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Young, Whitney Moore, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Young, Whitney Moore, Jr., 1921–71, African-American civil-rights leader; b. Lincoln Ridge, Ky. A social worker by profession, he joined the National Urban League in 1947 as director of industrial r...Curtis, Samuel Ryan
(Encyclopedia)Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805–66, Union general in the Civil War, b. Clinton co., N.Y., grad. West Point, 1831. Curtis won a decisive victory at Pea Ridge (1862) and was therefore promoted to major gene...Catholic University of America
(Encyclopedia)Catholic University of America, at Washington, D.C.; the national university of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States; coeducational; founded 1887 and opened 1889. It includes a college of ar...sky
(Encyclopedia)sky, apparent dome over the earth, background of the clouds, sun, moon, and stars. The blue color of the clear daytime sky results from the selective scattering of light rays by the minute particles o...Russian Blue cat
(Encyclopedia)Russian Blue cat: see cat.Blue Cross plans
(Encyclopedia)Blue Cross plans: see health insurance. ...blue-eyed grass
(Encyclopedia)blue-eyed grass: see iris.blue-green algae
(Encyclopedia)blue-green algae, popular name for those microorganisms that are now more properly called cyanobacteria. ...Blue Mountains, Australia
(Encyclopedia)Blue Mountains, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. Located W of Sydney, this elevation is actually a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range. ...Cutler Bay
(Encyclopedia)Cutler Bay, (2020 pop.45,425), Miami-Dade co., SE Fla.; inc. 2005. Previously known as the unicorporated town of Cutler Ridge, the area was named for D...Browse by Subject
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