business executiveBorn: 1936Birthplace: West Point, Miss. He worked in his family's food business, Bryan Foods, beginning in 1960, and grew it until it was sold to Consolidate Foods (which later…
actorBorn: 11/17/1950Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Rollins gained critical acclaim for his role as a young black man in search of justice in the film Ragtime (1981), a performance that earned an…
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Senate Years of Service: 1913-1937Party: DemocratROBINSON, Joseph Taylor, a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born on a farm near Lonoke, Lonoke County, Ark., August 26, 1872;…
(Encyclopedia) United Mine Workers of America (UMW), international labor union formed (1890) by the amalgamation of the National Progressive Union (organized 1888) and the mine locals under the…
TRUMBULL, Joseph, (brother of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.), a Delegate from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 11, 1737; was graduated from Harvard College in 1756; elected to the…
(Encyclopedia) Foyt, A. J. (Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr.), 1935–, American auto-racing driver, b. Houston. Foyt was the first person to win the Indianapolis 500 race four times (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977).…
BLILEY, Thomas Jerome, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; born in Chesterfield County, Va., January 28, 1932; attended private schools; graduated, Benedictine High School, Richmond, 1948; B.…
