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    Cheatham and Rev. James "Jimmie" Harald Booker, a New Orleans Baptist church pastor and World War I army veteran. Nicknamed "J.C.," Booker was a child prodigy...
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    The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each...
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    parents, Carolyn Rose (née Jordan) and Cary Alfred Booker, were among the first black IBM executives. Booker has said that he was raised in a religious household...
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    years old, Booker became the youngest player in NBA history with consecutive 50-point games. The son of former basketball player Melvin Booker, Devin is...
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    pianist James Booker. This possibility is supported by a 2007 oral biography of Thompson, which states that the term is taken from a song by Booker but does...
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  • early '80s." James Booker - piano James Singleton - bass Alvin Tyler - saxophone Johnny Vidacovich - drums "Robert Christgau: CG: James Booker". www.robertchristgau...
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  • the prize's fortieth anniversary, for "The Best of the Booker". In 2018 a special "Golden Booker" was awarded celebrating 50 years of the award; this was...
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    Lifetime Achievement. Booker T. Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 12, 1944. He was named after his father, Booker T. Jones Sr., who was...
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  • of Booker Group Limited. The company was founded by George and Richard Booker in 1835, when they bought their first ship and established the Booker Line...
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    Booker T. Huffman Jr. (born March 1, 1965), better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed...
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    The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom....
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    was nine, Booker and his family in Virginia gained freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation as U.S. troops occupied their region. Booker was thrilled...
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    Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental, R&B, and funk band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1962. The band is considered influential in shaping...
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    James Booker Blakemore Wellington aka J. B. B. Wellington (1858 Lansdown – 1939 Elstree) was an English photographer. Wellington originally trained as...
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    Webb James Shapiro Mary Jean Chan   indicates the winner List of winners and nominated authors of the Booker Prize "About the Booker Prize". The Booker Prizes...
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    of James is a general epistle and one of the 21 epistles (didactic letters) in the New Testament. It was written originally in Koine Greek. James 1:1...
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    2015). "Marlon James wins the Man Booker Prize". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 November 2022. "Man Booker Prize 2015: Marlon James wins for A Brief...
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  • Booker is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Austin Booker (born 2002), American football player Bob Booker (born...
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    The James White Review in 1997–98. He won the 2004 Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty. His next novel, The Stranger's Child, made the 2011 Booker Prize...
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    Percival Everett (category Believer Book Award winners)
    The Trees (2021), which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, as was his 2024 novel James. Erasure was adapted as the film American Fiction (2023)...
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  • stated: "James offers page-turning excitement but also off-kilter philosophical picaresque". The novel was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. Feature...
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  • Frederick James Booker (1944–2006), was a male cyclist who competed for England. He represented England and won a silver medal in the 1,000 metres match...
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  • Jane P Booker (born 9 May 1956) is an English actress. She was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and has over 40 television roles to her credit...
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  • The character of Dennis Booker was originally a recurring character on that police drama during its third season. Dennis Booker, who once worked for a...
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  • States. In 1913, James Booker Clark built a mansion resembling the White House to house seven children. James Booker was the son of James Clark, Jr., a Confederate...
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    to 2018. By 20, Booker began training his chug skills and training to compete in food championships. Booker lives on Long Island. Booker is 6 ft 5+1⁄4 in...
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    Beverley Martyn, Maria Muldaur, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Billy Bragg, James Booker, 10,000 Maniacs, and Muzsikás. He was also one of the founders of the...
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  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (1967) James Booker - Junco Partner (1976) James Booker - Gonzo James Booker Live 1976 (1967) Coco Briaval (France 1999...
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  • winners and nominated authors of the Booker Prize Creamer, Ella (30 July 2024). "Three British novelists make Booker 2024 longlist among 'cohort of global...
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    is portrayed by Ana Serradilla. "Griselda Blanco" appears in Marlon James' Booker Prize-winning novel A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014). Korean-Canadian...
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