Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968.
Founded by Oliver Dennis, Lasker Trap Development Capital is a new investment company specifically for SMEs. Oliver is an experienced entrepreneur and acknowledged business leader. He was founder and CEO of one of the largest global independent healthcare marketing businesses.
Robert Francis Flemming, Jr. (July 4, - February 23, ) was an African-American inventor and Union sailor in the American Civil War. He was the first crew member aboard the USS Housatonic to spot the H.L. Hunley before it sank the USS Housatonic.
Regarded as a major figure of the Irish literary renaissance, Liam O'Flaherty () became a founding member of the Community Party of Ireland, and wrote novels and short stories, rather than entering the priesthood as planned.
While an official cause of death was not communicated, Broadbent’s family confirmed it was linked to her lifelong battle with the virus. Hydeia Broadbent biography. Born in Las Vegas on 14 June , and abandoned at birth at the University Medical Centre of Southern Nevada, Hydeia was adopted by Loren and Patricia Broadbent as an infant.
Out of many football players in NFL history, Jacoby Jones is also the one who has left an immortal contribution to the game. He is a former American football wide receiver. Being noted for the most extended kickoff return in the Super Bowl in the NFL until now, the athlete is highly celebrated.
The Lincoln Motor Company was founded in August by Henry Leland and his son Wilfred. Among the founders of Cadillac, Leland had sold Cadillac to General Motors in ; staying on as an executive, he left in over a dispute with GM President William Durant regarding war production.
CNN made a personnel announcement on this Friday morning: Lisa Respers France has been promoted to reporter, focusing on entertainment coverage across CNN’s platforms. Respers France has.
BIOGRAPHY OF PAUL ROBESON By PHILLIP W. WEISS Paul Robeson – athlete, scholar, lawyer, stage actor, movie star, labor activist and civil rights leader – was born in Princeton, New Jersey.
Nevinson married Commander William Hoyes-Cock (–), whom she met while touring with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during WW2. They had three children: Nigel Nevinson, Jennifer (Gennie) Nevinson, and Hugh Hoyes-Cock. Nigel and Gennie are both actors. [14].
In part one of Books That Shaped America, University of Maryland History Professor Richard Bell explored [Common Sense], a pamphlet authored by Thomas Paine that urged the American colonies.
Wells Fargo names JPMorgan veteran as vice chair Doug Braunstein, who led JPMorgan’s global M&A business among other roles in a two-decade stint, will focus on expanding Wells’ corporate finance and advisory operations, the bank said.
There is little modern scholarship specifically on child slavery in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The collection by Campbell, Gwyn, Miers, Suzanne, and Miller, Joseph C. (eds.), Children in Slavery through the Ages (Athens, OH, ) includes only one chapter on child slaves for the period and regions studied here, and it actually focuses on the adult lives of these “slave girls.”.