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Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.

Mayor: Karl Dean (to Sept. 2015) 2010 census population (rank):1 601,222 (25); Male: 291,294 (48.5%); Female: 309,925 (51.5%); White: 363,611 (60.5%); Black: 170,907 (28.4%); American Indian and…

gospel music

(Encyclopedia) gospel music, American religious musical form that owes much of its origin to the Christian conversion of West Africans enslaved in the American South. Gospel music partly evolved from…

Hurricane Season

The deadliest, strongest, and costliest Atlantic storms   Quizzes and Crosswords Extreme Weather Disasters Quiz Great Disasters Quiz…

Hurricane Season

The deadliest, strongest, and costliest Atlantic storms   Quizzes and Crosswords Extreme Weather Disasters Quiz Great Disasters Quiz…

Year in Review 2000 | Sports Personalities

Top Sports Personalities Golf star Tiger Woods, Olympic star Cathy Freeman, and ten other personalities who changed sports by Gerry Brown, John Gettings, & Mike Morrison Tiger…

Acknowledgments

The first five editions of The Columbia Encyclopedia were published in 1935, 1950, 1963, 1975, and 1993. All editions owe a debt of gratitude to Clark Fisher Ansley, the editor of the first edition,…

Notable Baseball Players

Babe Ruth See also Cy Young Award Rookie of the Year National Baseball Hall of Fame People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Baseball Summary: Stats Major League…

How to Prepare for a Hurricane

We live in a day and age when technology becomes more and more sophisticated on a daily basis. People can do almost anything and everything with their phone; online banking, make hotel reservations,…

Major League Baseball 2000 | Preview

2000 Major League Baseball Preview The more things change, the more they stay the same by Michael Morrison Red Sox fans and Yankees fans will never get along, but the players…