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Renart, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Renart, JeanRenart, JeanzhäN rənärˈ [key], fl. 1212, French poet. He is believed to be the author of two charming romans courtois, or metrical romances—Guillaume de Dole and L'Escoufle…Sac and Fox
(Encyclopedia) Sac and Fox, closely related Native Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Sac and Fox culture was of the…Aesop's Fables: The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons
by Aesop Grief and His DueThe Woman and the FarmerThe Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons The Pigeons in a certain dovecote were persecuted by a Kite, who every now and then swooped down and…Aesop's Fables: The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
by Aesop The Swollen FoxThe Boy and the NettlesThe Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk A Mouse and a Frog struck up a friendship; they were not well mated, for the Mouse lived entirely on land,…Team by Team Statistics: Atlanta Hawks
GmMINFGFGAFG%FTFTAFT%3FG3GAORBTRBASTSTLTOBLKPFTptsPPGRPGAPGSteve Smith7228184911145.429333393.847130388902383056217623173144520.13.34.2Christian Laettner8231405481128.486359440.…Reckoning with Slavery
Edward Ball received the National Book Award for Slaves in the Family, an exploration of the shared experience of masters and slaves in his family's plantation past. But the book is only the…A Shared History
This ceremony of supplication ends Edward Ball's Slaves in the Family, winner of the 1998 National Book Award for non-fiction. The Sierra Leoneans are representatives of Chief Alikali Modu III…Tarnished Heritage
Elias "Red Cap" Ball founded a plantation dynasty that endured for more than two centuries.As a work of genealogy, Slaves is impressive. In his research, Ball pored over more than ten…Oral Tradition
James Poyas, pictured here in a daguerrotype taken shortly before his death in 1850, was one of many Ball men to father children by slaves.The black descendants of Ball slaves interviewed for…The Rest of the Story
"We have a country with a tragic history that is as powerful as its heroic history. We have to incorporate those realities in our understanding of who we are... there's a missing part of the…Trending
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