Early Life. Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald on June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri. Baker's mother Carrie McDonald had hoped to be a music hall dancer but made her living doing laundry. Her father Eddie Carso, was a drummer for vaudeville shows.
While many Christians recognize the name of Charles H. Spurgeon, the beloved preacher and writer, few are familiar with the life and legacy of his wife, Susie. Yet Susannah Spurgeon was an accomplished and devout woman of God who, in addition to supporting her husband, had a tremendous ministry of her own.
The life and death of Thomas Wolsey, cardinal: once archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor of England by Cavendish, George, 1500-1561?; Simpson, Grace H. M.
Elvis Presley rose to fame in the 1950s and is one of the biggest names in rock history. Read about his career, songs, daughter, grandchildren, death, and more.
Rabindranath Tagore () was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal and which attempted a revival of the ultimate monistic basis of Hinduism as laid down in the Upanishads.
On Febru, Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of incarceration. He immediately resumed his fight against apartheid and helped lead South Africa through a peaceful transition to democracy.
In An Unfinished Life, Dallek offers the first authoritative, single-volume story of the life of John F. Kennedy. Drawing from an archive of previously unavailable information, Dallek paints a brilliant portrait of a legendary president who was bold, brave, and ultimately human.
Four years in the making, filmed over 3, days, across every continent and in every habitat, Life is the latest wildlife blockbuster from the BBC’s award-winning Natural History Unit, the producers of Planet Earth and The Blue Planet.
Pierre van Hiele () and Dina (Dieke) Van Hiele-Geldof () were inspired by Piaget's idea of levels of understanding of mathematics, notably linked to age.
Malcolm X was the best-known Black nationalist leader in the Civil Rights Movement. His vigor and “by any means necessary” policy defined his activism. Malcolm X was a civil rights activist and minister who advocated for Black power through a group called the Nation of Islam.
Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 [1] [b] – 23 March 1931) was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary, [6] who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 [7] in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. [8].
Rosa Parks was a Black civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man ignited the American civil rights movement. Because she played a leading role in the Montgomery bus boycott, she is called the ‘mother of the civil rights movement.’.
Snoop said that his security detail ditched him and Sheriffs say that he was approached by gang members affiliated with Death Row Records (Bloods) that meant to do him harm. They saved him from that harm and he told them that Suge was responsible for Tupac's murder.
Let me introduce you to Dorothy Hill. She was born in Brisbane in and she loved going to school. She was really into sport, English, history and most of all science. Dorothy became the first person in her whole family to go to university; something that was really uncommon for women at the time.
Kinansela ng Comelec ang pagpasok bilang kandidatong congressman ng 2nd District ng Laguna ang dalawang naghain na sina Dante "Romeo" Hernandez at Winy "Ram" Hernandez at idineklara silang mga nuisance candidates.
And that's a wrap on the 37th annual Working Women's Show - St. Louis. What an honor it was to bring our motivational speaking engagement to the stage so.