(Encyclopedia) Micheaux, Oscar Devereaux, 1884–1951, American filmmaker and author, b. Metropolis, Ill. The son of former slaves, Micheaux first worked as a Pullman porter, then was a homesteader in…
(Encyclopedia) Handlin, Oscar, 1915–2011, American historian, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Brooklyn College (B.A., 1934). He received his Ph.D (1940) from Harvard and taught there from 1939 to 1984. Most…
(Encyclopedia) Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862–1929, American political leader, U.S. Senator from Alabama (1915–27), b. Louisville, Ky. A lawyer in Birmingham, Ala., he became important in Democratic…
(Encyclopedia) Dunn, Oscar James, c.1825–71, African-American politician, lieutenant governor of Louisiana (1868–71), b. New Orleans. A former slave, he fought for the Union and joined the Republican…
California salesman, was charged in April with two counts of murder after the bodies of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son washed ashore on San Francisco Bay. He pleaded not guilty. Laci…
20, and Brian Peterson, also 20, were sentenced in Wilmington, Del., in July to 21/2 and 2 years in prison, respectively. The college students and former high-school sweethearts pleaded…
Louis PetersonAge: 76 helped pave the way for other black playwrights to break through on Broadway as author of “Take a Giant Step,” the highly praised 1950s Broadway play about a young…
PETERSON Hugh , a Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga., August 21, 1898; attended the public schools, Brewton Parker
Institute, Mount Vernon-Ailey, Ga.,…
PETERSON John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., December 25, 1938; graduated from Titusville High School,
Titusville, Pa.; attended Pennsylvania…
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