John Lewis was an American civil rights leader and politician best known for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and for leading the landmark Selma March in 1965. In 1986 he was elected to a Georgia district that includes Atlanta in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In John Lyly and Early Modern Authorship, Andy Kesson sets out to restore Lyly to the heights of literary respectability that he enjoyed in early mod-ern England. Kessons Lyly is not the sycophantic or effeminate writer of frivolous romances, as scholars have often maintained, but a groundbreak-.
John Church Hamilton (1792-1882) was the fourth son of Major General Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. When he was twelve, his father was killed in the now legendary duel with presidential candidate Aaron Burr.
Historic significance: John C. Calhoun was a political figure from South Carolina who played a major role in national affairs during the early 19th century. Calhoun was at the center of the Nullification Crisis, served in the cabinet of Andrew Jackson, and was a senator representing South Carolina. He became iconic for his role in defending the.
In , Fillion took the starring role in The Rookie () as John Nolan, a contractor who starts over as a rookie police officer in the LAPD after a life-altering event.
In January John F. Kennedy formally announced his presidential candidacy. His chief rivals were the senators Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. Kennedy knocked Humphrey out of the campaign and dealt the religious taboo against Roman Catholics a blow by winning the primary in Protestant West Virginia.
In this definitive biography, written with unprecedented access to the man himself, Adam Sisman offers an illuminating portrait of a fascinating and enigmatic writer.
John Watson was born circa at of Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England. He married Margaret circa His estate was probated on 11 March at Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England; Will proved.
How does faith find its way into the practicality of work? What does it mean to worship at work? John Roberts, President and CEO of J.B. Hunt, shares how he applies his faith to work, where he finds opportunities for worship, and how the Bible helps him maintain perspective.
Brief Bio John Franklin Enders's route to immunology was more circuitous than those taken by most immunologists. The son of a banker, Enders was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, on Febru, and had little exposure to science during his early years.
John Brown was a devout Calvinist who believed that God had chosen him to fight against slavery. In this stimulating book, Decaro provides us with the first full-scale religious biography of Brown, placing him in the context of nineteenth-century revivals and religiously inspired abolitionists.
Put the story in the hands of Lydia R. Diamond, who wrote the play and directs, and sit back and watch everything come together. Diamond has chosen to make her debut as a director at a major regional theater with The Huntington’s production of her own original play “Toni Stone.”.
American writer Katherine Anne Porter, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in , was known for her delicate observations and precise descriptions. Katherine Anne Porter was born on , in Indian Creek, Texas, the fourth of five children of Harrison Boone Porter and Mary Alice Jones.
Richard Reynolds was convicted of killing a police officer and sentenced to die. That sentence was overturned when the legislature abolished the death penalty in Credit: Department of.
Zschäpe is the sole surviving member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), a small far-right terror cell found responsible for the murder of nine immigrant men (eight Turkish and one Greek) and a German policewoman, in a killing spree carried out over seven years from
Our History Acting upon a prophesy that was given by an overseas Minister more than 40 years ago, Bishop Blair started the Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre at Waltham Park Road. The Minister told him that from that plot of land where the church is established, God is going to make the word go across the nation and around the world.
Soekarno merupakan tokoh penting yang paling banyak dikagumi di Indonesia, Soekarno merupakan Presiden pertama Indonesia yang akrab dibanding dengan Bung Karno berasal dari Blitar yang merupakan pahlawan Proklamasi bersama Mohammad Hatta atau akrab di panggil Bung Hatta.
However, following the marriage of his oldest son Abraham to year-old Angelica Singleton in , Van Buren asked his new daughter-in-law to serve as hostess. Angelica was the cousin of former first lady Dolley Madison, and it was Dolley who had introduced the pair.