Topics: United States : People
The sites listed in this category are centered around individuals who have been, in some way, notable with regard to the history of the United States.
Barnum, P. T.
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891, entertainer and circus promoter.
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Berkman, Alexander
Alexander Berkman (1870-1936). The youngest of four children, Berkman was born in Vilna, Russia, to a prosperous family.
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Clay, Henry
Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky, statesman, and famed orator.
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Dooley, Thomas Anthony
Sites related to Dr. Thomas A. Dooley, an American Catholic physician and author who was acclaimed for his medical work in Vietnam and Laos from the late 1950s until his death from cancer in 1961.
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Ford, Henry
Sites about the American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company.
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Goldman, Emma
Emma Goldman (1869-1940) stands as a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism.
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Haldeman, H. R.
Harry Robbins Haldeman, 1926-1993. American businessman who served as chief of staff in the Nixon administration.
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Hubbard, L. Ron
L. Ron Hubbard is known for achievements in two different fields: he was an author of pulp science fiction; and he was the founder of Scientology.
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Iacocca, Lee
Sites about Lee Iacocca.
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Jackson, Jesse
Jesse Louis Jackson, b. 1941. African-American civil rights leader.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr.
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Kissinger, Henry A.
Henry Alfred Kissinger Born: May 27, 1923, Fürth, Germany 1969-1975 Assistant for National Security Affairs to President Richard M.
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Malcolm X
This category is about Malcolm X (1925-1965), born Malcolm Little, a much celebrated leader of the human rights movement of the 60's.
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Ness, Eliot
Born 19 April, 1903, Eliot Ness is best known for his battle against bootlegging in Chicago in the 1920s and 30s as well as his fight against Al Capone.
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Parks, Rosa
On December, 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man.
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Rockefeller, John D.
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (1839-1937) was one of the foremost American businessmen and philanthropists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Stassen, Harold Edward
Sites related to Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001), three-term governor of Minnesota, World War II Navy captain, president of the University of Pennsylvania, member of the Eisenhower administration, active American Baptist churchman, and nine-time presidential hopeful.
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Thomas, Norman
Norman Thomas (1884-1968) was a Presbyterian minister and longtime leader of the Socialist Party in the United States who ran for US President in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 and 1948.
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Truth, Sojourner
Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Bomefree about 1797 at Hurley, New York. Her parents were James and Betsy, slaves of Colonel Hardenbergh.Isabella was sold four times between 1806 and 1828.Isabella changed her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843, as she planned to travel the land telling the truth.
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Wallace, Lew
Lew Wallace (1827-1905) was by turns a lieutenant in the Mexican-American War, a member of the Indiana state legislature, a major-general in the Civil War, governor of the New Mexico territory, best-selling novelist, and ambassador to Turkey.
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