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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…

The Horn Book Award

For the most outstanding juvenile books in the U.S.: one award for outstanding fiction, one for outstanding nonfiction, one for outstanding illustration (since 1976); given by the Boston Globe…

World Trade Center

(Encyclopedia) World Trade Center, former building complex in lower Manhattan, New York City, consisting of seven buildings and a shopping concourse on a 16-acre (6.5-hectare) site; it was destroyed…

Notable Actors

Isabella Rossellini See also Filmmakers and Directors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and Theater…

Industrial Revolution

(Encyclopedia) Industrial Revolution, term usually applied to the social and economic changes that mark the transition from a stable agricultural and commercial society to a modern industrial society…

Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Facts Official Name: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Entered Union: Feb. 6, 1788 (6th State) Present constitution adopted: 1780 (Oldest still in effect today) Fun Facts…

State Department Notes on Mauritania

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: History Government and Political Conditions U.S.-Mauritanian Relations HISTORYFrom the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from…

agriculture

(Encyclopedia) agriculture, science and practice of producing crops and livestock from the natural resources of the earth. The primary aim of agriculture is to cause the land to produce more…