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JENKINS, Edgar Lanier (Ed), Congress, GA (1933)

JENKINS, Edgar Lanier (Ed), a Representative from Georgia; born in Young Harris, Towns County, Ga., January 4, 1933; graduated from Union County, Blairsville, Ga., 1949; A.A., Young Harris…

Baraka, Amiri

(Encyclopedia) Baraka, AmiriBaraka, Amiriamērē bəräˈkə [key], 1934–2014, American poet, playwright, and political activist, b. Newark, N.J., as Everett LeRoy Jones, studied at Rutgers Univ., Howard…

Fantastic Fantasy Novels

  What to Read While You're Waiting for the Next Harry Potter: Favorites from Other Fantastic Series   by Holly Hartman Harry Potter wasn't the first child to…

Lindsay, Vachel

(Encyclopedia) Lindsay, Vachel (Nicholas Vachel Lindsay)Lindsay, Vachelvāˈchəl [key]Lindsay, Vachel lĭnˈzē [key], 1879–1931, American poet, b. Springfield, Ill., studied at Hiram College, the Art…

Kinnock, Neil Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Kinnock, Neil GordonKinnock, Neil Gordonkĭnˈək [key], 1942–, British politician, b. Tredegar, Wales. The son of a miner, he studied at University College, Cardiff. In 1970 he was…

Divine, Father

(Encyclopedia) Divine, Father, c.1882–1965, African-American religious leader, founder of the Peace Mission movement, b. probably near Savannah, Ga. and named George Baker. After preaching in the…

Preston

(Encyclopedia) Preston, city and district (1991 pop. 166,675), county seat of Lancashire, N England, on the Ribble River. Preston has an active port and is a center of cotton and rayon manufacturing…

Pilobolus Dance Theater

(Encyclopedia) Pilobolus Dance TheaterPilobolus Dance Theaterpīläbˈələs [key], innovative modern dance company formed (1971) by Moses Pendleton, Jonathan Wolken, Lee Harris, and Robby Barnett from a…

Oscar Hosts

Read a bio on Neil Patrick Harris, the host of the 87th Academy Awards, and past Oscar hosts. Do you remember who hosted in 1989? No one. That was the year the Oscars had no host,…