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Charles Black, Jr. Biography
Charles Black, Jr.Born: 9/22/1915Birthplace: Austin, Texas constitutional law expert and professor who helped to write the legal brief for 10-year-old Linda Brown, the plaintiff in the…Joe Black 2002 Deaths
Joe BlackAge: 78 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, who won rookie of the year honors and became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game in 1952; helped Brooklyn win National League pennant…Conrad Black, 2004 News
founder and former CEO of Hollinger International, a media conglomerate that owns the Chicago Sun-Times, the Jerusalem Post, and other holdings, was accused by its board of stealing more…Conrad Moffat Black Biography
Conrad Moffat BlackfinancierBorn: 8/25/1944Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada After studying at Carleton, Laval, and McGill universities, he went into business, ultimately gaining control…Richard Burton: Black Sheep
Black SheepRichard BurtonFrom their folded mates they wander far, Their ways seem harsh and wild; They follow the beck of a baleful star, Their paths are dream-beguiled.Yet haply they…George Sterling: The Black Vulture
The Black VultureGeorge SterlingAloof upon the day's immeasured dome, He holds unshared the silence of the sky. Far down his bleak, relentless eyes descry The eagle's empire and the…Poems: The Little Black Boy
by WilliamBlakeThe LambThe BlossomThe Little Black Boy My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but oh my soul is white! White as an angel is the English child,…Black Civil War Soldiers
United States > Military Affairs Comprising 10% of the Union Army, Black troops played a vital role in the American Civil War By Catherine McNiff Emancipation Proclamation Related Links…Brewer's: Swear Black is White
(To). To swear to any falsehood. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Swear by my SwordSwear A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Procession of the Black Breeches
This is the heading of a chapter in vol. ii. of Carlyle's French Revolution. The chapter contains a description of the mob procession, headed by Santerre carrying a pair of black satin…Trending
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