• Josephine Byrd, often referred to as Josie Byrd, is an African American activist and former social service worker. The Josephine Byrd Community Services...
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    Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer...
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  • Byrd (born 1951), American politician Joseph Byrd (born 1937), American rock musician Joseph Tali Byrd, Cherokee/Quapaw Nation politician Josephine Byrd...
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    congressman Bryan Berard, hockey player Brian Boucher, hockey player Josephine Byrd, civil rights activist Percy Daniels, populist politician Marcel Desaulniers...
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    classical scholar Susan Hammond Barney (1834-1922) — social activist Josephine Byrd — civil rights activist in Woonsocket, RI Zechariah Chafee (1885–1957)...
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  • by Rear Admiral Byrd while on the ByrdAE Eastern Flight of December 5, 1929, and named by him during the ByrdAE (1933–35) for Josephine Clay Ford, daughter...
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    served with Richard E. Byrd on an aviation survey of Greenland in 1925, on which Byrd came to respect his ability as a pilot. Byrd named Bennett as his...
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    (1948–1957) and the 58th Governor of Virginia (1958–1962). As a member of the Byrd Organization, Almond initially supported massive resistance to the integration...
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    was a major art benefactor in Detroit and also financed Admiral Richard Byrd's polar explorations. He died of stomach cancer aged 49. Henry Ford temporarily...
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  • Faltaos Tamer, Mena Maurice, Dina Girgis, Mariam Bebawi, Seif Nessim, Josephine Adel, Febronia Gendy 12 The Beekeeper Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Miramax David...
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  • 15, 1926. Byrd was born in Speedwell, Virginia to Stephen and Josephine Sheffey Byrd. Byrd was the second of four children born in the family. He lived...
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    his career, he has written singles for Clay Walker, Blake Shelton, Tracy Byrd and other artists. He and his wife, Joey Feek, formed the duo Joey + Rory...
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    1867), daughter of Colonel Byrd C. Willis (29 August 1781 – 1846) and Mary Lewis, without issue. Princess Marie Letizia Joséphine Annonciade Murat (26 April...
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    Franklin Pierce Robertson and Josephine Ragland (née Willis), just two weeks before fellow Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd was born in the same community...
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    legislative goals ‍—‌ a tax cut. Johnson worked closely with Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia to negotiate a reduction in the budget below $100 billion in...
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    Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, 2nd ed. (1985), p. 1096. Hardwell Byrd, Shelia (September 21, 2002). "Meredith ready to move on". Associated Press...
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  • from the community. 39ers Gang, multi-state 110ers, Lower Garden District Byrd Gang, Central City Joesphine Dog Pound, Central City Dumaine Street Gang...
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    (1997) Blackmun (1999) Rehnquist (2005) Scalia (2016) Stevens (2019) Ginsburg (2020, funeral) O'Connor (2023) Senate Chamber Byrd (2010) Lautenberg (2013)...
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    tensions between the white and black communities after the murder of James Byrd Jr. in 1998. Of the project Gossett said "what I saw in the story is a growth...
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    Cheek McClenahan G. Anne Richardson Mary Virginia Terhune 2007 Mary Willing Byrd Maybelle Carter Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver Mary Alice Franklin Hatwood Futrell...
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  • Senator Harry F. Byrd, who led the Byrd Organization and promised a strategy of Massive Resistance. Governor Thomas Stanley, a member of the Byrd Organization...
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    moment about someone who had a good influence on them. Rogers met Sara Joanne Byrd (called "Joanne") from Jacksonville, Florida, while attending Rollins College...
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    Lillian Moller Gilbreth Nannerl O. Keohane Maggie Kuhn Sandra Day O'Connor Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Pat Schroeder Hannah Greenebaum Solomon 1996 Louisa...
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  • Tracy Oliver Nominated Outstanding Ensemble Mary Vernieu and Michelle Wade Byrd Nominated Outstanding Score David Newman Nominated Outstanding Breakthrough...
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    Pashmina (material) (category Joséphine de Beauharnais)
    pashmina Kashmir shawl gained status as a fashion icon through Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais' enthusiastic use. These shawls suited the French well...
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    Mary Willing Byrd (September 10, 1740 – March 1814) was an American planter. At twenty years of age, she became the step-mother of five children and managed...
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    Cheek McClenahan G. Anne Richardson Mary Virginia Terhune 2007 Mary Willing Byrd Maybelle Carter Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver Mary Alice Franklin Hatwood Futrell...
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    Maria Taylor Byrd (November 10, 1698 – August 28, 1771) was a prominent colonial woman who managed her and her husband William Byrd II's Westover Plantation...
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  • actress (Cats, The Pirate Queen, The Phantom of the Opera) (b. 1960) Debra Byrd, 72, vocalist (b. 1951) Morton Povman, 93, politician, member of the New...
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    Virginia's Republican Party during the era of the Byrd Organization, the Democratic machine of Harry F. Byrd. Richard graduated from Bridgewater College in...
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