American Indian Heritage Month is observed every November in the United States. Learn about the history of American Indian Heritage Month, read biographies of famous American Indians,…
African American Education: Top 50 Colleges, Education Milestones, Black Colleges
Black History Month is observed every February in the United States. Learn about the best colleges for African…
American Indian Heritage Month is observed every November in the United States. Learn about the history of American Indian Heritage Month, read biographies of famous American Indians,…
The following table lists the percent of Americans without health insurance for 2008 by characteristic, including age, race and ethnicity, region, nativity, and income…
The following table lists the percent of Americans without health insurance for 2012 by characteristic, including age, race and ethnicity, region, nativity, and work status…
(Encyclopedia) Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a Colonial patriotic society in the United States, open to women having one or more ancestors who aided the cause of the Revolution. The…
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Andrew, 1676?–1741, colonial American lawyer, defender of John Peter Zenger, b. Scotland. He practiced law in Maryland and then Pennsylvania, where he became (1717) attorney…
(Encyclopedia) Yates, Richard, 1815–73, American political leader, b. Warsaw, Ky. He studied law and became a lawyer and Whig politician in Jacksonville, Ill. A state legislator (1842–46, 1848–50)…
African American Education: Top 50 Colleges, Education Milestones, Black Colleges
Black History Month is observed every February in the United States. Learn about the best colleges for African…
(Encyclopedia) Armstrong, John, 1717?–1795, American pioneer, known as the “hero of Kittanning,” b. Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. He laid out the town of Carlisle, Pa. In 1756 he led the expedition that…
