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On May 23, 1824, in Staunton, Virginia, Virginia bishop Richard Channing Moore both confirmed Cobbs as an Episcopalian and ordained him as a deacon on the same day. The young missionary taught school during the week, then on weekends traveled by horse drawn wagon with a small choir to various Episcopalian homes in the Piedmont, Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge mountain region between Bristol ...
Location of Clarke County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Clarke County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
A decorative crown with studded Emeralds A decorative crown for the Nizam's of Hyderabad. In 1995, the Indian government bought the jewels for ₹218 crore (about US$70 million) many years after the death of the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, in 1967. The government tried to buy the collection for a mere amount of $25 million. [2]
A two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Marshall County claimed the life of a Cleveland man.
Cleveland is located in central Blount County at 33°59'31.326" North, 86°34'33.823" West (33.992035, -86.576062). [3] The Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River flows past the northwest side of the town. The National Register-listed Swann Covered Bridge, which spans the river, lies just west of Cleveland.
Unit 634 was home to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, her husband Raymond, and her mother, Leona McCauley, during the Montgomery bus boycott from 1955 to 1956. The building was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on March 30, 1989, and the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 2001. [1] [2]
Jewel Ackah (c. 1945 – 27 April 2018) was a Ghanaian highlife and gospel musician. He composed the lyrics of " Arise Arise ," the party anthem of the centre-left Ghanaian political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), popularly sung to the tune of the Christian hymn , " Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus ". [ 1 ]
Jewel Limar Prestage (August 12, 1931 – August 1, 2014) was an American political scientist, citizen activist, educator, mentor, and author. She is the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in political science in the United States.