon, Ga.; was graduated from the…

Henry Wilbur PALMER, Congress, PA (1839-1913)

PALMER Henry Wilbur , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Clifford, Susquehanna County, Pa., July 10, 1839; attended Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., and Fort Edward Institute, Fort Edward…