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James CHESNUT, Jr., Congress, SC (1815-1885)

Senate Years of Service: 1858-1860 Party: Democrat CHESNUT James, Jr. , a Senator from South Carolina; born near Camden, S.C., January 18, 1815; graduated from the law department of the College of…

Moulin Rouge

Director:Baz LuhrmannWriter:Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce20th Century Fox; PG-13; 135 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo Moulin Rouge exhibits the visual…

Miep Gies Biography

preserved Anne Frank's diaryBorn: Feb. 15, 1909Died: Jan. 11, 2010 (Noord-Holland, Netherlands) Best Known as: woman who hid Anne Frank and her family Miep…

53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards

The 53rd Golden Globe Awards honoring excellence in film and television were presented on January 21, 1996, at Los Angeles's Beverly Hilton. Here are the television awards.Best Series,…

Black No More

Author:George S. SchuylerPublisher:Modern Library When everyone around him was lauding the Harlem Renaissance's achievements, black outsider intellectual George Schuyler penned a notoriously…

James Henderson BERRY, Congress, AR (1841-1913)

Senate Years of Service: 1885-1907 Party: Democrat BERRY James Henderson , a Senator from Arkansas; born in Jackson County, Ala., May 15, 1841; moved to Arkansas with his parents, who settled in…

James Kimbrough JONES, Congress, AR (1839-1908)

Senate Years of Service: 1885-1903 Party: Democrat JONES James Kimbrough , a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born in Marshall County, Miss., September 29, 1839; moved with his father…

2000 People in the News

Nathaniel Abraham,Mehmet Ali AgcaJamil Abdullah Al-AminLance Armstrong,Bashar Assad,Charles G. Bakaly 3rd,Steven A. Ballmer,Barbie,Thomas E. Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank CherryBill Bradley,…

Timeline: Labor Unions

Here's a history of organized labor in the United States 1869 One of the earliest and most influential labor organizations, the Knights of Labor is founded by Philadelphia tailors.…