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Charles Black, Jr. Biography

Charles Black, Jr.Born: 9/22/1915Birthplace: Austin, Texas constitutional law expert and professor who helped to write the legal brief for 10-year-old Linda Brown, the plaintiff in the…

Vine Deloria, Jr. Biography

Vine Deloria, Jr. Leading Standing Rock Sioux scholar, writer and activistBorn: March 26, 1933Birthplace: Martin, S.D Deloria, of Standing Rock Sioux origin, was born in South Dakota near…

Grover Washington, Jr. Biography

Grover Washington, Jr.Age: 56 Grammy Award-winning influential jazz saxophonist who shifted with ease from jazz to pop to R&B to funk. A mainstream and commercial success, Washington…

Fred Saigh Jr. Biography

Fred Saigh Jr.Age: 94 multi-millionaire and former St. Louis Cardinals owner whose decision to sell the team in 1953 to Anheuser-Busch for $3.75 million kept the team in St. Louis; cause of…

David Crosthwait, Jr. Biography

David Crosthwait, Jr.engineer, inventorBorn: 1898Birthplace: Nashville, Tenn. David Crosthwait held numerous patents relating to heat transfer, ventilation, and air conditioning, the areas…

Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr.

Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr. (stətinˈeəs) [key], 1900–1949, American statesman and industrialist, b. Chicago. He held (1926–34) several executive posts in the General Motors Corp., and in 1938 he…

Berry Gordy, Jr. Biography

Berry Gordy, Jr. record company founder and executiveBorn: 11/28/1929Birthplace: Detroit Gordy pursued a career as a boxer and served in the U.S. Army before returning to Detroit where he…

Marcian Edward HoffTed, Jr.

Marcian Edward Hoff“Ted”, Jr. Born: 1937 Birthplace: Rochester, N.Y. Microprocessor concept and architecture—Ted Hoff was…

Robert R.Williams, Jr.

Robert R.Williams, Jr. Born: 1886 Birthplace: Nellore, India Synthesis of vitamin B1—Williams isolated thiamine in…