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Both Ruth and Douglass originated from the same region of Maryland, and after finding out that Cox had a brother named Leon Bailey, Douglass considered Cox as his sister. [2]: 124–125 Anna and Cox also considered each other sisters, and Cox helped Anna with running the home. [4] The Douglass children referred to her as "Aunt Harriet". [4]
Harriette Bailey Conn (September 22, 1922 – August 21, 1981) was an American lawyer and politician.A civil rights activist who became known for her efforts to assist minorities, women, and defendants in Indiana's criminal justice system, Conn became the first woman and the first African American to serve as Indiana's state public defender in 1970. [1]
Nineteen-year-old Roy Hobbs is traveling by train to Chicago with his manager Sam to try out for the Chicago Cubs.Other passengers include sportswriter Max Mercy; Walter "The Whammer" Whambold, the leading hitter in the American League and three-time American League Most Valuable Player (based on Babe Ruth); and Harriet Bird, a beautiful and mysterious woman.
Sep. 25—Joe Bailey was one of the rarest of high school coaches. He belonged to multiple halls of fame. The longtime and immensely popular Moriarty track and field coach, one of the state's ...
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 [a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
Candia-Bailey, 49, died by suicide in Illinois. Her mother, Veronica Candia, and husband Anthony Bailey, previously told NBC News that the Missouri university’s president John Moseley terminated ...
Harriet Tubman's life is epxlored in the biopic 'Harriet.' Here's everything to know about who she saved, and her direct descendants.
The Natural is a 1984 American sports film based on Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel of the same name, directed by Barry Levinson, and starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky and Richard Farnsworth.