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The Black Rock, commemorating thousands of Irish "ship fever" victims. The Irish Commemorative Stone (also known as the Black Rock) is a monument in Pointe-Saint-Charles, island of Montreal, Quebec commemorating the deaths from "ship fever" of 6,000 mostly Irish immigrants to Canada during the immigration following the Great Irish Famine in the years 1847-1848.
Black Rock, a nickname for the CBS Building in New York City; Black Rock Airport, New Mexico; Black Rock Dam (Schuylkill River), Pennsylvania; Black Rock Halt railway station, near Criccieth, Wales; closed in 1976; Black Rock Lock, the terminal lock on the Black Rock Canal, part of the Erie Canal; Blackrock railway station, in Blackrock, Dublin
BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company.Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, [3] with US$11.5 trillion in assets under management as of 2024. [2]
Progressive soul (often shortened to prog-soul; also called black prog, black rock, and progressive R&B) [1] is a type of African-American music that uses a progressive approach, particularly in the context of the soul and funk genres. It developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s through the recordings of innovative black musicians who pushed ...
Riall crossed the Niagara around midnight on December 29 and landed with most of his men some 2 miles (3.2 km) downstream of Black Rock in the early hours of December 30. He delegated Lieutenant Colonel John Gordon and the Royal Scots to land at Black Rock itself in order to attack the Americans from a different direction. [10]
The Black Rock–High Rock Conservation Area allows recreational uses, and motorized vehicle travel on trails and playas only, while managing the area to preserve the natural habitats, historic emigrant trails, and the natural landmarks of the Black Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon. Many activities, such as with a large group of people, require ...
Investment giant BlackRock is pulling an ad that included Thomas Crooks, the gunman who shot at Donald Trump, injuring the former president and killing an attendee at a rally near Pittsburgh on ...
On February 4, 1999, [6] Black Rock City LLC was formed as an organization to run Burning Man in the long term, then an event of 23,000 people. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On May 8, 2001, [ 9 ] The Black Rock Arts Foundation was founded as a separate nonprofit to promote Civic engagement and to help fund Interactive art .