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Nkrumah, Kwame

(Encyclopedia) Nkrumah, Kwame Nkrumah, Kwame kwäˈmā nkr&oomacr;ˈmä [key], 1909–72, African political leader, prime…

National Football League Team Profiles

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX by Mark Zurlo The National Football League has become America's favorite sport. Want to know more about your favorite team? Check out these team profiles…

George Clinton Biography

George ClintonmusicianBorn: 7/22/1940Birthplace: Kannapolis, North Carolina Musician who pioneered the funk style of rock in the 1970s with his band Parliament-Funkadelic. Nicknamed “Dr.…

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants A-H | H-M | N-S | T-Z Charlize Theron, actor Chinua Achebe , writer Christiane Amanpour, TV news correspondent Elizabeth Arden,…

VA Medical Care Controversy

Hundreds of veterans in Phoenix are waiting to see doctors Related Links The U.S. Veteran Population Veterans of U.S. Wars and Their Dependents Last…

Willard, Emma

(Encyclopedia) Willard, Emma, 1787–1870, American educator, pioneer in woman's education, b. Emma Hart in Berlin, Conn. She attended and later taught in the local academy and in 1807 took charge of…

Edgerton, Harold

(Encyclopedia) Edgerton, Harold, 1903–90, American inventor and educator, b. Fremont, Nebr. He was educated at the Univ. of Nebraska and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (D.Sc., 1931), and…

southern tick-associated rash illness

(Encyclopedia) southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) or Masters disease, illness characterized by a Lyme disease–like rash that is associated with bite from the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma…

Mukasey, Michael Bernard

(Encyclopedia) Mukasey, Michael BernardMukasey, Michael Bernardmy&oomacr;kāˈzē [key], 1941–, American jurist, b. Bronx, N.Y., grad. Columbia (A.B., 1963), Yale Law School (LL.B., 1967). After…

Nella Larsen Biography

Nella Larsen writerBorn: 1891Birthplace: Chicago   The only Black person in her family when she was growing up, Larsen always felt like an outsider. Born Nellie Walker, she lost her West Indian…