GOLDSBOROUGH, Robert, (great-great-great-grandfather of Thomas Alan Goldsborough), a Delegate from Maryland; born at âHorns Point,â Dorchester County, Md., December 3, 1733; pursued an…
(Barry Alan Pincus)singer, songwriterBorn: 6/17/1946Birthplace: New York City Often maligned by critics, Barry Manilow was one of the best-selling balladeers of the 1970s. Although he began his…
(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Ruth Crawford, 1901–53, American composer and folklorist, b. East Liverpool, Ohio, as Ruth Porter Crawford, studied American Conservatory, Chicago; stepmother of Pete Seeger…
(Encyclopedia) angry young men, term applied to a group of English writers of the 1950s whose heroes share certain rebellious and critical attitudes toward society. This phrase, which was originally…
(Encyclopedia) Waters, Muddy, 1915–83, African-American blues singer and guitarist, b. Rolling Fork, Miss., as McKinley Morganfield. As a teenager he began singing and playing traditional country…
HOWARD, Milford Wriarson, a Representative from Alabama; born near Rome, Floyd County, Ga., December 18, 1862; attended the common schools; studied law in Cedartown, Ga.; moved to Fort Payne,…
lawyer and former U.S. senatorBorn: 8/16/1947Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois Moseley-Braun made history in 1992 when she was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Black woman to do so. She…
MOLLOHAN, Robert Homer, (father of Alan Bowlby Mollohan), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Grantsville, Calhoun County, W.Va., September 18, 1909; attended the public schools,…