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  1. John Mercer Langston House

    Infobox nrhp name John Mercer Langston House nrhp type nhl image John Mercer Langston House.jpg caption Front of the Langston House location Oberlin, Ohio lat degrees 41 lat minutes 17 lat seconds 28 lat direction N long degrees 82 long minutes 12 long seconds 36 long direction W locmapin Ohio area built 1855 architect architecture Late Gothic Revival designated nrhp type May 15, 1975 ref name nhlsum cite web url http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 1560&ResourceType Building title John Mercer Langston House accessdate 2008 06 16 work National Historic Landmark summary listing publisher National Park Service ref added May 15, 1975 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref governing body Private refnum 75001464 The John Mercer Langston House is a National Historic Landmark in Oberlin, Ohio . It was home to John Mercer Langston , abolitionist and US Congressman , who was one of the first African Americans elected to public office in the United States. References reflist External links http hdl.loc.gov loc.pnp hhh.oh0372 John Mercer Langston House, 207 East College Street, Oberlin, Lorain County, OH 2 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page , at Historic American Building Survey National Register of Historic Places Category National Historic Landmarks in Ohio Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category 1855 architecture Category Lorain County, Ohio Ohio NRHP stub de John Mercer Langston House ...   more details



  1. John Mercer Langston

    Infobox Congressman name John Mercer Langston image name John Mercer Langston.jpg thumb John Mercer Langston ... and Aimee Lee. John Mercer Langston and the Fight for Black Freedom, 1829 65 . Urbana and Chicago ... external EOG OYTT images JMLangston.html John Mercer Langston 1829 1897 , Oberlin College, accessed ... mercer 1829 1897 John Mercer Langston , Black Past , accessed 15 Dec 2008 ref An intellectual partner ... left 200px John Mercer Langston In 1863 when the government approved founding of the United States ... Cheek and Aimee Lee Cheek, http books.google.com books?id QB Y2Ejlp9oC&pg PA103 John Mercer Langston ... File John Mercer Langston House.jpg thumb right Langston s house in Oberlin, a National Historic Landmark His John Mercer Langston House house in Oberlin was designated a National Historic Landmark . Oklahoma s Langston University is named in his honor, as are John Mercer Langston Bar Association in Columbus ... Hall at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia the former John Mercer Langston High School ... . ref http www.blackpast.org ?q aah langston john mercer 1829 1897 John Mercer Langston , Black ... book last Langston first John Mercer coauthors authorlink title From the Virginia Plantation to the National ...&printsec frontcover v onepage&q&f false isbn Langston, John Mercer. Freedom and Citizenship Selected Lectures of Hon. John Mercer Langston . Washington D.C. William H.Darby Publishers 1883 Whitefish ... Lee. John Mercer Langston and the Fight for Black Freedom, 1829 65 . Urbana and Chicago University ... for Congress John Mercer Langston and the Virginia Campaign of 1888 , Journal of Negro History , 52 Jan 1967 W. Cheek, John Mercer Langston Black Protest Leader and Abolitionist , Civil War History ... L000074 John Mercer Langston , Congressional Biography Appletons http baic.house.gov Black Americans ... John Mercer Langston Speeches, Oberlin College speech collection http www.washingtonpost.com ... Biography of John Mercer Langston including youthful photograph, AfricanAmericans.com http www.designshare.com ...   more details



  1. John Mercer

    John Mercer may refer to Captain John Mercer d. 1756 , colonial Virginia militiaman killed at the Battle of Great Cacapon John Mercer colonial lawyer 1704 1768 , colonial Virginia lawyer John Francis Mercer 1759 1821 , Governor of Maryland 1801 1803 , son of the Virginia lawyer John Mercer scientist 1791 1866 , 19th century British textile chemist John Mercer Australian pastoralist 1823 1891 , Australian pastoralist and politician, see Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1851 1853 John Mercer baseball 1892 1982 , MLB first baseman , see 1912 St. Louis Cardinals season Johnny Mercer 1909 1976 , American songwriter Jack Mercer , American animator Jack Mercer cricketer hndis Mercer, John de John Mercer ...   more details



  1. John Langston Gwaltney

    John Langston Gwaltney 1928 1998 was an African American writer and anthropologist focused on African American culture ref http www.aaanet.org sections aba htdocs pioneers.html Gwaltney biographical sketch at the Association of Black Anthropologists, Pioneers website ref ref http www.anthrosource.net Abstract.aspx?issn 1051 0559&volume 7&issue 2&doubleissueno 0&article 242549&suppno 0&jstor False Gwaltney s Influence on African American Anthropology , Cheryl Rodriguez, Transforming Anthropology vol. 7, issue 2, July 1998 pp. 71 72 ref , best known for his book Drylongso nonfiction book Drylongso A Self Portrait of Black America . ref http www.csmonitor.com 1981 0330 033003.html Drylongso review, Christian Science Monitor , March 30, 1981 ref ref http ohr.oxfordjournals.org content 10 1 189.extract Drylongso review at the Oxford Journal s Oral History Review website ref Academic background Gwaltney earned a BA from Upsala College in 1952, an 1957 MA from the New School for Social Research in 1957, and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University in 1967. He was a professor of anthropology at the University of Syracuse in New York. Drylongso Drylongso is a collection of Gwaltney s transcriptions of oral interviews with who he described as core black people , ordinary men and women who made up black America. In the interviews, he asked people to define their culture. The book includes a glossary of African American terms, and interviews with 42 people from the Northeast United States. The title is from an African American word, drylongso , which is used to mean ordinary , in reference to the social status of the interviewees. In a terse introductory statement chosen by Gwaltney from an interviewee not included in the broader text, factory worker Othman Sullivan says I think ... ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gwaltney, John Langston ... OF DEATH 1998 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gwaltney, John Langston Category African American non fiction ...   more details



  1. Langston

    Langston is the name of two places in the United States Langston, Alabama Langston, Oklahoma Langston is a surname of English people English origin John Mercer Langston 1829 1897 , U.S. civil rights pioneer, first African American member of Congress Dr. Michael Langston Michael A. Langston , computer scientist in field of bioinformatics and computational biology Mark Langston 1960 , All star Major League Baseball pitcher Langston Hughes 1902 1967 , African American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist Wann Langston, Jr. , American paleontologist Peter Langston 1958 Senior Telephone Engineer Fictional characters Raymond Langston , a character from the television series CSI Crime Scene Investigation There is also Langston University Langston Field , a fictional technology found in the book The Mote in God s Eye disambig de Langston it Langston nl Langston pl Langston vo Langston ...   more details



  1. PS 185 John M. Langston

    PS 185 John M. Langston is a public elementary school in New York City . It is designated an Empowerment School by the New York City Department of Education . The schools serves Pre Kindergarten , Kindergarten , 1st grade, 2nd grade, and Special Education SE . ref https schools.nyc.gov SchoolPortals 03 M185 default.htm?searchType school NYC DOE School Portal PS 185 John M.Langston M185 ref They offer a Gifted education Gifted and Talented program and a Dual Language program. The school is named after John Mercer Langston , an American abolitionist and the first African American U.S. Congressman elected from Virginia. References references See also List of public elementary schools in New York City Empowerment School External links https schools.nyc.gov SchoolPortals 03 M185 default.htm?searchType school NYC DOE School Portal PS 185 John M.Langston M185 http www.emsc.nysed.gov repcrd2005 schools 310300010185.shtml P.S. 185 John M. Langston School in New York City Geographic District 3 2004 05 The New York State School Report Card NewYork school stub coord missing New York City Category Elementary schools in New York City Category Schools in Manhattan ...   more details



  1. John Mercer (scientist)

    Image John Mercer Chemist .jpeg thumb right John Mercer scientist John Mercer 21 February 1791 30 November 1866 was an England English dye and fabric chemist and fabric printer born in Great Harwood , Lancashire . In 1844 he developed a process for treating cotton , mercerised cotton mercerisation , that improves many of its qualities for use in fabrics. John Mercer never went to school, he learned basic reading and writing from his neighbour. He was very fond of dyeing. With the help of a chemistry ... in Great Harwood in 1903, as well as the Mercer Hall. Mercer s cottage at Oakenshaw was donated to be a museum and park ref http www.lancashirepioneers.com mercer decline.asp ref . A full list is as follows William Shuttleworth 52 Town Clerk of Liverpool John Mercer 70 Chymist John Mercer ... M. Ferrara 37 Private Servant External sources http www.lancashirepioneers.com mercer early.asp Biography and pictures about John Mercer http www.oxforddnb.com public dnb 18573.html Oxford Dictionary of National Biography E. A. Parnell, The life and labours of John Mercer 1886 R. S. Crossley, Accrington ... in the early 19th century the life and colours of John Mercer , Annals of Science , 54 1997 , 1 28 A. W. Baldwin, Mercer and mercerization , Endeavour , 3 1944 , 138 43 References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mercer, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ... le Moors DEFAULTSORT Mercer, John Category 1791 births Category 1866 deaths Category People from Great Harwood Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category British Chemists UK chemist stub de John Mercer Chemiker el fr John Mercer gd John Mercer it John Mercer sq John Mercer kimist ... records him as a 70 year old Chymist , living with his son John and 12 others at 29 Burlington Hotel. Florence Nightingale was next door, at No. 30 . Mercer died at home in 1866 and buried in St Bartholemew ... Civil Engineer John Westmoreland 37 West India Merchant James Gray 30 Ireland Robert Milne 36 Civil ...   more details



  1. John Francis Mercer

    Other people2 John Mercer disambiguation Nofootnotes date December 2007 Image John Francis Mercer.jpg thumb 200px John Francis Mercer John Francis Mercer May 17, 1759 August 30, 1821 was an United States American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland . Born in 1759 in Marlborough, Stafford County, Virginia , to John Mercer colonial lawyer John Mercer and Ann Roy Mercer, he graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1775 and was a delegate for Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1783 and 1784. He married Sophia Sprigg February 3, 1785. ref citation url http books.google.com ?id 9jASAAAAYAAJ&printsec toc&dq 22John Francis Mercer 22 22sophia sprigg 22 title William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine publisher College of William and Mary year 1908 month July volume XVII page http books.google.com books?id 9jASAAAAYAAJ&pg PA90&lpg PA90&dq 22John Francis Mercer 22 22sophia sprigg 22&source web&ots nIwJb45PJx&sig s0hR7B5Yt8 TLNrSXnb0dmOLCz4&hl en&sa X&oi book result&resnum 2&ct result 90 accessdate 2008 11 30 ref During the American Revolutionary War , Mercer was commissioned a captain in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in the Continental Army . He was wounded ... . NAME Mercer, John Francis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1759 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1821 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mercer, John Francis Category 1759 births Category ... de John Francis Mercer la Ioannes Franciscus Mercer ja pl John Francis Mercer ... de Lafayette Lafayette in Virginia and was present at the siege of Yorktown . After the war, Mercer ... Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland . He was the brother of George Mercer military officer George Mercer and James Mercer jurist James Mercer . Notes Reflist External links CongBio M000645 http odur.let.rug.nl usa B mercer mercer.htm Mercer biography at the University of Groningen , Netherlands start ... Revolution Category Mercer family of Virginia Category American people of Irish descent Category ...   more details



  1. John Mercer (colonial lawyer)

    John Mercer February 6, 1704 October 14, 1768 was a Colonialism colonial United States American lawyer , Real property land speculator , and author . Born in Dublin , Ireland , he came to Virginia in 1720 ref http www.bookrags.com biography john mercer dlb John Mercer Biography Dictionary of Literary ... ref http www.answers.com topic john mercer author 1 John Mercer Information and Much More ... John Mercer Bot generated title ref . He had several children at least 11 , many of which 5 died ... America George Mercer military officer George Mercer 1733 1784 , surveyor, military officer, and politician from Virginia. James Mercer jurist James Mercer 1736 1793 , judge, lawyer, and jurist who served as a delegate for Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1779. John Francis Mercer 1759 1821 ... Bot generated title ref , and Abridgment of Virginia Laws Mercer s Abridgement of the Laws of Virginia . Mercer was also a founding member, secretary and general counsel of the Ohio Company Ohio Company ... George Washington . Letter to James Mercer, March 18, 1789 PBS Bot generated title ref . His heirs ... Mason , became Mason s legal guardian, along with Mason s mother. Mason studied in Mercer s private library. The Mercer Library at the Prince William Campus of George Mason University is named in his ... http library.gmu.edu libinfo pwl.html Mercer Library Bot generated title ref . Grandfather of General George Mercer Brooke ref http www.historypoint.org columns2.asp?column id 1390&column type dispatch HistoryPoint.org Dispatches Bot generated title ref . Also grandfather of Charles Fenton Mercer 1778 1858 son of James . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mercer, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1704 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1768 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mercer, John Category 1704 births Category 1768 deaths Category Virginia colonial people Category Mercer family of Virginia Category People from County ...   more details



  1. John Mercer Johnson

    Infobox MP honorific prefix name John Mercer Johnson honorific suffix image constituency MP Northumberland New Brunswick electoral district Northumberland parliament Canadian majority predecessor successor Richard Hutchison term start 1867 term end 1868 birth date Birth date 1818 10 1 birth place Liverpool , England death date Death date and age 1868 11 08 1818 10 01 death place nationality spouse party Liberal Party of Canada Liberal relations children residence alma mater occupation Lawyer profession religion signature website footnotes John Mercer Johnson October 1, 1818 &ndash November 8, 1868 was a politician in the New Brunswick Province of New Brunswick, Canada and a Father of Confederation . He represented Miramichi electoral district Northumberland in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1868 as a Liberal Party of Canada Liberal member. He was born in Liverpool , England and brought at an early age to Chatham, New Brunswick by his father, where he became a lawyer in 1850. He represented Northumberland County, New Brunswick Northumberland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1850 to 1865 and from 1866 to 1867. Johnson was Solicitor General from 1854 to 1856, postmaster general from 1857 to 1859, speaker for the house from 1859 to 1862 and Attorney General from 1862 to 1865. He was delegated to the Quebec Conference, 1864 Quebec Conference in 1864 and that of London Conference London in 1866. After Canadian Confederation Confederation in 1867, Johnson was elected to the new Canadian House of Commons of the federal Parliament. Johnson was educated at a grammar school in Northumberland before he studied law . In 1840, he was called to the bar ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johnson, John Mercer ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Johnson, John Mercer Category 1818 births Category 1868 deaths Category Fathers ... Historic Persons of Canada de John Mercer Johnson fr John Mercer Johnson pl John Mercer Johnson ...   more details



  1. John Edward Mercer

    The Rt Rev John Edward Mercer 1857 1922 ref http www.thepeerage.com p13736.htm thepeerage.com ref was the Bishop of Diocese of Tasmania Tasmania from 1902 until 1914. ref Crockford s clerical directory 1975 76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674 ref Educated at Rossall School and Lincoln College, Oxford and ordained in 1880 his first post was as a curate at Tanfield . He was then Chaplain Missioner at Rossall School his old school before two Manchester Vicar incumbencies . ref St Michael, Manchester 1889 97 St James, Gorton 1897 1902 Who s Who UK Who was Who 1987 1990 London, A & C Black , 1991 ISBN 071363457X ref An eminent Christian scholar , ref http infomotions.com etexts gutenberg dirs 1 8 5 3 18539 18539.htm Nature Mysticism ref on his return from the Colonialism Colonial Episcopate he continued to serve the Church of England Church as a Canon priest Canon Residentiary at Chester Cathedral and finally, from 1919 until his death, as Archdeacon of Macclesfield . References Reflist s start s rel en s bef before Henry Hutchinson Montgomery s ttl title Anglican Diocese of Tasmania Bishop of Tasmania years 1902 &ndash 1914 s aft after Reginald Stephen end Notes reflist Bishops of Tasmania Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mercer, John Edward ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1857 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1922 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mercer, John Edward Category 1857 births Category Old Rossallians Category Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Category Archdeacons of Macclesfield Category Bishops of Tasmania Category 20th century Anglican bishops Category 1922 deaths Anglican bishop stub Australia bishop stub ...   more details



  1. John Mercer Brooke

    File John Mercer Brooke wmm.jpg thumb right John Mercer Brooke John Mercer Brooke December 18, 1826 &ndash December 14, 1906 was an United States of America American sailor , engineer , scientist , and educator . He was instrumental in the creation of the Transatlantic Cable , and was a noted marine and military innovator. Early life and career John M. Brooke was born in Florida . He was descended from General Hugh Mercer of the American Revolutionary War . His father was an army officer, General George Mercer Brooke, who died in San Antonio, Texas . He was a kinsman of General Dabney Herndon Maury as well as the three men being related to Virginia governor Robert Brooke Virginia . Brooke graduated from one of the earliest classes of the United States Naval Academy ref Conrad, p.9 ref and became a lieutenant in the United States Navy in 1855. He worked for many years with Commander Matthew ... there in 1906. Family life John Mercer Brooke s parents were George Mercer Brooke, b. 1785 Va. and Lucy Thomas. John Mercer Brooke married p align justify 1. Mary Elizabeth Selden Garnett, b. 1 Mar 1826 ... 22, 1864. p align justify John Mercer Brooke and Catherine Carter Kate Corbin of Mossneck plantation ... on 14 Mar 1871 at St. George s Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, Virginia. John and Kate had three children George Mercer Brooke, b. 17 May 1875 Rosa Johnston Brooke, b. 1876 Richard Corbin Brooke, b. 1878 John Mercer Brooke and Catherine Carter Kate Corbin Pendelton Brooke are buried beside each other ... http www.history.navy.mil photos pers us uspers b jm brook.htm John Mercer Brooke http www.civilwarartillery.com ... jm brook.htm John Mercer Brooke Photo of Commander J. M. Brooke NH 58902 Persondata NAME Brooke, John Mercer ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States Navy officer DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1826 ... Brooke, John Mercer Category 1826 births Category 1906 deaths Category American educators Category United States Navy officers Category Confederate States Navy commanders de John Mercer Brooke ja ...   more details



  1. John Mercer Reid

    John Mercer Reid , Queen s Privy Council for Canada PC born February 8, 1937 is the former Information Commissioner of Canada , former president of the Canadian Nuclear Association , and a former politician. History John Reid was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 1965 1965 election as a Liberal Party of Canada Liberal Member of Parliament MP . In the Canadian federal election, 1968 1968 federal election , he was returned as Canada s sole Liberal Labour Canada Liberal Labour MP, although he remained in the Liberal caucus . The Liberal Labour label was a reflection of a longstanding tradition in the electoral district Canada riding of Kenora Rainy River aimed at deflecting votes from the New Democratic Party , rather than as a mark of political dissent. After the Canadian federal election, 1972 1972 election , Reid was redesignated as a Liberal MP and became parliamentary secretary to the President of the Queen s Privy Council for Canada , and worked on issues such as improving the access of MPs to government records. In 1978 , Reid joined the Canadian Cabinet Cabinet of Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of State Canada Minister of State for federal provincial relations, and remained in that position until the defeat of the Liberal government in the Canadian federal election, 1979 1979 election . Reid remained an MP until his own defeat in the Canadian federal election, 1984 1984 election . In his post political career, Reid became a public affairs consultant. He served as president of the Canadian Nuclear Association from 1990 until 1995 . He then represented Canada on the Organisation for Security ... Affairs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Reid, John Mercer ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Reid, John Mercer Category 1937 births Category Living people Category Canadian Roman Catholics Category Liberal ...   more details



  1. Carver Langston

    is part of Ward 5. Neighboring hoods place Washington, D.C. neighborhood Carver Langston north other ...   more details



  1. Mercer

    Wiktionary A mercer occupation is a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles mercery . Mercer may also refer to TOCright People Bill Mercer , American sportscaster George Mercer , rapist Henry Chapman Mercer , Pennsylvania archeologist, tile maker, and designer of poured concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum John Francis Mercer , American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland Owen Mercer , fictional character in the DC Universe Phil Mercer , radio presenter on the BBC Rick Mercer , Canadian comedian, television personality and political satirist Ruth Sienkiewicz Mercer , quadriplegic and American disability rights activist Sam Mercer , film producer William Rosko Mercer 1927 2000 , known as Rosko, American news announcer and disc jockey A Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse played a prominent part on the parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 Academics Asa Shinn Mercer , first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate James Mercer mathematician , English mathematician Roger Mercer , British archaeologist Actors Jack Mercer , American animator and voice actor Marian Mercer , award winning American actress Matthew Mercer , American voice actor Mike Mercer basketball , American basketball player Mike Mercer American football , former American college and professional football player Win Mercer , pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902 Athletes Gary Mercer , New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach Joe Mercer , English football player and manager Joe Mercer jockey , English jockey Leroy Mercer , American football player. Ray Mercer ... Mercer , American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky who also had a career in the National Basketball Association Tommy Mercer , American professional wrestler Literary figures Cecil William Mercer 1885 1960 , British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates David ...   more details



  1. Langston University

    . ref http digital.library.okstate.edu encyclopedia entries L LA021.html ref Langston University is named for John Mercer Langston 1829 1897 , civil rights pioneer, first African American member of U. S. Congress ...Infobox University name Langston University native name image name Langstonseal.jpg image size 150px caption Langston University seal latin name motto Education for Service mottoeng established start date ... Langston, Oklahoma Langston state Oklahoma province country br United States coor campus Rural former ... http www.lunet.edu www.lunet.edu logo Image Langstonuniversitylogo.png footnotes Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma Langston , Oklahoma , United ... 16  km east of Guthrie, Oklahoma Guthrie , Langston also serves an urban mission with University ... Colored Agricultural and Normal University. Langston University was created as a result ... general to Haiti . Poet Melvin B. Tolson taught at Langston from 1947 until 1964. Tolson was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the film The Great Debaters . In 2010, Langston University garnered the attention of local news media outlets reporting more assaults on the Langston University Campus between .... ref name NewsOK.com cite web url http newsok.com langston sees more assaults than ou osu combined report says article 3507451 title Langston Sees More Assaults than OSU, OU Combined, Report Says publisher ... main.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 09 01 ref Student activities The student life at Langston .... Citation needed date June 2008 The Langston University Quiz Bowl team won games against Spelman and an all ... Alum name Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher year nota Langston graduate who stood at the forefront of the fight ... Past President of Langston University and Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. ref Alum ... States 1968 . ref Alum name Marques Haynes year nota starred in basketball and football at Langston ... L. Holloway year nota Past President Langston University ref Alum name Henry Ponder Dr. Henry Ponder ...   more details



  1. Looking for Langston

    Infobox Film name Looking for Langston image Dvd cover.jpg writer Isaac Julien screenplay starring Ben Ellison br Matthew Baidoo br Akim Mogaji br John Wilson br Dencil Williams br Guy Burgess br James Dublin br Harry Donaldson br Jimmy Somerville br Langston Hughes as himself director Isaac Julien producer ... Jones br Trevor Mathison br Peter Spencer cinematography Nina Kellgren Looking for Langston is a 1989 ... the film is a voice over of the original radio broadcast made in tribute to Langston Hughes upon his ... of Langston Hughes. It is a memoriam to Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance as reconstructed from a black gay perspective. ref Dolan Hubbard 2004 Langston Hughes A Bibliographic Essay , in S. Tracy 2004 , A Historical Guild to Langston Hughes , pp. 216 217, Oxford University Press. ref Moreover ... denied, a process paralleled in the ever growing academic studies of Langston Hughes today ... to the historic and cinematic importance of the film in gay cinema, Looking for Langston was and continues ... in the love story between the two leading black protagonists , Ben Ellison as Langston Hughes and Matthew Baidoo as Beauty. ref In one key scene, there is an exchange of looks between Langston and his mythic object of desire, a black man named Beauty ... Mercer, Kobena 1994 Welcome to the Jungle ... Soul Rebe , pp.128 129. British Film Institute. ref Upon the initial first release of Looking for Langston in the United States in 1990, the estate of Langston Hughes attempted to have the film censored ... for Langston , the sound was repeatedly turned down when the work of Hughes was read. Despite ... till this day. Image Looking for Langston lovers.jpg 300px thumb Looking for Langston Actors Ben Ellison ... Men. New York Roulege ISBN 0 415 90759 4 Mercer, Kobena 1994 . Welcome to the Jungle New Positions in Black ... of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0 8166 3015 1 Rampersad, Arnold 1988 . The Life of Langston Hughes Volume ... & Sandra West Ed. , Langston Hughes , p.  162. Checkmark Press ISBN 0 8160 4540 2 External links ...   more details



  1. Langston Hughes

    both his father and his grand uncle, John Mercer Langston who, in 1888, became the first African American ... B. Sheridan, Charles Henry Langston and the African American Struggle in Kansas , Kansas State History , Winter 1999, accessed 15 Dec 2008 ref ref Laurie F. Leach, Langston Hughes A Biography , Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, pp.2 4 ref He and his younger brother John Mercer Langston worked for the abolitionist ... Caroline Mercer Langston was the mother of Langston Hughes. ref William and Aimee Lee Cheek, John Mercer Langston Principle and Politics , in Leon F. Litwack and August Meier, eds., Black Leaders ... 1964 James Mercer Langston Hughes February 1, 1902  May 22, 1967 was an American poet, novelist ... name Berry http books.google.com ?id 4pibsBTGIssC&pg PA3&dq james mercer langston 221888 22 229 As lawyer ... Persondata Persondata NAME Hughes, Langston ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hughes, James Mercer Langston full ... 01 11, 3 August 2011 Infobox Writer for more information see Template Infobox Writer doc name Langston ... the period that Harlem was in vogue . Biography Ancestry and childhood Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri , the second child of school teacher Carrie Caroline Mercer Langston and her husband James Nathaniel Hughes 1871 1934 . Both parents were mixed race , and Langston Hughes was of African ... Afro American Representative to Congress from Virginia, Langston had become a legend in his own time. 22 PPA1,M1 Faith Berry, Langston Hughes, Before and Beyond Harlem , Westport, CT Lawrence Hill ... the men in John Brown s Raid on Harper s Ferry in 1859 and died from his wounds. ref name Berry In 1869 the widow Mary Patterson Leary married again, into the elite, politically active Langston family. Her second husband was Charles Henry Langston , of African American, Native American, and Euro ... Anti Slavery Society in 1858. Charles Langston later moved to Kansas where he was active as an educator ... ref After the separation of his parents, while his mother travelled seeking employment, young Langston ...   more details



  1. Langston, Oklahoma

    Infobox settlement official name Langston, Oklahoma settlement type Town nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map OKMap doton Langston.PNG mapsize 250px map caption Location of Langston, Oklahoma image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Oklahoma subdivision type2 List of counties in Oklahoma County subdivision name2 Logan County, Oklahoma Logan Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 4.8 area land km2 4.8 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 1.9 area land sq mi 1.9 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total 1670 population density km2 346.1 population density sq mi 896.5 General information timezone North American Central Time Zone Central CST utc offset 6 timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 elevation footnotes elevation m 292 elevation ft ... 1094506 GR 3 website footnotes Langston is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma Logan County , Oklahoma ... Area . The population was 1,670 at the United States Census, 2000 2000 census . Langston is home to Langston University , the only historically black college in Oklahoma. Geography Langston ... a majority black state in what was then the Territory of Oklahoma. He named the town for John Mercer Langston , a black member of the 51st United States Congress from Virginia . Notable residents Melvin B. Tolson , poet and mayor of Langston References references External links http www.kancoll.org ... Langston Oklahoma fr Langston Oklahoma ht Langston, Oklahoma nl Langston Oklahoma pt Langston Oklahoma simple Langston, Oklahoma vo Langston Oklahoma ...   more details



  1. Grant Langston

    Grant Langston may refer to Grant Langston motorcyclist born 1982 , South African former motocross world champion Grant Langston musician born 1966 , American singer songwriter hndis Langston, Grant ...   more details



  1. Langston Wilde

    Cleanup rewrite date May 2009 Infobox soap character series One Life to Live name Langston Wilde Cramer image1 File LangstonWilde.png caption1 Brittany Underwood as Langston Wilde first May 17, 2006 last ... color lightblue color text black Langston Wilde Cramer is a fictional character on ABC s daytime ... will last air on April 8, 2011. Character background Langston is first seen while Starr Manning is being ... she fakes amnesia. Langston learns of Starr s ruse to try and reunite her parents. Starr soon comes clean with her parents about faking amnesia. Langston and Starr begin high school, where the two ... the police on Cole, who later arrest him. Langston quickly turns on Cole, who has been kicked off of the football ... Cole, but her parents forbid the two from seeing one another. Langston soon forgives Cole for hurting her friend. Cole and Starr, desperate to be together, decide to run away with the help of Langston ... breaks up with him. Langston signs Starr up for the school musical, and Starr in turn sets Langston up to write the musical. Working with English teacher Marcie McBain , the musical is a success, and Langston ..., Markko becomes concerned about the constant absence of Langston s parents. Sensing that something ... on Langston. Dorian learns that Langston has been orphaned, and living on her own for over a year. Langston can t believe that Dorian would pry into private information regarding her life. During a conversation at school, Langston talks with Starr about her parents death, and they are overheard by Britney. Britney contacts Social Services, and Langston is horrified when she is placed in foster care. Starr s mother, Blair Cramer Blair , is all set to become Langston s foster mother when she is called out of town. In turn, Dorian chooses to become Langston s guardian. After things are official, Langston moves into Dorian s home, and happly continues her relationship with Markko. After ... that she is pregnant. At the last minute, Langston gives Cole the address where Starr is. Cole ...   more details



  1. Raymond Langston

    Laurence Fishburne as Raymond Langston color FFFF99 name Dr. Raymond Langston city Las Vegas, Nevada ... Laurence Fishburne first 19 Down last Raymond Ray Langston , M.D. is a fictional character on the CBS ... AP date 2008 08 21 ref His last name is taken from Fishburne s son Langston. Since mid season 9, he ... in brawls off the battlefield this is something which disturbs Langston considerably. Raymond eventually ... was an Angel of Death criminology Angel of Death , murdering 27 patients. While Langston saw the evidence ... was read by not only Gil Grissom but also Archie Kao and Dr. Tom Loman of CSI Miami . Afterward, Langston ... for the course. After the case s conclusion, Grissom encouraged Langston to join the Las Vegas ... s departure but warms up to Langston after the latter demonstrates a cornmeal bomb. Nevertheless ... Fresh , it is revealed Langston knows some Mandarin Chinese . In episode No Way Out he and fellow ... is killed, who was planning on joining CSI, and Langston attacks the suspects when he blames it on a god ... time he had taken a life in the line of duty. By the tenth season premiere episode, Langston has taken ..., Ray takes his ring off and puts it in his locker and leaves for the wedding. Langston has many ... lab. Langston was a professor of forensics and taught a class in college. Grissom comes to one of his classes, which is when Haskell is mentioned. Haskell was never heard from after Langston became a CSI, following Grissom s retirement. Haskell emerges again when he calls Langston in the first ... of Season 10 Meat Jekyll , Langston is stabbed by Haskell in the closing minutes of the second part ... has done. Later in the episode Bump and Grind , Langston receives a letter from Haskell, where he finds a kidney bean and note that says, Just thinking about you, XO, Nate . Langston throws away ... a good working friendship. Later in the episode Targets of Obsession , Langston goes to court ..., which has been shown to predispose an individual to violent behaviour. When Langston takes the stand ...   more details



  1. Peter Langston

    Peter Langston born 1946 is a computer programmer who wrote and distributed for free several games for Unix systems in the 1970s, including the original version of Empire Classic computer game Empire and the program Oracle upon which the later net wide Internet Oracle Oracle was modeled. He is also an experienced jazz, rock, and folk musician. In 1982, he was hired by the Computer Division of Lucasfilm to start LucasArts Lucasfilm Games . He hired the programming and design teams and wrote the music for and contributed to the game design of Lucasfilm Games first two releases, Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus . In fact, for Ballblazer , Langston created an algorithmic composition system, which allowed the game to improvise music from an initial set of musical snippets contributed by famous musicians based on what is happening in the game. Langston later left Lucasfilm Games for Bellcore now Telcordia Technologies . Langston retired in 1991 and is now consulting and running adult music camps. External links http www.langston.com Peter Langston s Home Page Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Langston, Peter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Langston, Peter Category People from Seattle, Washington Category American folk guitarists Category American jazz guitarists Category American rock guitarists Category Musicians from Washington state Category Living people Category 1946 births Videogame bio stub ...   more details



  1. William Langston

    BLP sources date May 2007 Dr. J. William Langston is the founder, CEO, and Scientific Director of the Parkinson s Institute. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Medicine and was formerly a faculty member at Stanford University and chairman of neurology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California . Dr. Langston has authored or co authored over 250 professional publications in the field of neurology , most of which are on Parkinson s disease and related disorders. Dr. Langston gained national and international recognition in 1982 for the discovery of the link between a synthetic heroin contaminant and parkinsonism. This contaminant, known as MPTP which sometimes taints MPPP , an effective synthetic opioid , is selectively toxic to the same nerve cells in the brain which die in Parkinson s disease, the Substantia nigra . The discovery of the biologic effects of this compound led to a renaissance of the basic and clinical research in Parkinson s disease. MPTP allowed the first animal representation of Parkinson s disease. Dr. Langston s current research interests include the study of mechanisms of neuronal degeneration, the etiology of Parkinson s disease, and the development of new strategies to slow or halt disease progression. He has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Achievement Award from Modern Medicine, the Sarah M. Poiley Award from the New York Academy of Sciences , the 30th Anniversary Award from the Parkinson s Disease Foundation, the Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award from Hoffmann La Roche Roche Pharmaceuticals , and most recently the 1999 Movement Disorders Research Award from the American Academy of Neurology. He wrote a book about his discovery. The Case of the Frozen Addicts. ISBN 0 679 42465 2 External links http www.thepi.org site parkinson section.php?id 3 Parkinson s Institute homepage http www.niehs.nih.gov ccpder tpi langston.htm William Langston Bio DEFAULTSORT Langston, William Category ...   more details



  1. Langston, Alabama

    Infobox settlement official name Langston, Alabama settlement type Town image skyline imagesize image caption image seal image map Jackson County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Langston Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location in Jackson County, Alabama Jackson County and the state of Alabama image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 coordinates region US AL subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision type1 US state State subdivision type2 List of counties in Alabama County subdivision name United States subdivision name1 Alabama subdivision name2 Jackson County, Alabama Jackson government type leader title leader name established date area magnitude area total km2 21.5 area total sq mi 8.2 area land km2 13.1 area land sq mi 5 area water km2 8.4 area water sq mi 3.2 elevation ft 630 elevation m 192 population as of 2000 population footnotes population total 254 population metro population density km2 11.8 population density sq mi 31 timezone Central Time Zone North America Central CST utc offset 6 coordinates display display inline,title latd 34 latm 32 lats 5 latNS N longd 86 longm 4 longs 56 longEW W timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 postal code type ZIP code postal code 35755 area code Area code 256 256 blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 01 41368 blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 0151989 footnotes website Langston is a town in Jackson County, Alabama Jackson County , Alabama , United States , and is included in the Huntsville Decatur Combined Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 254. Geography Langston is located at Coord 34.534817 ... Towns in Alabama Category Huntsville Decatur Combined Statistical Area ca Langston Alabama es Langston Alabama fr Langston Alabama io Langston, Alabama id Langston, Alabama it Langston Alabama ht Langston Alabama lmo Langston, Alabama nl Langston Alabama pt Langston Alabama vo Langston Alabama ...   more details




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