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Thorton Lee Biography

Thorton LeeAge: 90 left-handed pitcher who lasted 16 years in the major leagues, 11 with Chicago White Sox teams that never finished higher than third; after a stint with Cleveland, Lee…

Martín Espada

Poet Martín Espada won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2021 collection, Floaters. He published his first collection in 1982, The Immigrant Iceboy’s Bolero (with photos by his father,…

Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi Biography

Gordon Kiyoshi HirabayashiactivistBorn: 1918Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. An American of Japanese ancestry, Hirabayashi was a sociology student at the University of Washington in Seattle when…

James Edmund JEFFRIES, Congress, KS (1925-1997)

JEFFRIES James Edmund , a Representative from Kansas; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 1, 1925; attended the public schools; graduated, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, 1943;…

John Jacob RHODES, III, Congress, AZ (1943-2011)

RHODES John Jacob, III , a Representative from Arizona; born in Mesa, Ariz., September 8, 1943; graduated from Landon School, Bethesda, Md., 1961; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1965; J.…

Eldon Dean RUDD, Congress, AZ (1920-2002)

RUDD Eldon Dean , a Representative from Arizona; born in Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Ariz., July 15, 1920; graduated from Clarkdale High School, Clarkdale, Ariz., 1939; B.A., Arizona State…

John Herbert Dillinger Biography

John Herbert Dillingerbank robber, murdererBorn: 6/22/1903Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Famous bank robber and cold-blooded killer who terrorized the Midwest during the early '30s, John…

William Grant STRATTON, Congress, IL (1914-2001)

STRATTON William Grant , a Representative from Illinois; born in Ingleside, Lake County, Ill., February 26, 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Arizona, Tucson,…