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Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 2004. A former writer for Casey Kasem's radio program American Top 40, Leonard Pitts, Jr. was hired by…

Brewer's: Vert

[green ], in heraldry, signifies love, joy, and abundance. It is represented on the shields of noblemen by the emerald, and on those of kings by the planet Venus In heraldry vert is…

Brewer's: Esquire

One who carried the escu or shield of a knight. (Latin, scutiger, a shield-bearer.) Copy of a letter from C. H. ATHILL, ESQ., “Richmond Herald ”: “Herald's College, E.C., January 26th 1893…

William Shakespeare: Othello, Act II, Scene II

Scene IIA streetEnter a Herald with a proclamation; People followingHeraldIt is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant general, that, upon certain tidings now arrived, importing the mere…

Charles Portis

Charles Portis was an American writer whose most famous novel is True Grit, which was the basis for successful films released in 1969 and 2010. Charles Portis grew up in eastern Arkansas, served in…

Glenn POSHARD, Congress, IL (1945)

POSHARD Glenn , a Representative from Illinois; born in Herald, White County, Ill., October 30, 1945; attended Herald Elementary School, 1950-1958; graduated from Carmi Township High School, 1962…

Charles Allen SUMNER, Congress, CA (1835-1903)

SUMNER Charles Allen , a Representative from California; born in Great Barrington, Mass., on August 2, 1835; attended Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…

Pulitzer Prizes: Reporting

1917Herbert B. Swope (New York World)1918Harold A. Littledale (New York Evening Post)1920John J. Leary, Jr. (New York World)1921Louis Seibold (New York World)1922Kirke L. Simpson (Associated…

Melville Clyde KELLY, Congress, PA (1883-1935)

KELLY Melville Clyde , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bloomfield, Muskingum County, Ohio, August 4, 1883; attended the public schools, and Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio;…