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  2. Maria Tallchief - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief (her birth name) was born in Fairfax, Oklahoma, on January 24, 1925, to Alexander Joseph Tall Chief (1890–1959), a member of the Osage Nation, and his wife, Ruth (née Porter), of Scottish-Irish descent. [5][6] Porter had met Alexander Tall Chief, a widower, while visiting her sister, who was his mother's ...

  3. History of African Americans in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    20th century. Between the 1890s and 1910, African Americans migrated to Los Angeles from Southern places like Texas, Shreveport, Atlanta, and New Orleans to escape the racial violence, racism, white supremacy, and bigotry of the Southern United States. [ 17 ] The presence of the first transcontinental railroad meant that Los Angeles had a ...

  4. Demographics of Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Oklahoma was 3,911,338 on July 1, 2015, a 4.26% increase since the 2010 United States Census. [2]According to the U.S. Census, as of 2010, Oklahoma has a historical estimated population of 3,751,351 which is an increase of 300,058 or 8.7 percent, since the year 2000. [3]

  5. Sheila Kuehl - Wikipedia

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    Sheila Kuehl. Sheila James Kuehl (born February 9, 1941) is an American politician and retired actress, who served as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District from 2014 to 2022. Kuehl was California's first openly gay state legislator, having previously served in the California State Senate and the California ...

  6. History of Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles City Oil Field was the first of many fields in the basin to be exploited, and in 1900 and 1902, respectively, the Beverly Hills Oil Field and Salt Lake Oil Field were discovered a few miles west of the original find. [77] Los Angeles became a center of oil production in the early 20th century, and by 1923, the region was ...

  7. Demographics of Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Los Angeles. Population pyramid of Los Angeles city in 2021. Population. 3,979,576 (2019) The demographics of Los Angeles are determined by population surveys such as the American Community Survey and the United States Census. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, Los Angeles ' population was 3,979,576 in 2019.

  8. Martha Graham - Wikipedia

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    Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) [1] was an American modern dancer and choreographer, whose style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. [2] Graham danced and taught for over seventy years. She was the first dancer to perform at the White House, travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and ...

  9. Feminist art movement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Now Be Here was a project from August 28, 2016, where 733 female and female identifying women came together in Los Angeles to be photographed together to show solidarity. [83] The project continued with Now Be Here #2 at the Brooklyn Museum on October 23, 2016, [84] and Now Be Here #3 at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) on December 10, 2016. [85]