The 1963 Academy Awards were presented April 13, 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.Best PictureAmerica, America, Elia Kazan, producer (Warner Bros.)Cleopatra, Walter Wanger, producer…
(Encyclopedia) Langland, William, c.1332–c.1400, putative author of Piers Plowman. He was born probably at Ledbury near the Welsh marshes and may have gone to school at Great Malvern Priory. Although…
(Encyclopedia) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on…
(Encyclopedia) Dance Theatre of Harlem, the first black classical ballet company. The group was founded in Harlem, New York City, by Arthur Mitchell, then of the New York City Ballet, the first…
(Encyclopedia) Antifa, American political
movement, is a loose coalition of progressive voices opposing the rise of homophobic,
authoritarian, xenophobic, and racist movements worldwide.…
(Encyclopedia) Graham, Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, American publisher, b. New York City, grad. Univ. of Chicago (1938). She first worked as a copy girl at the Washington Post, which was owned by her…
