A Newgate knocker is the fringe or lock of hair which costermongers and thieves twist back towards the ear. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black in the…
A dark cell in a prison into which Suraja Dowlah thrust 146 British prisoners. Next morning only twenty-three were found alive (1756). The punishment cell or lock-up in barracks. Source…
The “piece of the true cross” or rood, set in an ebony crucifix, which Margaret, the wife of King Malcolm, left at death to the Scottish nation. It passed into various hands, but was lost…
Charles Black, Jr.Born: 9/22/1915Birthplace: Austin, Texas constitutional law expert and professor who helped to write the legal brief for 10-year-old Linda Brown, the plaintiff in the…
The Black VultureGeorge SterlingAloof upon the day's immeasured dome,
He holds unshared the silence of the sky.
Far down his bleak, relentless eyes descry
The eagle's empire and the…
Joe BlackAge: 78 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, who won rookie of the year honors and became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game in 1952; helped Brooklyn win National League pennant…
(Encyclopedia) Jenkins's Ear, War of, 1739–41, struggle between England and Spain. It grew out of the commercial rivalry of the two powers and led to involvement in the larger War of the Austrian…
Proceeding of an Anti-Slavery Convention of WomenMinutes.List of Delegates to the Convention.Corresponding Members.Appendix.Source: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division,…
by W. E. B. DuBois The men of the Niagara Movement coming from the toil of the year's hard work and pausing a moment from the earning of their daily bread…
(Encyclopedia) GaGagä [key], black African ethnic group, SE Ghana. The Ga speak a Kwa language and, together with the closely related Adangme, number over 1 million. Inheritance and succession to…
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