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Childress ( ) may refer to: People * Alice Childress (1916–1994), American playwright and author * Alvin Childress, American actor * Bam Childress, American football player * Bob Childress (1890–1956), American Presbyterian minister * Brad Childress, American football coach * David Hatcher Childress, a writer on alternative archeology * Dimeco Childress, American basketball player * Frank Childress, American rapper, known professionally as Comethazine * Fred Childress (born 1966), Canadian football league player * George Childress, lawyer, statesman and principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence * James Childress, American philosopher and theologian * Jimmy Childress, American football coach * Joe Childress (1933–1986), American NFL player * Josh Childress, American basketball player * Kallie Flynn Childress, American actress * Mark B. Childress, American ambassador * Mark Childress, American novelist * Nina Childress (born 1961), French-American artist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Childress
Alice Childress (October 12, 1916 – August 14, 1994) was an American novelist, playwright, and actress, acknowledged as "the only African-American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ensl ... woman to have written, produced, and published plays for four decades."Mary Helen Washington"Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, and Claudia Jones: Black Women Write the Popular Front" in Bill Mullen and James Edward Smethurst (eds), ''Left of the Color Line: Race, Radicalism, and Twentieth-Century Literature of the United States'', Chapel Hill/London: University of North Carolina Press, 2003, p. 186. Childress described her work as trying to portray the have-nots in a have society, saying: "My writing attempts to interpret the 'ordinary' because they are not ordinary. Each human is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Childress
Nina Childress (born Christine Childress, 1961) is a French-American visual artist, based in Paris, France. Life and work Born in Pasadena, California, United States, she studied in Paris at the Ecole National Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD). At the end of the 1970s, she took an active part in the French punk movement with her group, Lucrate Milk. She started painting at the same time and, from 1985 to 1989, joined the street artist collective Les Frères Ripoulin. Her work has been shown internationally in museums, art centers and galleries. In 2012, the MAMCO, Museum d'art moderne et contemporain (Geneva) held a major exhibition of her paintings. In 2013, the Palais de Tokyo commissioned her ''Green Curtain'': a large ''in-situ'' installation for the entrance of the museum. Childress teaches painting at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts since 2019. She was teaching before at the École nationale supérieure d’art (ENSA) in Nancy, France. Solo exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childress County, Texas
Childress County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,664. The county seat is Childress. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1887. It is named for George Campbell Childress, the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence. County and regional history is preserved in the Childress County Heritage Museum in downtown Childress. The Bradley 3 Ranch, operated by matriarch Minnie Lou Bradley, is entirely in Childress County, but has a Memphis ( Hall County) mailing address. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (2.4%) are covered by water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 62 * U.S. Highway 83 * U.S. Highway 287 * State Highway 256 Adjacent counties * Collingsworth County (north) * Harmon County, Oklahoma (northeast) * Hardeman County (east) * Cottle County (south) * Hall County (west) Demographics ''Note: the US Census treat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childress, Texas
Childress ( ) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,905 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Childress County. The city and county were named in honor of George Campbell Childress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who was the principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The county and city were incorporated more than four decades after Childress's death. In December 2015, the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' voted Childress ninth among the ten "most conservative" cities in the United States in regard to political contributions. Other West Texas communities in the most conservative lineup are Hereford (No. 1), Monahans (No. 5), and Dalhart in Dallam County in the far northwestern Texas Panhandle (No. 8). Princeton in Collin County north of Dallas ranked No. 2. In contrast, Vashon Island, Washington was named the "most liberal" city in the nation in terms of political donations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Childress
William Childress (February 5, 1933 - February 9, 2022) was an American writer, author, poet, and photojournalist. Childress received numerous awards, prizes, and accolades for his writing and poetry, and is regarded as one of the foremost poets of the Korean War by at least two critics. Biography Childress was born the oldest son of a poor family of migrant sharecroppers. He joined the Army in 1951 at age 18 and deployed to Korea in September 1952 during the Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ... as a demolitions specialist. He was honorably discharged in November 1953 and attended barber school. In 1955, he reenlisted as a paratrooper serving in Germany and France. While a paratrooper, he made 33 airborne jumps, and twice narrowly escaping death from parachu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Childress Polk
Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 – August 14, 1891) was the first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849. She was the wife of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk. Well educated in a successful family, Sarah met her future husband at a young age. They never had children of their own, though they did foster relatives. Socially keen and well informed, Sarah helped her husband's career with her hosting skills and advised him on political matters at times, though she stayed out of the public limelight. Following her husband's death in 1849, Sarah had a 42-year widowhood, the longest of any First Lady. Early life and education Sarah Childress was born in 1803 to Elizabeth Whitsitt and Joel Childress, a prominent planter, merchant, and land speculator—the third of their six children. She was well educated for a woman of her time and place, attending the exclusive Moravians' Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1817, one of the few institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Childress
Ross Childress (born September 8, 1971) is an American musician. He was the original lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the rock band Collective Soul. Life and career Childress was born on September 8, 1971, in Stockbridge, Georgia, USA. Collective Soul Childress grew up with and had played with the original band members of Collective Soul before the group signed to Atlantic Records in early 1994. Over a period of eight years with the band, he recorded on, and toured in support of, five studio albums that have sold over seven million copies and generated seven #1 singles on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. He left the band in September 2001, 2 weeks before the release of the greatest hits compilation '' 7even Year Itch'' with Joel Kosche taking his place. The band had released a brief statement on its website regarding the departure, urging fans to understand that the situation was very personal. Collective Soul performed their first concert without Childress i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Childress
Rodney Osborne "Rocky" Childress (born February 18, 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1985 until 1988, for the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after .... External links Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Phillies players Houston Astros players Helena Phillies players Bend Phillies players Spartanburg Traders players Peninsula Pilots players Reading Phillies players Portland Beavers players Tucson Toros players Tidewater Tides players Bend Bandits players Baseball players from California Sportspeople from Santa Rosa, California 1962 births Living people {{US-baseball-pitcher-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Childress
Robert Childress (1915–1983) was an American illustrator, perhaps best known for his work in the classic Dick and Jane books for children. He used his wife and children as models for some of the characters. He studied architecture at Clemson University, graduating in 1936. In the 1940s, he painted ads for clients such as Duncan Hines, Campbell Soups, Coca-Cola, Wonder Bread, Bird's Eye, and GLF (Grange League Federation) which later became Agway. His works graced the covers of the nation's leading periodicals. He was commissioned to paint the portraits of several Deans at Cornell University, Duncan Hines, and U.S. Justice of the Supreme Court James F. Byrnes James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, mos .... In the 1970s, he painted campus scenes of over thirty colleges and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Childress
Robert Alexander Childress (born September 26, 1968) is a baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current director of player development for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He played college baseball at Northwood from 1987 to 1990. He then served as head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies (2006–2021). Playing career Childress attended Harmony High School in Harmony, Texas. He was then recruited to Northwood University, where he would continue his athletic career as a pitcher, twice earning all-conference honors. Coaching career Assistant coach During his eight years as pitching coach with Nebraska (1998–2005), the Cornhuskers advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times, reached the Super Regionals four times, and the College World Series three times. He helped construct the Nebraska pitching staff into one of the best in the nation, posting the top five single-season strikeout records in Nebraska history. His last season at Nebraska, his staff finished with an ERA of 2.69, ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Childress
Richard Childress (born September 21, 1945 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American former race car driver in NASCAR. As the owner of Richard Childress Racing (RCR), he became one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina. In 2004, he opened a vineyard in the Yadkin Valley AVA near Lexington. He was on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association. His grandsons Austin Dillon and Ty Dillon are NASCAR drivers. Driving career Childress's career in NASCAR started in 1969 when a drivers' strike at Talladega Superspeedway left NASCAR president William France Sr. looking for replacement drivers. By 1971, Childress was racing as an independent driver, using the number 96. He changed to number 3 in 1976 as a tribute to Junior Johnson. Although he never won as a driver, he nonetheless proved to be capable and consistent behind the wheel, registering six top-5 finishes, seventy-six top-10 finishes, and five Top 10 point finishes, with a career-best ranking of fifth in 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Childress
Raymond Clay Childress, Jr. (born October 20, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies. Early years Childress attended J. J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas playing for Coach Hilton Lambeth, where he was an All-state defensive tackle. He accepted a football scholarship from Texas A&M University. He became a star as a freshman at defensive tackle. As a junior, he posted 117 tackles, 15 quarterback sacks (school record) and was named First-team All-American. As a senior, he anchored an Aggie defense that ranked No. 5 nationally in pass defense (127.5 yards per game). He recorded 124 tackles and 10 sacks. His 25 career sacks was then a school record for a non-linebacker and his 360 tackles then ranked fourth on A&M's career list. He was a consensus All-American selection. Childress ranks fifth all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
