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Jackson, Jesse Louis

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Jesse Louis, 1941–, African-American political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist, b. Greenville, S.C. Raised in poverty, he attended the Chicago Theological Seminary (1963–65) ...

Wright, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Wright, Richard, 1908–60, American author. An African American born on a Mississippi plantation, Wright struggled through a difficult childhood and worked to educate himself. He moved to Chicago in ...

Khoisan

(Encyclopedia) Khoisan: see African languages. ...

Nilo-Saharan

(Encyclopedia) Nilo-Saharan: see African languages. ...

Click languages

(Encyclopedia) Click languages: see African languages. ...

Uitlander

(Encyclopedia) Uitlander: see South African War. ...

Zulu language

(Encyclopedia) Zulu language: see African languages. ...

Machel, Samora Moïsès

(Encyclopedia) Machel, Samora Moïsès səmôrˈə moizĕshˈ məshĕl [key], 1933–86, president of Mozambique (1975–86). Machel joined the Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo) in 1962, led its guerrilla forces...

Holder, Eric Himpton, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Holder, Eric Himpton, Jr., 1951–, U.S. lawyer and government official, b. Queens, N.Y., grad. Columbia (B.A. 1973, J.D. 1976). He was a trial attorney with the U.S. Justice Dept. from 1976 to 1988, ...
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