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Brewer's: Black
for mourning was a Roman custom (Juvenal, x. 245) borrowed from the Egyptians. Black, in blazonry, means constancy, wisdom, and prudence. Black, in several of the Oriental nations, is a…Brewer's: Blackness
All faces shall gather blackness (Joel ii. 6) —i.e. be downcast in consequence of trouble. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BlacksmithBlackamoor A B C D E…Brewer's: Blacks
Mutes at funerals, who wore a black cloak; sometimes called the Black Guards. I do pray ye To give me leave to live a little longer. You stand about me like my Blacks. Beaumont and…The Black Sox:
The Black Sox: Eight Chicago White Sox players who were banned from baseball for life in 1921 for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series— RHP Eddie Cicotte (1884-1969), OF Happy Felsch (…Black Knight
Director:Gil JungerWriters:Darryl Quarles, Peter Gaulke, and Gerry Swallow20th Century Fox; PG-13; 97 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson Black Knight…Strand, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Strand, Paul, 1890–1976, American photographer, b. New York City. Strand studied under Lewis Hine, who introduced him to Alfred Stieglitz. At Stieglitz's famed “291” gallery, Strand…Boone, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Boone, Daniel, 1734–1820, American frontiersman, b. Oley (now Exeter) township, near Reading, Pa. The Boones, English Quakers, left Pennsylvania in 1750 and settled (1751 or 1752) in…Earl Lloyd
Earl Lloyd Born: April 28, 1928Birthplace: Alexandria, Va.Basketball forward On Oct. 30, 1950, Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in a National Basketball Association game. As…Selected Essays in Black History: Of the Training of Black Men
The Freedmen's Bureau The Fruits of Industrial Training Of the Training of Black Men by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois From the shimmering swirl of waters where many, many thoughts ago…Hebron, city, West Bank
(Encyclopedia) Hebron, Arab. Al-Khalil, city (2003 est. pop. 155,000), the West Bank. Hebron is situated at an altitude of 3,000 ft (910 m) in a region where grapes, cereal grains, and vegetables are…Trending
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