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Earvin Magic Johnson
Earvin “Magic” Johnson 1959– Former professional basketball player, entrepreneur At a Glance…... Read more |
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Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson (Earvin Johnson, Jr.), 1959-, African-American basketball player, b. Lansing, Mich. After winning the national championship with Michigan State Univ. (1979), he joined the Los Angeles Lakers and with them won five National Basketball Association championships (1980, 1982, 1985,... Read more |
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Robert Sherlaw Johnson
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Pamela Hansford Johnson
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Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson 1912-, b. Karnack, Tex., as Claudia Alta Taylor. She married (1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an active role in his political career. As first lady (1963-69) she sponsored environmental causes and national beautification projects and later co-founded (1982) what is now the... Read more |
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Charles S. Johnson
Charles S. Johnson 1893-1956 Sociologist, writer, educator, editor At a Glance… Read more |
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J.J. Johnson
J.J. Johnson Trombonist, composer, bandleader Early Professional Start “Def... Read more |
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The Girl of the Golden West
Girl of the Golden West, The (1905), a play by David Belasco. [Belasco Theatre, 224 perf.] Minnie Falconer ( Blanche Bates) may be the owner of the Polka Saloon in a California mining camp called Cloudy Mountain, but she is also the town's respected schoolmarm, and she is courted by the gentlemanly... Read more |
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Samuel Johnson (United States)
Samuel Johnson 1696-1772, American clergyman, educator, and philosopher, b. Guilford, Conn., grad. Collegiate School (now Yale), 1714; father of William Samuel Johnson . He became a Congregationalist minister, but in 1722 joined the Church of England. In 1724 he opened the first Anglican church... Read more |
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Charles (Richard) Johnson
Johnson, Charles [Richard] (1948–), African‐American novelist, cartoonist, television script writer, born in Evanston, Ill. Johnson is a professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. His novel Faith and the Good Thing (1974) concerns the adventures of Faith Cross, a Southern... Read more |
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Rocks' Berry harbours high hoops of NBA career
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