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Battle of Buena Vista ( WIA) Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American ...
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, [3] [4] but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, even forgoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid having to accept Black students.
Washington, D.C. Alma mater. Columbia University. Profession. Academic administrator. Ronald Francis Mason Jr. (born January 15, 1953) is an American lawyer and university administrator, serving as the ninth president of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). He took office in July 2015. This is Mason's third presidential appointment.
Rodney Davis speaks in support of the Postal Service Reform Act. Recorded February 8, 2022. Rodney Lee Davis (born January 5, 1970) [1] is an American Republican politician who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. Davis's tenure ended when redistricting led to a primary race in the ...
References. List of former members of the Mississippi State Senate. The Mississippi State Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature. [1] It first met in 1817 and currently has 52 members in each session. [1] Sources used in list. 1817-1916 [2] 1888 [3] 1900-1904 [4]
Ron Kikinis. Ron Kikinis is an American physician and scientist best known for his research in the fields of imaging informatics, image guided surgery, and medical image computing. He is a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School. Kikinis is the founding director of the Surgical Planning Laboratory in the Department of Radiology at ...
Dr Jacky Davis has been a consultant radiologist at Whittington Hospital London since 1981 with special interests in paediatrics, ultrasound and breast imaging. [1] She is a member of the British Medical Association council, and is a founder member of the national campaign Keep Our NHS Public. She is a campaigner for assisted dying, is on the ...
On November 23, 2012, Jordan Davis, a black 17-year-old high-school student, was murdered at a Gate Petroleum gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, by Michael David Dunn, a white 45-year-old software developer, following an argument over loud music played by Davis and his three friends, in what was believed to be a racially motivated shooting ...