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31st Annual American Music Awards
The 31st Annual American Music Awards were presented on November 16, 2003. POP/ROCK…Martin I, Saint, d. 655?, pope
(Encyclopedia) Martin I, Saint, d. 655?, pope (649–55?), an Italian, b. Todi; successor of Theodore I. On his accession he summoned a great council at the Lateran, as St. Maximus had urged, to deal…Grau San Martín, Ramón
(Encyclopedia) Grau San Martín, RamónGrau San Martín, Ramónrämōnˈ grou sän märtēnˈ [key], 1887–1969, president of Cuba (1933–34, 1944–48). Professor of medicine at the Univ. of Havana, Grau San…Dorothy Height Biography
civil rights activistBorn: 3/24/1912Died: 4/20/2010Best Known as: president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Dorothy Height helped shape and guide the…Meredith, James Biography
Meredith, James civil-rights leader, authorBorn: 6/25/33Birthplace: Kosciusko, Miss. James Meredith was one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement. In 1962 he became the first Black…Walter Cronkite
Cronkite, Walter (Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.)krŏngˈkĪt, krŏnˈ–, 1916–2009, American news broadcaster, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He left (1935) the Univ. of Texas to write for the Houston Press and later…Carl Richard CHINDBLOM, Congress, IL (1870-1956)
CHINDBLOM Carl Richard , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., December 21, 1870; attended the public schools; was graduated from Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., in 1890 and…Notable Speeches and Letters by African Americans, From Benjamin Banneker to Barack Obama
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When the Constitution was written, only white male property owners (about 10 to 16 percent of the nation's population) had the vote. Over the past two centuries, though, the term "government by…Martin, Homer Dodge
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836–97, American landscape painter, b. Albany, N.Y. His earlier works are in the style of the Hudson River school, but after his stay in France (1881–86) his work…Trending
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