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Sheryl Crow
C'Mon, C'Mon A&M Times may change, but Sheryl Crow is sticking with the tried and true. The singer's disdain for some new trends—especially teen pop—is very obvious on her latest album,…Koch, Jim
(Encyclopedia) Koch, Jim (C. James Koch)Koch, Jimk&oobreve;k [key], 1949–, American brewery executive, b. Cincinnati. Although he came from a family of brewers, he initially worked for Outward…Bakker, Jim
(Encyclopedia) Bakker, JimBakker, Jimbāˈkər [key], 1941–, American preacher and television evangelist, b. Muskegon, Mich. Born James Orson, he took the last name of his wife and partner Tamara Faye (…Important Cities in Black History
Atlanta to Washington, DC: landmarks in African-American history by David Johnson Chicago, Illinois at night Related Links Black History Features Black History Timeline…What It Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States
by Mary Church Terrell Washington, D.C., has been called "The Colored Man's Paradise." Whether this sobriquet was given to the national capital in bitter irony by a member of the handicapped…Muppets
(Encyclopedia) Muppets: see Henson, Jim.Brown v. Board of Education
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools George C. E. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, James M. Nabrit (l-r) in front of the Supreme court, after winning…People's Temple
(Encyclopedia) People's Temple: see Jones, Jim.Harrison, Jim
(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Jim (James Thomas Harrison), 1937–2016, American novelist, poet, and essayist, b. Grayling, Mich., grad. Michigan State Univ. (B.A., 1960; M.A., 1965). He began his writing…Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Historical BackgroundIn the aftermath of Reconstruction, which ended in 1877, the Southern State governments again became-as they remained in the North-“white man's governments.“ The new…