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The Murder of Emmett Till

A "grotesque miscarriage of justice" Related Links Black History Month Black History Time Timeline Encyclopedia: Civil Rights For Kids: Civil Rights Heroes Martin Luther…

Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe

(Encyclopedia) Baylor, Robert Emmett BledsoeBaylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoebāˈlər [key], 1793?–1873, American jurist, founder of Baylor Univ., b. Kentucky. He served in the War of 1812, studied law,…

Eulenspiegel, Till

(Encyclopedia) Eulenspiegel, TillEulenspiegel, Tilltĭl oiˈlən-shpēˌgəl [key] [Ger.,=owl-mirror, hence English Owlglass], a north German peasant clown of the 14th cent. who was immortalized in…

till

(Encyclopedia) till: see drift.

Brewer's: Tap the Till

(To). To pilfer from a till Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tap-up SundayTap the Admiral A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Emmett Kelly

Emmett KellyclownBorn: 12/9/1898Birthplace: Sedan, Kansas A clown who made his character of Weary Willie a living character in the circus scene. Through the 1930s, he developed the act with…

Ventris, Michael George Francis

(Encyclopedia) Ventris, Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English linguist. Ventris was a student of architecture, but he became interested in the untranslated Mycenaean scripts, particularly Linear B…

Justice Overdue: Civil Rights Cases Reopened

Unpunished crimes revisited after decades of neglect FBI photographs of slain civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner Related Links Black History Month…

Emmett Chappelle Biography

inventorBorn: 1925 Through his discovery that a specific combination of chemicals caused living organisms to emit light, Chappelle facilitated important findings…