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News about colored people: First Baptist choir honrs president on third anniversary by High Point Enterprise.;
Subjects: Maston, Marion.; Simmons, O.E.; Alford, Sylvia.; Kirkpatrick, H.M.; Hairston, C.B.; Mason, F.R., Rev.; Phifer, Lorene.; Chavis, Curtis, Mr. & Mrs.; Holmes, Alonzo, Mr. & Mrs.; Alford, Eugene, Mrs.; Saunders, Anna, 1976-; Kirkpatrick, H.M.; Palmer, R.C.; Yokely, C.E.; First Baptist Church (E. Washington Drive, High Point N.C.);
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News of interest to colored people: W.I.C. circle meets by High Point Enterprise.;
Subjects: Holmes, Callie.; Kinzer, Flossie.; Eccles, Alice.; Ingram, Dahla.; Tyson, Eva.; Holly, Lillie.; Ford, Bertha.; Craft, Alberta.; Williams, Maude.; Chavis, Nellie.; Steele, Della.; Greaves, Willie.; Hayes, Thelma.; Moore, Mary.; baldwin, Lugenia.; Pemberton, Ruth.; Williams, Ethel.; Goins, Lorene.; Jones, Vera.; Stanback, Janie.; Mason, F.R., Rev.; Young, Jerry.; Llewlyn, Bob.; Williams, Lee.; Holmes, Alonzo.; First Baptist Church (E. Washington Drive, High Point N.C.);
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20 historical black natives of Charleston, South Carolina / by Warren, Richard P. D.,author.;
Vol. 1. Alice Childress -- Alonzo Jacob Ransier -- Andrew Bryan -- Archibald Grimke -- Bernice Robinson -- Bertha "Chippie" Hill -- Benjamin Holmes -- Daniel Alexander Payne -- Edwin Augustus Harleston -- Ernest Everett Just -- Esau Jenkins -- Frances Anne Rollin Whipper -- Francis Lewis Cardozo -- George Prioleau -- James Skivring Smith -- Mary Moultrie -- Morris Brown -- Philip Simmons -- Samuel David Ferguson -- Septima Poinsette Clark -- Bonus chapter.
Subjects: Biographies.; African Americans;
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Andrew Lloyd Webber [videorecording] live musical collection. by Attenborough, Richard,actor.(CARDINAL)725365; Barron, James,1964-actor.; Biggins, Christopher,actor.; Bingham, Jo,actor.; Blumenkrantz, Jeff,actor.; Brent, Jacob,actor.; Brown, Kaye(Actress),actor.; C., Melanie,1974-actor.; Callaghan, Martin,actor.; Casteleyn, Veerle,actor.; Challis, Peter,actor.; Clancy, Patrick(Actor),actor.; Colicos, Nicolas,1962-actor.; Collins, Joan,1933-actor.(CARDINAL)720085; Courtney-Davies, Amanda,actor.; Cullen, David.(CARDINAL)820614; Elton, Ben.(CARDINAL)378706; Ferrand, Rebecca,film producer.; Ford, Rosemarie,actor.; Forsyth, Frederick,1938-(CARDINAL)147670; Foster, Ben,1980-actor.(CARDINAL)786341; Friedman, Maria,actor.; Gardiner, Jason,actor.; Garratt, Geoffrey,actor.; Gibb, Jo,actor.; Gleenson, Simon,actor.; Gruber, Michael,1964 November 1-actor.; Hanson, Alexander,actor.; Hart, Charles.; Holmes, Nick,actor.; Jacobson, Clayton.; Jennings, Alex,actor.(CARDINAL)824462; Knowland, Nicolas D.,director of photography.; Lewis, Ben,actor.; Lloyd Webber, Andrew,1948-composer,film producer.(CARDINAL)161941; Logan, Fergus,actor.; Lucchesi, Gary,film producer.(CARDINAL)539697; Lynne, Gillian,stage director,choreographer.; Mallet, David(Director),film director,film editor.(CARDINAL)848139; Mallet, David(Director),film director.(CARDINAL)848139; May, Aeva,actor.; McIntyre, Gerry,actor.; McKenna, Susie,actor.; McNeice, Ian,actor.; Mercedes, Maria,actor.; Millerchip, Sharon,actor.; Mills, John,1908-2005,actor.(CARDINAL)818998; Minas, Michael,art director.; Minchin, Tim,actor.(CARDINAL)595780; Morgan, Karl,1973-actor.; Morland, Leah Sue,actor.; Morris, Nick(Director); Moyles, Chris,1974-actor.; Murphy, Graeme.; O'Byrne, Anna,actor.; Orrom, Dione,producer.; Osmond, Donny,actor.(CARDINAL)715051; Page, Ken,actor.(CARDINAL)719653; Paige, Elaine,actor.; Partridge, John,1971-actor.; Phillips, Simon.; Picheta, Andy,film producer.; Pimlott, Steven,film director.; Reed, Michael,1953-musical director.; Rice, Tim,1944-lyricist.(CARDINAL)521199; Slater, Glenn.(CARDINAL)537735; Sliiden, Tommi,actor.; Small, Michael(Actor),actor.; Smith, Phyllida Crowley,actor.; Sullivan, Brett,1971-; Tanner, Sue Jane,actor.; Taylor, Femi,actor.; Thompson, Frank(Actor),actor.; Thompson, Mark,1957 April 12-production designer,costume designer.; Timberlake, Tony,actor.; Torkia, Sebastien,actor.; Torti, Robert,actor.; Tylesova, Gabriella.; Van Laast, Anthony,choreographer.; Varley, Drew,actor.; Walters, Bryn,actor.; Wright, Nigel,1955-; Musical theatre adaptation of (work) :Eliot, T. S.(Thomas Stearns),1888-1965.Old Possum's book of practical cats.(CARDINAL)220763; Polygram Visual Programming (Firm),production company.; Really Useful Films,production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)344011;
Cats: Polygram Visual Programming ; Really Useful Films presents ; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; musical staging and choreography by Gillian Lynne ; produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; directed by David Mallet.Director of photography, Nic Knowland ; designed by John Napier ; orchestrations by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber ; music co-produced by Nigel Wright ; editors, Dave Gardener, David Mallet, Nick Morris ; musical director & conductor, Simon Lee ; art directors, Peter Bingermann, David Munns ; make up designer, Karen Dawson Harding ; wig designer, Jennifer Dean.Jesus Christ superstar: Universal Pictures and the Really Useful Group present ; lyrics by Tim Rice ; directed for the stage by Laurence Connor ; film soundtrack produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright ; film produced by Dione Orrom and Brett Sullivan ; film directed by Nick Morris.produced by The Really Useful Group ; directed by Laurence Connor; music, Andrew Lloyd Webber ; lyrics, Tim Rice ; choreography, Kevan Allen.Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat: Universal ; Really Useful Films ; lyrics by Tim Rice ; music by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ; produced by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ; directed by David Mallet and Steven Pimlott ; director of photography, Nic Knowland ; editors, Dave Gardener, David Mallet, Dave Gardener, Nick Morris, Rose Glandfield ; production and costume design by Mark Thompson ; art director, Michael Minas ; choreographer, Anthony Van Laast ; musical director, Michael Reed ; lyrics by Tim Rice ; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.Love never dies: music by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; lyrics by Glenn Slater ; book by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton, with Glenn Slater and Frederick Forsyth ; director, Simon Phillips ; film produced by Clayton Jacobsen, Brett Sullivan ; film directed by Brett Sullivan ; produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; [presented by] Universal Pictures and the Really Useful Group ; Set and costume designer, Gabriella Tylesova ; choreographer, Graeme Murphy ; additional lyrics, Charles Hart ; orchestrations by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.Cats: Elaine Paige (Grizabella), John Mills (Gus the Theatre Cat), Ken Page (Old Deuteronomy), Rosemarie Ford (Bombalurina), Michael Gruber (Munkustrap), John Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger), Aeva May (Demeter) Geoffrey Garratt (Skimbleshanks), James Barron (Bustopher Jones), Jo Gibb (Rumpleteazer), Drew Varley (Mungojerrie), Susie McKenna (Jennyanydots), Jacob Brent (Mistoffelees), Susan Jane Tanner (Jellylorum), Phyllida Crowley Smith (Victoria), Bryn Walters (Macavity), Veerle Casteleyn (Jemima), Tommi Sliiden (Coricopat), Kaye Brown (Tantomile), Karl Morgan (Pouncival), Leah Sue Morland (Electra), Jo Bingham (Etcetera), Fergus Logan (Tumblebrutus), Tony Timberlake (Asparagus), Jason Gardiner (Alonzo), Femi Taylor (Exotica), Frank Thompson (Rumpus Cat), Rebecca Parker (Cassandra).Jesus Christ superstar: Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie C as Mary Magdalene, Chris Moyles as King Herod, Ben Forster as Jesus Christ, Alex Hanson as Pontius Pilate.Joseph and amazing technicolor dreamcoat: Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough, Ian McNeice, Robert Torti, Joan Collins, Christopher Biggins, Alex Jennings, Nicolas Colicos, Jeff Blumenkrantz, David J. HIggins, Shaun Henson, Patrick Clancy, Martin Callaghan, Sebastien Torkia, Michael Small, Peter Challis, Nick Holmes, Gerry McIntyre, Amanda Courtney-Davies.Love never dies: Ben Lewis, Anna O'Byrne, Maria Mercedes, Simon Gleeson, Sharon Millerchip.Cats: Staged and produced for video recording in 1998; filmed at the Adelphi Theatre in London.Jesus Christ superstar: Filmed during the Live Arena Tour in the UK.Joseph and amazing technicolor dreamcoat: Film version of the broadway musical "Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis.Love never dies: Filmed at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, September 9-13, 2011.Cats: The Jellicle Cats gather in their junkyard, preparing for the Jellicle Ball, for this is the night when patriarch Old Deuteronomy will choose a cat to be reborn into a new life on the Heavyside Layer. There are stories, songs, and dances from Victoria the White Cat, Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger, Grizabella, Jemima, Gus the Theatre Cat, Jellylorum, Skimbleshanks, Macavity, Demeter and Bombalurina, Demeter, Alonzo, Mr. Mistoffelees, and others. The songs explain how Cats are named, whom they fight, how they work and play, entertain, and how they love and why.Jesus Christ superstar: The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical stage production of the classic which tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus.Joseph and amazing technicolor dreamcoat: In this filmed adaption of the long-running humourously musical interpretation of the Biblical story of Joseph, favored son of Jacob of Canaan, and his coat of many colors, Joseph is betrayed by his jealous brothers, sold into slavery, and driven to Egypt where he is beset with adversity but perseveres through wit and faith to become the governor of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.Love never dies: The year is 1907. It is ten years after the Phantom's disappearance from the Paris Opera House. He has escaped to a new life in New York, where he lives among the screaming joy rides and freak-shows of Coney Island. In this new electrically charged world, he has finally found a place for his music to soar. All that is missing is his love - Christine Daae. Now one of the world's finest sopranos, Christine is struggling in an ailing marriage to Raoul.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD; region 1; NTSC.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Jacob (Biblical patriarch); Jesus Christ; Joseph (Son of Jacob); Phantom of the Opera (Fictitious character); Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965; Bible.; Brothers; Cats; Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Jealousy; Man-woman relationships; Musical films.; Operas; Sibling rivalry; Sopranos (Singers);
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Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 / by United States.Congress.House.Committee on House Administration.(CARDINAL)148427; United States.Congress.House.Office of History and Preservation.(CARDINAL)282583;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Shared experiences of black Americans in Congress -- The historiography of black Americans in Congress -- PART 1. FORMER BLACK-AMERICAN MEMBERS. "The Fifteenth Amendment in flesh and blood": The symbolic generation of black Americans in Congress, 1870-1887 -- Reconstruction's new order -- Freedmen's Bureau -- Pre-Congressional experience: slavery, education, professional background -- Crafting an identity: the Republican Party and black representation; elections; contested elections -- Washington experience -- Legislative interests: committee assignments; Ku Klux Klan and amnesty acts -- Civil Rights Bill of 1875 -- Rolling back civil rights -- Statistics charts: Congressional service for black Americans first elected, 1870-1886 -- Party divisions in the House of Representatives, 41st-49th congresses (1869-1887) -- Party divisions in the Senate, 41st-49th congresses (1869-1887) -- Contested election cases in the House: 1789-1901 -- Contested election cases in the House: 1856-1901 -- Hiram Rhodes Revels -- Joseph Hayne Rainey -- Jefferson Franklin Long -- Robert Carlos De Large -- Robert Brown Elliott -- Benjamin Sterling Turner -- Josiah Thomas Walls -- Richard Harvey Cain -- John Roy Lynch -- Alonzo Jacob Ransier -- James Thomas Rapier -- Blanche Kelso Bruce -- Jeremiah Haralson -- John Adams Hyman -- Charles Edmund Nash -- Robert Smalls -- James Edward O'Hara -- "The Negroes' temporary farewell": Jim Crow and the exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887-1929 -- Shifting Republican focus -- Elections: disfranchisement/disenfranchisement -- "Packing" and "cracking" black majority districts -- Fusion -- Black political rivalries -- Legislative interests: Monetary, economic, and foreign policy issues -- Federal elections bill -- Early Congressional anti-lynching campaign -- Reduction -- Historical legacy -- A generation lost -- Segregationist legislation and the rise of the NAACP -- WWI and the great migration -- Anti-lynching legislation renewed -- Reduction redux -- Power of the Southern Bloc in Congress -- Party realignment.FORMER MEMBERS, 1887-1929: Henry Plummer Cheatham -- John Mercer Langston -- Thomas Ezekiel Miller -- George Washington Murray -- George Henry White -- Keeping the faith: African Americans return to Congress, 1929-1970 -- Longevity and seniority -- Party realignment and the New Deal -- The limits of New Deal reform -- WW2 -- Postwar foreign policy and African-American civil rights -- The Civil Rights Movement and the 2nd Reconstruction, 1945-1968 -- Civil Rights Act of 1957 -- Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Civil Rights Act of 1968 -- Crafting an Institutional Identity: Confronting racism -- Speaking out against segregation -- FORMER MEMBERS, 1929-1970: Oscar Stanton De Priest -- Arthur Wergs Mitchell -- William Levi Dawson -- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. -- Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. -- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr. -- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins -- Edward William Brooke III -- Shirley A. Chisholm -- William Lacy (Bill) Clay, Sr. -- Louis Stokes -- George Washington Collins -- Permanent interests: The expansion, organization, and rising influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971-2007 -- Civil rights activism -- Creation and evolution of the Congressional Black Caucus -- Institution advancement -- Member characteristics: electoral longevity -- Seniority and leadership posts -- Legislative interests -- Economic opportunity -- District of Columbia -- Conflicting interests -- Commemorative legislation -- Foreign policy: Africa and apartheid -- Crafting an identity on Capitol Hill -- Conflicting imperatives: black interests vs party agenda -- Investigations, corruption, and race -- Redistricting and "deracialization": opportunities and limits.FORMER MEMBERS, 1971-2007: Ronald V. Dellums -- Ralph Harold Metcalfe -- Parren James Mitchell -- Walter Edward Fauntroy -- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke -- Barbara Jordan -- Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. -- Cardiss Collins -- Harold Eugene Ford, Sr. -- Julian Carey Dixon -- Melvin Herbert Evans -- William Herbert Gray, III -- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland -- Bennett McVey Stewart -- George William Crockett, Jr. -- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally -- Gus Savage -- Harold Washington -- Katie Beatrice Hall -- Major Robert Odell Owens -- Alan Dupree Wheat -- Charles Arthur Hayes -- Alton R. Waldon, Jr. -- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy -- Floyd Harold Flake -- -- Kweisi Mfume -- Craig Anthony Washington -- Barbara-Rose Collins -- Gary A. Franks -- Lucien Edward Blackwell -- Eva M. Clayton -- Cleo Fields -- Earl Frederick Hilliard -- Cynthia Ann McKinney -- Carrie P. Meek -- Carol Moseley-Braun -- Mel Reynolds -- Walter R. Tucker, III -- Victor O. Frazer -- Julius Caesar (J. C.) Watts, Jr. -- Juanita Millender-McDonald -- Julia May Carson -- Harold Ford., Jr. -- Frank W. Ballance, Jr. -- Denise L. Majette.PT. 2. CURRENT BLACK-AMERICAN MEMBERS. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. -- Corrine Brown -- G. K. Butterfield -- Donna M. Christensen -- William L. Clay, Jr. -- Emanuel Cleaver, II -- James E. Clyburn -- John Conyers, Jf. -- Elijah E. Cummings -- Artur Davis -- Danny K. Davis -- Chaka Fattah -- Al Green -- Alcee Hastings -- Jesse Jackson, Jr. -- Sheila Jackson Lee -- William J. Jefferson -- Eddie Bernice Johnson -- Stephanie Tubbs Jones -- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick -- Barbara Lee -- John Lewis -- Kendrick B. Meek -- Gregory W. Meeks -- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore -- Eleanor Holmes Norton -- Barack Obama -- Donald M. Payne -- Charles B. Rangel -- Bobby L. Rush -- David Scott -- Robert C. Scott -- Bennie Thompson -- Edolphus Towns -- Maxine Waters -- Diane Edith Watson -- Melvin L. Watt -- Albert R. Wynn -- Yvette Clarke -- Keith Ellison -- Hank Johnson -- Laura Richardson -- Black-American representatives and senators by congress, 1870-2007 -- Black members' committee assignments (standing, joint, select) in the U.S. House and Senate, 1870-2007 -- Black Americans who have chaired congressional committees, 1977-2007 -- Black Americans in party leadership positions, 1977-2007 -- Congressional black caucus chairmen and chairwomen, 1971-2007 -- Constitutional amendments and major civil rights acts of congress referenced in the text.
Subjects: Biographies.; United States. Congress; African American legislators;
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