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Black History Timeline: 1600s to Present Day
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesBlack history in the United States of America is a story of discrimination, hate, and violence. For centuries, White people enslaved, murdered, and criminalized an…Wordsworth, William
(Encyclopedia) Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850, English poet, b. Cockermouth, Cumberland. One of the great English poets, he was a leader of the romantic movement in England. Wordsworth's…Rama, in the Ramayana
(Encyclopedia) Rama, hero: see Ramayana.Rama, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) RamaRamarāˈmə [key], variant of Ramah.Acts of the Apostles
(Encyclopedia) Acts of the Apostles, book of the New Testament. It is the only 1st-century account of the expansion of Christianity in its earliest period. It was written in Greek anonymously as…Roses, Wars of the
(Encyclopedia) Roses, Wars of the, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle (1455–85) for the throne of England between the noble houses of York (whose badge was a white rose) and…Salem, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) SalemSalemsāˈləm [key] [Heb.,=peace], in the Bible, royal city of Melchizedek, traditionally identified with Jerusalem.Salmon, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) SalmonSalmonsălˈmŏn [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Boaz. An alternate form is Salma. 2 Place, probably the same as Zalmon.Somme, Battles of the
(Encyclopedia) Somme, Battles of the, two engagements fought during World War I near the Somme River, N France. The first battle (July–Nov., 1916) was an Allied offensive. The British, commanded by…South, University of the
(Encyclopedia) South, University of the, called Sewanee, at Sewanee, Tenn.; Episcopal; coeducational; chartered 1858, opened 1868. It has a college of arts and sciences and a theological school. The…Trending
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