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Black Hawk County, IA Census Data

Iowa Black Hawk County, Iowa People QuickFactsBlack Hawk CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 125,8912,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.7%1.4%Population, 2000…

Top 50 Colleges for Black Students, 2008

Based on responses from nearly 1,855 African-American professionals in higher education, Black Enterprise magazine has ranked the top 50 colleges and universities where African-American students are…

Top 50 Colleges for Black Students, 2006

Based on a survey of more than 500 African American higher education professionals, including college and university presidents, chancellors, and directors, Black Enterprise magazine has ranked the…

Ferguson

(Encyclopedia) Ferguson, city (2020 pop. 20,359), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1894. It is primarily residential. In Aug. 2014,…

Suffolk sheep

(Encyclopedia) Suffolk sheep, relatively large breed, developed in England, well-known for its high quality meat. Considered to be a recent introduction to the United States, the breed has many…

Beltsville swine

(Encyclopedia) Beltsville swine, two breeds of swine developed at the agricultural research center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Md. The breeds are designated Beltsville No. 1…

Reinhardt, Ad

(Encyclopedia) Reinhardt, Ad (Adolph Reinhardt), 1913–67, American painter, b. New York City. Both a painter and an art theorist, Reinhardt is best known for his black paintings, begun in 1960.…

guillemot

(Encyclopedia) guillemotguillemotgĭlˈəmŏtˌ [key], northern sea bird, genus Cephas, of the auk family. The black guillemot, or trystie, Cephus grylle, is about 13 in. (33 cm) long and is very striking…

Krasnodar Territory

(Encyclopedia) Krasnodar Territory, administrative division (1995 pop. 5,004,200), 32,317 sq mi (83,701 sq km), SE European Russia, extending E from the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea into the Kuban…

Locke, Alain LeRoy

(Encyclopedia) Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1885–1954, American writer, educator, philosopher, and cultural critic, b. Philadelphia, grad. Harvard (A.B., 1907; Ph.D., 1918), first African-American Rhodes…