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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., 1950โ, American scholar and critic, b. Keyser, W.Va., B.A. Yale, 1973, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1979, where he studied with Wole Soyinka. Gates is an expert on African-American lite...Flynt, Larry Claxton, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Flynt, Larry Claxton, Jr., 1942-2021, American magazine publisher, b. Lakeville, Ky. Flynt was the son of a sharecropper, and dropped out of school at...Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr. (Bobby Jones), 1902โ71, American golfer, b. Atlanta, Ga. A lawyer, he became a golf devotee. Jones won the National Open (1923, 1926, 1929โ30), the National Amateur (1924โ...Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr., 1935โ2021, African-American civil-rights leader and lawyer, b. Atlanta, Ga., DePauw Univ. (BA, 1957), Howard Univ. Law Sch...Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, Jr., 1938โ2003, American politician, b. Dallas, Tex., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1956), North Carolina Central Univ. (J.D., 1964). Jackson, a Democratic lawyer with a ...Kaelin, William George, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Kaelin, William George, Jr., 1957โ, American oncologist, b. New York City, M.D. Duke Univ., 1982. He has spent his entire career at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass., and also is a pro...Dingell, John David, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Dingell, John David, Jr., 1928โ2019, American congressman, b. Colorado Springs, Colo.; grad. Georgetown Univ. (B.S., 1949; J.D., 1952). He served in the Army (1944โ46) and after a brief career in ...Deloria, Vine Victor Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Deloria, Vine, Jr., 1933โ2005, American author, theologian, historian, and activist, b. Marin, S.Dak. Considered by some to be the leading intellectua...Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. ษlฤหtล [key], 1950โ, U.S. government official and judge, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2006โ), b. Trenton, N.J., grad. Pr...Douglas, Donald Wills, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Donald Wills, Jr.: see under Douglas, Donald Wills. ...Browse by Subject
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