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Ralph Bunche
Name at birth: Ralph Johnson BunchRalph Bunche was the first black American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to him in 1950 for his mediation during the founding of the nation of Israel.…Frank Bradford MORSE, Congress, MA (1921-1994)
MORSE Frank Bradford , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., August 7, 1921; B.S., Boston University, Boston, Mass., 1948; LL.B., Boston University School…John Hall BUCHANAN, Jr., Congress, AL (1928)
BUCHANAN John Hall, Jr. , a Representative from Alabama; born in Paris, Tenn., March 19, 1928; served in the United States Navy 1945-1946; graduated from Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., in…Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad has been the president of Syria since 2000. He took the oath of office on 17 July 2000, succeeding his father, Hafez al-Assad, who was Syria's president from 1971 until his death on…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower Harry S. Truman Inaugural Address Thursday, January 20, 1949 Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, and fellow citizens, I accept with…Haiti
(Encyclopedia) CE5 HaitiHaitihāˈtē [key], Fr. HaïtiHaitiäētēˈ [key], officially Republic of Haiti, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,711,000), 10,700 sq mi (27,713 sq km), West Indies, on the western…James Albert Smith LEACH, Congress, IA (1942)
LEACH James Albert Smith , a Representative from Iowa; born in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, October 15, 1942; attended the public schools of Davenport, Iowa; B.A., Princeton University,…Jed Joseph JOHNSON, Jr., Congress, OK (1939-1993)
JOHNSON Jed Joseph, Jr. , a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Washington, D.C., December 27, 1939; attended the public schools in Chickasha, Okla., and Friends Seminary in New York City;…Samantha Power
Samantha Power became the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in 2013. She is an unusual figure in American politics: an Irish-born woman who by age 43 had become a globetrotting journalist and…Palestine, region, Asia
(Encyclopedia) PalestinePalestinepălˈəstīn [key], historic region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, at various times comprising parts of modern Israel, the West Bank and Gaza (recognized…Trending
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