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Hale, Nathan

(Encyclopedia) Hale, Nathan, 1755–76, American soldier, hero of the American Revolution, b. Coventry, Conn. A young schoolteacher when the Revolution broke out, he was commissioned an officer in the…

Herriman, George

(Encyclopedia) Herriman, George, 1880–1944, American cartoonist, b. New Orleans into a prominent mixed-race Creole family. He created the fanciful, abstractly drawn comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–44),…

Black Power

by Stokely Carmichael It's a privilege and an honor to be in the white intellectual ghetto of the West. This is a student conference, as it should be, held on a campus, and we'll never…

Innes, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Innes, Michael, pseud. of John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, 1906–94, British writer and scholar, b. near Edinburgh. From 1969 to 1973 he was a reader in English literature at Oxford.…

Son My

(Encyclopedia) Son My: see My Lai incident.

God Said “Ha!”

Director/Writer: Julia Sweeney Miramax; PG-13; 87 minutes Release: 2/99 Cast: Julia Sweeney “Courageous” is a word on the endangered species list, a term that has suffered…

Lewis Carroll: The Third Voice

The Third VoiceNot long this transport held its place: Within a little moment’s space Quick tears were raining down his faceHis heart stood still, aghast with fear; A wordless voice, nor far…

Cook, David J.

(Encyclopedia) Cook, David J., 1840–1907, American law enforcement officer, b. near La Porte, Ind. He moved (1855) with his family to Kansas, went (1859) to the Colorado gold fields, and returned to…