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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…

The Count of Monte Cristo

Director:Kevin ReynoldsWriter:Jay WolpertTouchstone Pictures; PG-13; 110 minutesRelease:1/02Cast:Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris In Alexandre Dumas' vision of 18th century France,…

Frequency (Film)

Director:Gregory HoblitWriter:Toby EmmerichTime Warner; PG-13; 100 minutesRelease:4/00Cast:Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Shawn Doyle Frequency is something special. Not only does it revolve…

Angel Eyes

Director:Luis MandokiWriter:Gerald DiPegoWarner Bros.; R; 110 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Victor Argo The director of Message in a Bottle returns to the screen with…

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.

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…

Thorpe, Jim

(Encyclopedia) Thorpe, Jim (James Francis Thorpe), 1888–1953, American athlete, b. near Prague, Okla. Thorpe was probably the greatest all-round male athlete the United States has ever produced. His…