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Johnny Jenkins 2006 Deaths

Johnny JenkinsAge: 67 left-handed blues guitar player whose acrobatic style influenced Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding. Died: Macon, Georgia, June 26, 2006Sheik Abdul-Amir al-JamriG - LThomas R…

Otis Redding

Otis Redding was a black soul singer who died in a plane crash in 1967, just before the release of what turned out to be his biggest hit, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Redding grew up in Macon…

P.B.S. Pinchback Biography

P.B.S. PinchbackPinckney Benton StewartAmerican Reconstruction-era politician Born: May 10, 1837Birthplace: Macon, Georgia Pinchback was born to a freed slave and her former master, who…

Elijah Muhammad

Name at birth: Elija Pool or Elijah PooleThe self-proclaimed "Messenger of Allah," Elijah Muhammad was the leader of the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975. He grew up outside of…

John Birch

John Birch's name is more famous than the man, thanks to the anti-communist fringe group that named themselves after him. Born in India and raised in Macon, Georgia, John Morrison Birch was a…

William BLOUNT, Congress, TN (1749-1800)

Senate Years of Service: 1796-1797 Party: Democratic Republican BLOUNT William , a Delegate from North Carolina and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Windsor, Bertie County, N.C., March 26, 1749…

Fair Play

by Alicia Potter In State Fair, the 1933 movie musical, the mother aims to win the bake-off; the father, the hog competition; and as for the teens, they're looking for love. Sixty-five years…