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Berra, Yogi, 1925-2015

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Born: May 12, 1925
- Wikipedia, Sept. 30, 2013
(Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra; born May 12, 1925 in St. Louis; Major League Baseball catcher, outfielder, and manager. He played almost his entire 19-year baseball career (1946-1965) for the New York Yankees. Berra is one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times and is one of seven managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. As a player, coach, or manager, Berra appeared in 21 World Series. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. His son Dale Berra played shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, and Houston Astros, and his son Tim Berra played pro football for the Baltimore Colts in 1974)- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum website, 27 September 2015:
Yogi Berra entry (Lawrence Peter Berra; born May 12, 1925, St. Louis, Missouri; died Sept. 22, 2015, Montclair, New Jersey, aged 90; elected to the Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1972)
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New York Yankees (Baseball team)Occupations:
Baseball ; Catchers (Baseball) ; Baseball players ; AuthorsSome works:
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Promotional Announcements for a Charity Baseball Game
(June 01, 1950)
Blank, Allan, 1925-2013
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Born: December 27, 1925
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Allan Blank
(March 12, 1973)
Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008

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Born: November 24, 1925
- Wikipedia, Nov. 7, 2013
(William F. Bucklely; William Frank Buckley, Jr.; born November 24, 1925 in New York City; died February 27, 2008 in Stamford, Conn.; author and commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, which had a major impact in stimulating the conservative movement. He hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, where he became known for his transatlantic accent and wide vocabulary. He also wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and wrote numerous spy novels)
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Conservatism ; Authors ; Television journalists ; Political commentatorsSome works:
- A Special firing line debate. Resolved--drug prohibition has failed
- American conservative thought in the twentieth century
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008 [Henry Brandon interviews William F. Buckley]
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008 [William F. Buckley interview]
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008 A delegates view of the United Nations
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Dissent Within A Lawful Society
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
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William F. Buckley Jr., Mayoral Candidate, on Political Rhetoric and Theater,1965
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WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, Jr.; SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH; BEN BRADLEE
(September 25, 1995)
Cohen, Geulah, 1925-2019

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Born: December 27, 1925
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Geulah Cohen
(November 11, 1964)
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010

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Born: June 03, 1925
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actor ; painterSome works:
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1954 United Cerebral Palsy Campaign, Open-End Celebrity Announcements
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1953 Christmas Seal Campaign, Celebrity Spots
(December 01, 1953)
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

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Born: December 08, 1925
- Wikipedia, June 16, 2022:
(Sammy Davis Jr.; Samuel George Davis Jr.; born December 8, 1925, died May 16, 1990; an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director )
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Singers ; Dancers ; Actors ; Comedians ; Motion picture producers and directorsSome works:
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N.Y.C. Salute to Seasons
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Ted Sorensen Writes with Affection and Respect for the Kennedy Clan
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Sammy Davis Jr. Writes His "Emotional Soul" in Yes I Can
(August 31, 2012)
DeHaven, Gloria, 1925-

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Born: July 23, 1925
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Musical films ; Actors ; Singers ; DancersSome works:
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The Stars Speak for the Associated Blind
(January 01, 1900)
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012

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Born: May 28, 1925
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Vocal music ; Baritones (Singers)Some works:
- Angeles, Victoria de los The fabulous Victoria de los Angeles
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Arien und Chöre aus der Matthäus-Passion
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Cantata arias
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Freue dich, erlöste Schar
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
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Music and Musicians, An Outstanding Soviet Pianist Sviatoslav Richter
(January 01, 1979)
Frank, Claude, 1925-2014
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Born: December 24, 1925
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Pianists ; Piano teachersSome works:
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Claude Frank, Pamela Frank, Lillian Kallir, Leon Hyman
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Gala Finale
(December 23, 1993)
Gilroy, Frank D. (Frank Daniel), 1925-2015
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Born: October 13, 1925
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Dramatists ; Television writers ; Screenwriters ; Novelists ; Motion picture producers and directorsSome works:
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Frank D. Gilroy
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Frank Gilroy
(June 04, 1964)
Hentoff, Nat, 1925-2017
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Born: June 10, 1925
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Nat Hentoff
(December 03, 1968)
Hunt, Lois, 1925-2009
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Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt
(August 14, 1986)
Jastrow, Robert, 1925-2008

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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

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Born: November 20, 1925
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Harvard University ; University of Virginia. School of Law ; United States. Department of Justice. Criminal Division ; United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General ; United States. Congress. Senate ; Democratic Party (U.S.)Occupations:
Legislators ; Attorneys general ; PoliticiansSome works:
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- [Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy appearing as a witness during Congressional hearings before the House Judiciary Committee on the Civil Rights Bill]
- [Group portrait (left to right) entertainer Frank Sinatra, actor Peter Lawford, and U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, on tarmac, Los Angeles, California]
- [New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner raises the hand of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in victory]
- [President Lyndon Johnson, three-quarter length portrait, sitting, facing left, speaking to the nation from the White House prior to signing the Civil Rights Bill into law, while (left to right) Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, AFL/CIO Pres George Meany, Rev. Martin Luther King and Rep. Emanuel Celler listen]
- [Robert F. Kennedy using megaphone to address a group of civil rights demonstrators at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.]
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Robert F. Kennedy Announces His Senate Candidacy, 1964
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First Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner
(May 02, 1966) -
Manhattan Borough President Harlem Revitalization Plan
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1964 Lasker Awards Luncheon
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Robert Kennedy
(January 01, 1967) -
Convocation Dinner to honor Thurgood Marshall
(May 18, 1966) -
Americans for Democratic Action Roosevelt Day Dinner
(January 28, 1966)
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002
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Born: February 27, 1925
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- Allen Ginsbeg and Kenneth Koch Answer Questions on Poetry and Poetrics: Allen Ginsberg and Kenneth Koch
- Ashbery, John, 1927-2017 Kenward Elmslie, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler
- Camera three. Rose, where did you get that red?--Children write poetry
- Camera three. Wishes, lies and dreams--Teaching children to write poetry
- Discussion of Poetry and Poetics Between Allen Ginsberg and Kenneth Koch: Discussion of Bernadette Meyers Studying Hunger: Allen Ginsberg, Kenneth Koch, and Drunken Boat, May 6, 1995
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Reel 19: Frank O'Hara Memorial
(August 01, 1966)
Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013

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Born: October 11, 1925
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Detective and mystery stories ; Detective and mystery fiction ; Novels ; NovelistsSome works:
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Elmore Leonard
(January 05, 2003)
Lowenthal, John, 1925-2003
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Citron Retrospective
(October 16, 1993)
Mayer, William, 1925-2017
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Born: November 18, 1925
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William Mayer
(January 22, 1973)
Menashe, Samuel, 1925-2011
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Samuel Menashe
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Samuel Menashe
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Samuel Menashe
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Samuel Menashe Introduction
(April 21, 2014)
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970

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Born: January 14, 1925
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Novels ; Drama ; Essays ; Authors ; Writers ; Playwrights ; Dramatists ; Novelists ; Essayists ; ActorsSome works:
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Warren Bower on Yukio Mishima
(October 06, 1974) -
Yukio Mishima
(September 16, 1965)
Moore, Robin, 1925-2008
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Born: October 31, 1925
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Our Woman in Berlin: Hallie Burnett
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Berlin 1961
(September 02, 2011)
Munsel, Patrice, 1925-2016
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Born: May 14, 1925
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)Occupations:
Music ; Sopranos (Singers)Some works:
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Brotherhood Week
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Raitt-Kert-Munsel
(December 28, 1975)
Newman, Paul, 1925-2008

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Born: January 26, 1925
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Acting ; Motion pictures--Production and direction ; Actors ; Motion picture producers and directors ; Actors ; Motion picture directorsSome works:
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Movies and Morals
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Clips from the Classics
(February 25, 1962) -
The Film Factories Revisited
(January 01, 1961)
Ohrenstein, Manfred, 1925-
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Parker, Alice, 1925-

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Born: December 16, 1925
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Music ; Composers ; Conductors (Music) ; Arrangers (Musicians) ; Music teachersSome works:
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Porter, Stephen, 1925-2013
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Born: July 24, 1925
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Theater--Production and direction ; Theatrical directorSome works:
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Association of Production Artists
(November 10, 1968)
Reid, Ogden R. (Ogden Rogers), 1925-

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Born: June 24, 1925
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United States. Army ; United States. Army Reserve ; New York Herald Tribune (Firm) ; Panama Canal Company ; United States. Embassy (Israel) ; New York (State). State Commission for Human Rights ; Hampton Institute ; Columbia University. School of International Affairs ; National Institute of Social Sciences (U.S.) ; Atlantic Council of the United States ; United States. Congress. House ; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) ; Democratic Party (U.S.) ; New York (State). Department of Environmental ConservationOccupations:
Newspaper editors ; Ambassadors ; Legislators--United StatesSome works:
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Senator John F. Kennedy on Overseas Press Club, 1957
(November 23, 2011)
Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002

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Painters ; Sculptors ; Saxophonists ; Jazz musicians ; Authors ; Poets ; Teachers ; Actors ; Motion picture producers and directorsSome works:
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Larry Rivers Interviewed at the Tibor de Nagy Art Gallery, 1951
(April 28, 2012)
Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1925-2000

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Born: August 11, 1925
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Tennessee State University ; United States. Navy ; University of Minnesota ; Sidney Hillman Foundation ; United States Information Agency ; Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.)Occupations:
Officials and employees ; Diplomats ; Journalists ; EssayistsSome works:
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- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001 "Next thing they'll say we shouldn't climb into other people's yards at night just to have our pot parties"
- Bynum, Lynn Carl T. Rowan, journalist extraordinary
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 Jackie Robinson papers
- Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1925-2000 Breaking barriers
- Swing, Raymond, 1887-1968 Raymond Swing papers
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Carl Rowan
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Sidney Hillman Foundation Awards
(September 25, 1952)
Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011
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Born: January 31, 1925
- Wikipedia, viewed on January 22, 2021
(Charles E. Silberman; born January 31, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa; an American journalist and author; died on February 5, 2011 in Sarasota, Florida)
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Journalism ; JournalistsSome works:
- Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011 A certain people
- Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011 Crime and justice in America
- Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011 Criminal violence, criminal justice
- Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011 Criminal violence, criminal justice
- Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011 Crisis in black and white
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Charles Silberman
(December 08, 1978)
Slenczynska, Ruth, 1925-

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Born: January 25, 1925
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PianistsSome works:
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Sonata, D major
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Toccata in C minor (no. 6) Chromatic fantasy and fugue, D minor
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 Ballades (complete) [Sound recording]
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 Ballades (complete) [Sound recording]
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 Études, op. 10
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Diplomatic Impunity: Dean Acheson Counsels Audiences on Disarmament
(February 13, 2013)
Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002

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Born: April 14, 1925
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Acting ; ActorsSome works:
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The Two Minute Take
(December 07, 1961) -
The Film Factories Revisited
(January 01, 1961)
Strehler, Bernard L. (Bernard Louis), 1925-
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- Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 28, 2021
(Bernard Strehler (1925-2001) was an early biogerontologist)
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Can the rate of aging be changed? A Talk By Dr. Bernard Strehler
(February 01, 1966)
Telli, Diallo, 1925-1977
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French West Africa. Haut Commissariat ; French West Africa. Secrétariat général ; United Nations ; Organization of African Unity ; Guinea. Ministère de la justiceOccupations:
Judges ; Diplomats ; Ambassadors ; PoliticiansSome works:
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Diallo Telli: Messages of Friendship and Trust
(February 04, 2016)
Tinguely, Jean, 1925-1991

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Born: May 22, 1925
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Sculpture ; Painting ; Sculptors ; PaintersSome works:
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Adventures in Sound: A Sound Magazine
(January 01, 1960)
Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999

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Born: September 13, 1925
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Singers ; Composers ; Lyricists ; Authors ; ActorsSome works:
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Clarinetist Richard Stolzman; singer Mel Torme
(September 19, 1991)
Turkel, Stanley, 1925-
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Born: September 02, 1925
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Hospitality industry ; Hotelkeepers ; HistoriansSome works:
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5th Annual Bard Awards
(May 05, 1967)
Vidal, Gore, 1925-

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Born: October 03, 1925
- Pseudonyms of Gore Vidal: 1950-1954 via WWW, 2013 Sept. 23
(Vidal adopted the name Cameron Kay - the name of his great uncle, who was once attorney general of Texas - to write Thieves Fall Out (1953))- Wikimapia, via WWW, 2013 Oct. 22
(For much his life, Vidal divided his time between Ravello, Italy on the Amalfi Coast and Los Angeles, California. In 2003, he sold his cliffside Ravello villa (La Rondinaia, The Swallow's Nest) for health reasons)
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Novelists ; Essayists ; Dramatists ; CriticsSome Resources:
- Gore Vidal, the man who said no
- Jones, Douglas, 1916-1987 [Image from LOOK - Job 68-3855 titled Gore Vidal]
- Jones, Douglas, 1916-1987 [Image from LOOK - Job 68-3855 titled Gore Vidal]
- Jones, Douglas, 1916-1987 [Image from LOOK - Job 68-3855 titled Gore Vidal]
- Jones, Douglas, 1916-1987 [Image from LOOK - Job 68-3855 titled Gore Vidal]
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Gore Vidal Part 1
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Gore Vidal Part 2
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Gore Vidal's Historical Novel 'Julian' and Its Modern Parallels
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Louis Auchincloss Asks, "What is Serious Fiction?"
(July 30, 2012)
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965

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Born: May 19, 1925
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Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) ; Organization of Afro-American Unity ; (naf) Muslim Mosque, Inc. ; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) ; Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.)Occupations:
Black Muslims ; Muslims--United States ; Black nationalism ; Civil rights workers ; Imams (Mosque officers)Some works:
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- [Malcolm X, half-length portrait, facing right, at microphones, addressing newsmen at the Hotel Park-Sheraton in New York]
- [Malcolm X, half-length portrait, facing right]
- [Malcolm X, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, during press conference in offices of the National Memorial African Book Store, New York City]
- [Malcolm X, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, at microphones]
- [Malcolm X, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]
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Remembering Malcolm X: Rare Interviews and Audio
(February 04, 2015)
Yurick, Sol, 1925-2013
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Born: January 18, 1925
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First International Writers' Conference LIU
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Sol Yurick on Reader's Almanac, 1979
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Sol Yurick
(September 30, 1976)