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Allen John FURLOW, Congress, MN (1890-1954)

FURLOW Allen John , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., November 9, 1890; attended the public schools; was graduated from Rochester High School in 1910;…

John Beard ALLEN, Congress, WA (1845-1903)

Senate Years of Service: 1889-1893 Party: Republican ALLEN John Beard , a Delegate from the Territory of Washington and a Senator from Washington; born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind.,…

John Clayton ALLEN, Congress, IL (1860-1939)

ALLEN John Clayton , a Representative from Illinois; born in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vt., February 14, 1860; attended the common schools and Beeman Academy, New Haven, Vt.; moved to Lincoln…

John James ALLEN, Congress, VA (1797-1871)

ALLEN John James , a Representative from Virginia; born in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va., September 25, 1797; attended Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1811 and 1812, and Washington…

John Mills ALLEN, Congress, MS (1846-1917)

ALLEN John Mills , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tishomingo County, Miss., July 8, 1846; attended the common schools; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Confederate…

John William ALLEN, Congress, OH (1802-1887)

ALLEN John William , a Representative from Ohio; born in Litchfield, Conn., in August 1802; attended preparatory schools; moved to Chenango County, N.Y., in 1818, where he received a classical…

John Allen STERLING, Congress, IL (1857-1918)

STERLING John Allen , a Representative from Illinois; born near Le Roy, McLean County, Ill., February 1, 1857; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan University…

Black Muslims

(Encyclopedia) Black Muslims, African-American religious movement in the United States, split since the late 1970s into the American Society of Muslims and the Nation of Islam. The original group was…

Muhammad XI, sultan of Granada

(Encyclopedia) Muhammad XI, d. 1538, last sultan of Granada in Spain (1482–92); also called Boabdil by the Spanish. He seized the throne from his father and thus plunged Granada into civil war at the…

Biographies of Famous African Americans

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