(Encyclopedia) Jones, Jim, 1931–78, American religious leader, b. Lynn, Indiana. An influential Indianapolis preacher from the 1950s and onetime head of the city's Human Rights Commission, Jones…
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Quincy (Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.), 1933–, African-American musician, composer, bandleader, and music executive, b. Chicago. Jones played trumpet and sang gospel growing up, and…
(Encyclopedia) Jones Beach, state park, 2,413 acres (977 hectares), on an offshore bar, SW Long Island, SE N.Y., in Nassau co.; est. 1929. It is noted for its wide, white sand beaches, outdoor marine…
(Encyclopedia) Davy Jones, personification or spirit of the sea. The name is best known in the expression “Davy Jones's locker,” meaning the bottom of the sea, to which drowned sailors go.
(Encyclopedia) Very, Jones, 1813–80, American poet, b. Salem, Mass., studied at Harvard Divinity School. His mystical poems express his belief in total surrender to the will of God and his reverence…
Why do some parents want to ban the world's favorite wizard? by Shmuel Ross Related Links Banned Books The Harry Potter CompanionHarry Potter Timeline Ever since becoming…
The Queen Mary The only surviving major pre-war transatlantic ocean liner in existence by Mike Morrison The Queen Mary is the only surviving major pre-war transatlantic ocean liner still…
Biography of the 18th-century English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century English feminist, believed that equal education among men and women would ensure the equal…
