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Selected Activists and Reformers

Sojourner Truth See also Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline African-American Religious Leaders Civil Rights Leaders Civil Rights Movement…

Notable Explorers

Christopher Columbus See also Columbus and Other Explorers Notable Women Adventurers People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Quiz: Explorers Quiz: Women…

Notable Explorers

Notable Explorers Christopher Columbus See also Columbus and Other Explorers Notable Women Adventurers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Quiz:…

Black Civil Rights Leaders

Notable Civil Rights Leaders       The Little Rock Nine pictured with Daisy Bates, the president of the Arkansas NAACP. Browse more African-American biographies by category:…

Notable Philanthropists

Andrew Carnegie See also Activists and Reformers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Charitable Contributions by Type of Recipient Organization…

sexual harassment

(Encyclopedia) sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other…

Fourteen Points

(Encyclopedia) Fourteen Points, formulation of a peace program, presented at the end of World War I by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in an address before both houses of Congress on Jan. 8, 1918. The…

1985 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“We Are the World,” USA for AfricaAlbum of the YearNo Jacket Required, Phil Collins (Atlantic)Song of the Year“We Are the World,” Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie,…

Bush, George Herbert Walker

(Encyclopedia) Bush, George Herbert Walker, 1924–2018, 41st President of the United States (1989–93), b. Milton, Mass., B.A., Yale Univ., 1948. Bush's handling of domestic affairs was less…