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(Encyclopedia) Alexandria.
1 City (2020 pop. 45,275), seat of Rapides parish, central La., on the Red River;
inc. 1818. It is a trade, rail, and medical center for a rich agricultural and timber area.
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(Encyclopedia) Reform party, in the United States, political party founded in 1995 by H. Ross Perot as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. The Reform party's aims originally included mandating h...
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Mississippi mĭsˌəsĭpˈē [key], one of the Deep South states of the United States. It is bordered by Alabama (E), the Gulf of Mexico (S), Arkansas and Louisiana, with most of that border fo...
(Encyclopedia) Murray, Pauli,
1910–1985, American lawyer, priest, and activist, b. Baltimore,
S.J.D. Yale University, 1965, MDiv, General Theological Seminary, 1976....
(Encyclopedia) Divine, Father, c.1882–1965, African-American religious leader, founder of the Peace Mission movement, b. probably near Savannah, Ga. and named George Baker. After preaching in the South, he moved t...
(Encyclopedia) Bank of the United States, name for two national banks established by the U.S. Congress to serve as government fiscal agents and as depositories for federal funds; the first bank was in existence from...
(Encyclopedia) National Museum of the United States: see Smithsonian Institution.
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(Encyclopedia) Space Force, United States (USSF), military force that forms a separate service within the U.S. Dept. of the Air Force, est. Dec. 20, 2019, by act of Congress. The head of the Space Force is the Chief...
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Elias, 1819–67, American inventor, b. Spencer, Mass. He was apprenticed in 1838 to an instrument maker and watchmaker in Boston at whose suggestion he turned his attention to devising a sewing...
(Encyclopedia) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), civil-rights organization founded (1942) in Chicago by James Farmer. Dedicated to the use of nonviolent direct action, CORE initially sought to promote better race ...