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Betty Carter Biography

Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones)jazz and blues singerBorn: 5/16/1930Birthplace: Flint, Michigan Grammy Award-winning jazz and blues singer whose career started at the age of 16. Though she did…

Chris Carter Biography

Chris Cartertelevision writer, directorBorn: 10/13/1957Birthplace: Bellflower, California Creator of television's The X-Files, which draws on America's obsession with the occult and paranormal. The…

Charles David CARTER, Congress, OK (1868-1929)

CARTER Charles David , a Representative from Oklahoma; born near Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), August 16, 1868; moved with his father to Mill Creek, a stage stand…

Emery, Walter Ralph

(Encyclopedia) Emery, Walter Ralph, 1933-2022, American country music broadcaster, b. McEwen, Tn. Commonly recognized as the "Dick Clark" of country radio, Emery helped legitimatize and popularize…

margin requirement

(Encyclopedia) margin requirement, that part of a security's price that a buyer must pay for in cash. The balance of the price is met by the broker, who, in effect, is supplying a client with a loan…

Barrows, Samuel June

(Encyclopedia) Barrows, Samuel June, 1845–1909, American clergyman and reformer, b. New York City. He was a pastor in Dorchester, Mass., and later edited (1880–96) the Christian Register, a Unitarian…

Paik, Nam June

(Encyclopedia) Paik, Nam JunePaik, Nam Junenäm j&oomacr;n pīk [key], 1932–2006, Korean-American artist, widely considered the founder of video art, b. Seoul, studied art and music at Tokyo Univ.…

Woodson, Carter Godwin

(Encyclopedia) Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875–1950, African-American educator, b. New Canton, Va., Ph.D. Harvard (1912). He taught at Howard Univ. and helped organize (1915) the Association for the…

Meany, George

(Encyclopedia) Meany, George, 1894–1980, American labor leader, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO; 1955–79), b. New York City. A plumber…

Reese Witherspoon Biography

Reese Witherspoon (Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon)actressBorn: 3/22/1976Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Witherspoon made critically acclaimed television and feature film debuts in 1991, with…