(Encyclopedia) apartheidapartheidəpärtˈhīt [key] [Afrik.,=apartness], system of racial segregation peculiar to the Republic of South Africa, the legal basis of which was largely repealed in 1991–92…
U.S. congresswomanBorn: 1938Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Waters has been a member of Congress since 1991. The fifth of 13 children, Waters began working as a bus girl in a segregated restaurant when…
AMBRO, Jerome Anthony, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 27, 1928; attended Brooklyn public elementary schools; graduated, Grover Cleveland High…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-Party: DemocratGILLIBRAND, Kirsten, a Senator and a Representative from New York; born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 9, 1966; A.B., Dartmouth College,…
Senate Years of Service: 1987-1989Party: RepublicanKARNES, David Kemp, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Omaha, Nebr., December 12, 1948; attended the public schools; graduated, University of…
(Encyclopedia) Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), former U.S. government agency established in 1933 to help stabilize real estate that had depreciated during the depression and to refinance the…
(Encyclopedia) Hoel, SigurdHoel, Sigurdsēˈg&oobreve;r hōˈəl [key], 1890–1960, Norwegian novelist. Hoel's sophisticated novels of urban life include the witty satire Sinners in Summertime (1927,…
(Encyclopedia) Plainfield, city (1990 pop. 46,567), Union co., NE N.J.; settled 1684 by Friends, inc. as a city 1869. Formerly a residential city in the New York metropolitan area, it has become the…
(Encyclopedia) Tebboune, Abdelmadjid, 1945–, Algerian politician, president of Algeria (2019–). Under President Bouteflika, Tebboune held several ministerial posts, including that of communication…
Butts, Calvin O., III
(Encyclopedia) Butts, Calvin O., III, 1949–2022, African-American pastor and social justice leader, b. Bridgeport, Conn., B.A. Morehouse College (…
