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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,…

2007 MTV Music Video Awards

The 2007 Video Music Awards were presented September 9, 2007. Video of the Year Rihanna f. Jay-Z, “Umbrella” Male…

Ferguson, Sir Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Ferguson, Sir Samuel, 1810–86, Irish poet and antiquary. Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland (1887) is his best-known work on Irish antiquities. His major poetic works,…

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Historical BackgroundIn the aftermath of Reconstruction, which ended in 1877, the Southern State governments again became-as they remained in the North-“white man's governments.“ The new…

Harry George Ferguson Biography

Harry George FergusoninventorBorn: 11/4/1884Birthplace: Dromore, County Down, Ireland He began working in his own business at age 16 in Belfast, and went on to build his own airplane, making…

Michael FERGUSON, Congress, NJ (1970)

FERGUSON Michael , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Ridgewood, Bergen County, N.J., June 22, 1970; graduated from Delbarton School, Morristown, N.J.; B.A., University of Notre Dame, Notre…

Ferguson Shooting Sparks National Outrage

The shooting of a teenager by a police officer in a St. Louis suburb leads to unrest and unanswered questions. Protestors in Ferguson, Mo. Related Links Major Race…

Shelby

(Encyclopedia) Shelby, city (1990 pop. 14,669), seat of Cleveland co., W N.C., in a fertile piedmont farming (cotton, grain, soybeans, livestock) area; inc. 1843. There is dairy processing, and…

Trenton , cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Trenton. 1 City (1990 pop. 20,586), Wayne co., SE Mich., on the Detroit River opposite Grosse Ile, in a farm area; settled 1816, inc. as a city 1957. An early river port, it has plants…

Cram, Ralph Adams

(Encyclopedia) Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863–1942, American architect, b. Hampton Falls, N.H. An ardent exponent of Gothic architecture, Cram produced many collegiate and ecclesiastical works in a neo-…