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Gilbert King (author)
Gilbert Anthony King (born February 22, 1962) is an American writer and photographer. He is known best as the author of '' Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America'' (2012), which won the Pulitzer Prize. With short biography and publisher's description. His previous history was ''The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South'' (2008) and his most recent is ''Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found'' (2018). He has written for ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post'', and he is a featured contributor to the ''Smithsonian's'' history blog ''Past Imperfect''. As a photographer, his work has appeared in many magazines including international editions of ''Vogue'', '' Harper's Bazaar'', ''Marie Claire'', and ''Cosmopolitan''. Biography Gilbert King was born in 1962 in Rockville Center, New York and grew up in St. James, both on Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Madame Figaro
''Madame Figaro'' is a French magazine supplement to the Saturday edition of the daily newspaper ''Le Figaro'', focusing on and catering to women. History and profile The first edition was published in 1980. ''Madame Figaro'' was spearheaded by Robert Hersant, who succeeded Jean Prouvost (creator of the French women's fashion magazine ''Marie Claire''). The magazine experienced immediate success, owing to its diverse contents, and the quality of the writing, targeting affluent readers. The first female Editor-in-Chief of the magazine was Marie-Claire Pauwels, daughter of Louis Pauwels. The launch of ''Madame Figaro'' in 1980 marked a distinct distancing from the feminist movement of the preceding decade (notably from the movement to "liberate pornography" that had a goal of seizing power from the dominant moral and religious institutions). ''Madame Figaro'' had its origins as a single page feature appearing in ''Figaro Magazine'', because that magazine's majority of readers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand DeBlanc
Bertrand may refer to: Places * Bertrand, Missouri, US * Bertrand, Nebraska, US * Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada * Bertrand Township, Michigan, US * Bertrand, Michigan Bertrand was a village in the southern part of the township at on the St. Joseph River approximately south of Niles. Joseph Bertrand, a French Canadian, had a trading post here by 1812. He had married the daughter of a Potawatomi chief and thr ... * Bertrand, Virginia, US * Bertrand Creek, state of Washington * Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France * Bertrand (1981–94 electoral district), in Quebec * Bertrand (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec Other * Bertrand (name) * Bertrand (programming language) * Bertrand (steamboat), ''Bertrand'' (steamboat), an 1865 steamboat that sank in the Missouri River * Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' * Bertrand competition, an economic model where firms compete on price * Bertrand's theorem, a theo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |