“Barbara was a pioneer among women law professors who influenced and helped many women across the country. She was particularly kind to me when I was a young visiting professor at the University of Texas,” said Oregon Law Professor Emerita Leslie Harris. “We were so delighted when she rej...
Slavery was a normal part of life especially in the Southern part of America. Eventually it was outlawed. Here we see what led to the abolition of slavery.
17.A college student has turned the act of telling someone off into an art form.Lama Ali,who attend school in Virginia,had three final assignments due on the same day for her fashion drawing class.Exhausted after working on painting for seven hours straight,the 20-year-old decided to includ...
When was Virginia founded? When was Brigham Young University founded? When was the first May Day meeting held in America? When was Nalanda University built? When was the Declaration of Independence announced? When was the Atlantic Charter signed? When did Kansas become a state? When was the Co...
West Virginia: Charleston Sean Pavone // Shutterstock West Virginia: Charleston West Virginia has played host to a number of reality shows in the last decade, including “Buckwild” and “Coal.” The state’s capital city, Charleston, is home to a handful of TV filming location credits in ...
Virginia: The Jefferson Hotel Mr.TinDC // Flickr Virginia: The Jefferson Hotel - Location: Richmond - Year built: 1895 New York City native Lewis Ginter moved to Richmond when he was 18-years-old and made (and lost) several fortunes. At one time, one of the city's richest—and most ...
Today’s generation of athletes see culture, sports, and music as one, and go all-in and all-out for something bigger than themselves: their team. Six months after Protect This House officially re-entered the global sports vernacular, Under Armour has teamed up with Minnesota superstar wide ...
Before the Uniform Time Act was passed in the United States, there was a period in which any place could or could not observe DST, leading to chaos. For instance, if one took a 35-mile bus ride from Moundsville, West Virginia, to Steubenville, Ohio, he or she would pass through no ...
If your name was Eugene, you’d probably prefer to go by “Lightning Boy” too. Ralph Macchio stars as a guitar prodigy who joins an elderly musician (Joe Seneca) on a road trip to the South where he hopes to reclaim his soul at the crossroads where he signed a deal with the devil...
The family moved to Youngstown, Ohio, when Simeon was 5. He became interested in journalism through a family friend who owned The Baltimore Afro-American, and he joined the paper as a reporter in 1942 after earning a degree in English from Virginia Union University, a historically black ...