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The Red Cross & Crescent

The Question: When was the Red Crescent Society founded? The Answer: Swiss businessman Jean Henri Dunant founded what would eventually become the International…

Burton, Gary

(Encyclopedia) Burton, Gary, 1943- , American jazz vibraphone player, composer, and bandleader, b. Anderson, In. Burton is self-taught on the…

Henry Louis BELLMON, Congress, OK (1921-2009)

Senate Years of Service: 1969-1981Party: RepublicanBELLMON, Henry Louis, a Senator from Oklahoma; born on a farm near Tonkawa, Kay County, Okla., September 3, 1921; educated in Noble County…

Wall DOXEY, Congress, MS (1892-1962)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1943Party: DemocratDOXEY, Wall, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Miss., August 8, 1892; attended the…

John BRADEMAS, Congress, IN (1927)

BRADEMAS, John, a Representative from Indiana; born in Mishawaka, Saint Joseph County, Ind., March 2, 1927; graduated from Central High School, South Bend, Ind.; graduated from Harvard…

Christian Coalition

(Encyclopedia) Christian Coalition, organization founded to advance the agenda of political and social conservatives, mostly comprised of evangelical Protestant Republicans, and to preserve what it…