(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, Jacob (Jacob Armstead Lawrence), 1917–2000, American painter, b. Atlantic City, N.J. One of the most important African-American artists of the late 20th cent., Lawrence…
(Encyclopedia) Rupert, Prince, 1619–82, count palatine of the Rhine. Born in Prague, he was the son of Frederick the Winter King, elector palatine and king of Bohemia, and Elizabeth, daughter of…
BUSH, George Herbert Walker, (son of Prescott Sheldon Bush, father of President George W. Bush), a Representative from Texas and a Vice President of the United States and 41st President of the…
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In the Muslim world the temporal successors of Muhammad received the title caliph (literally, “…
Hard Labor How unions fought to honor the American worker by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco In the 1930s, strikes like the one at the Paterson Silk Factory helped workers secure fair…
(Encyclopedia) Murillo, Bartolomé EstébanMurillo, Bartolomé Estébanbärtōlōmāˈ āstāˈbän m&oomacr;rēˈlyō [key], 1617?–1682, Spanish religious and portrait painter. He was born in Seville, where…
(Encyclopedia) King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian political leader, b. Kitchener, Ont.; grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie. An expert on labor questions, he served in Wilfrid Laurier's…