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Black Civil Rights Leaders

Notable Civil Rights Leaders The civil rights movement in the United States is a bit hard to pin down in terms of time. The struggle for Black Americans' human rights stretches back to the…

Bob Hope 2003 Deaths

Bob HopeAge: 100 legendary comedian, American icon, and master of the one-liner who used his quick delivery and brash, topical wit to entertain generations of fans, including U.S. troops…

William WHIPPLE, Congress, NH (1730-1785)

WHIPPLE, William, a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Kittery, York County, Maine, January 14, 1730; became a sailor and engaged in the slave trade; freed his slaves and engaged in…

Barbara Pierce Bush Biography

Barbara Pierce BushFirst LadyBorn: 6/8/1925Birthplace: Rye, New York After growing up in Rye, New York, Barbara Pierce attended the Ashley Hall school in South Carolina. It was at a school…

Beautiful Creatures

Director: Bill Eagles Writer: Simon Donald Universal Focus; R; 86 minutes Release: 4/01 Cast: Rachel Weisz, Susan Lynch Beautiful Creatures is a new British film that…

Topsy-Turvy

Director/Writer:Mike LeighUSA Films; R; 160 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dorothy Atkinson Topsy-Turvy is a movie filmed with sophistication and actorly style. It…

Erastus CORNING, Congress, NY (1794-1872)

CORNING Erastus , a Representative from New York; born in Norwich, Conn., December 14, 1794; moved to Troy, N.Y., and thence, in 1814, to Albany, where he established himself in iron…

Kate Millett

Kate Millett(Kathryn Murray)writer, political activist, artistBorn: 9/14/1934Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota Kate Millet's Columbia University Ph.D. dissertation, Sexual Politics (1970),…

Mariel Hemingway Biography

Mariel HemingwayactressBorn: 11/22/1961Birthplace: Mill Valley, California Competent actress, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway and younger sister of actress/model Margaux Hemingway, Mariel…