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John Dominis Holt IV (June 4, 1919 – March 29, 1993) [1] was an American and Native Hawaiian writer, poet and cultural historian. In 1979, he was recognized as a Living Treasures of HawaiĘ»i for his contribution to the Hawaiian Renaissance .
Roots is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which follows an 18th-century Mandinka man who is enslaved and shipped from the Gambia to the Colony of Virginia and his descendants.
American royalty may refer to American citizens who are members of royal families, through birth, naturalization or marriage; or American dynastic families that are ...
Eric Muenter (born Erich Heinrich Eugen Münter; March 25, 1871 – July 6, 1915), also known as Erich Muenter, Erich Holt or Frank Holt, was a German-American political terrorist, activist, spy, professor and would-be assassin. Employed as a German professor at elite American universities, he was also a spy and a "fanatic in the clandestine ...
Ready to inspire change. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcomed a “growing and diverse” group of experts to their Archewell Foundation team after making their royal exit permanent in February ...
The Colbys (originally titled Dynasty II: The Colbys) is an American prime time soap opera that originally aired on ABC from November 20, 1985, to March 26, 1987. Created by Richard and Esther Shapiro and Eileen and Robert Pollock and produced by Aaron Spelling, it is a spin-off of Dynasty and revolves around the Colbys, another vastly wealthy family who own a large multinational conglomerate ...
Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton Jr. (July 6, 1926 – February 5, 1969) was an American socialite, hotel heir, and businessman. He was the eldest son of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton . Life and career
It stimulated interest in African American genealogy and an appreciation for African American history. [1] Although Roots was originally described as fiction, it was sold in the non-fiction section of bookstores. Haley spent the last chapter of the book describing his research in archives and libraries to support his family's oral tradition ...