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Afrofuturism

(Encyclopedia) Afrofuturism, artistic and cultural movement that is based on the wedding of African diasporic themes with modern technology and elements of science fiction and fantasy.…

Twain, Mark

(Encyclopedia) Twain, Mark, pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910, American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature.…

Neil Jordan

writer, director, screenwriter, producerBorn: 2/25/1950Birthplace: County Sligo, Ireland Neil Jordan worked as a laborer in London before founding the Irish Writers Co-operative in 1974 and…

MARSHALL, Humphrey, Congress, KY (1760-1841)

Senate Years of Service: 1795-1801 Party: Federalist MARSHALL, Humphrey, (father of Thomas Alexander Marshall and cousin of John Marshall, and grandfather of Humphrey Marshall [1812-1872…

George McDUFFIE, Congress, SC (1790-1851)

Senate Years of Service: 1842-1846Party: DemocratMcDUFFIE, George, (father-in-law of Wade Hampton [1818-1902]), a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Columbia County, Ga…

Julia Butler HANSEN, Congress, WA (1907-1988)

HANSEN, Julia Butler, a Representative from Washington; born Julia Caroline Butler, June 14, 1907, in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg.; attended the public schools of Washington and Oregon…