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Hugh Mulzac
Hugh Nathaniel Mulzac (March 26, 1886 – January 30, 1971) was an African-Caribbean member of the United States Merchant Marine. He earned a Master rating in 1918, which should have qualified him to command a ship, but racial discrimination prevented this from occurring until September 29, 1942. Life and career Early life Hugh Nathaniel Mulzac was born March 26, 1886, on Union Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Hugh was born to Ada Roseline Dunawa who was an accomplished pianist and a woman of pure African descent; Hugh's father, Richard Mulzac, was a mulatto planter and a builder of whaling ships and schooners. Hugh’s grandfather Charles Malzac (sic), was a white man and a native of St. Kitts W.I.... The Mulzac/Malzac family were descended from a French Huguenot galley slave who escaped the sinking of the ship, ‘Notre Dame de Bonne Esperance” off the coast of Martinique in 1687. He attended the Church of England School in Kingstown, SVG which was headed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Island
Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has a surface of and lies about west-southwest of Barbados within view of the islands of Carriacou and the mainland of Grenada, which lies directly south. Clifton and Ashton, Union Island, Ashton are the two principal towns. The island is home to just under 3,000 residents. The official language is English language, English, however French language, French and German language, German are spoken by some merchants in Clifton as well. The island has an airport, Union Island Airport, with domestic flights to Saint Vincent (island), Saint Vincent and some of the Grenadines, as well as international flights to Barbados, Carriacou, Grenada and Martinique. Geography Due to its volcanic silhouette, it is also called the ''Tahiti of the West Indies''. The island is approximately long and wide. Surrounding islands are Tobago Cays, Mayreau, Palm Island, Grenadines, Palm Island, and Petit Saint Vincent. The high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York State Election, 1958
The 1958 New York state election was held on November 4, 1958, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. Background In January 1957, Jacob K. Javits took his seat in the U.S. Senate and thus vacated the office of New York State Attorney General. On January 9, the New York State Legislature elected Louis J. Lefkowitz to the office for the unexpired term. Marvin R. Dye had been elected to the Court of Appeals in 1944, thus his 14-year term would expire at the end of the year. Nominations The Socialist Labor state convention met on March 23 and nominated Eric Hass for governor; John Emanuel for lieutenant governor; Milton Herder for state comptroller; and Stephen Emery for U.S. Senator. The ticket was ruled off the ballot, but Hass and his fellow nominees continued to campaign a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Nugget Of History
The following is an episode list for the Disney Channel sitcom, ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'', which aired from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2005–06) Season 2 (2006–07) Season 3 (2007–08) See also * List of The Suite Life on Deck episodes, List of ''The Suite Life on Deck'' episodes * List of That's So Raven episodes, List of ''That's So Raven'' episodes - includes "Checkin' Out", part one of 'That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana' crossover * List of Hannah Montana episodes, List of ''Hannah Montana'' episodes - includes "On the Road Again", part three of 'That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana' crossover References ;General references * * External links * List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodesat Zap2it List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodesat AOL Television List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes at Yahoo! TV {{DEFAULTSORT:Suite Life Of Zack and Cody, Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital media, digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as ''The Daily (podcast), The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones (publisher), George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times, 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked List of newspapers by circulation, 18th in the world by circulation and List of newspapers in the United States, 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is Public company, publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street (Manhattan), 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street (Manhattan), Central Park North on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard (Manhattan), Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and 96th Street (Manhattan), East 96th Street. Originally a Netherlands, Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Harlem was predominantly occupied by Jewish American, Jewish and Italian American, Italian Americans in the 19th century, but African-American residents began to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Mulzac
Una Mulzac (April 19, 1923 – January 21, 2012) was an African American bookseller and founder of the Liberation Bookstore, a prominent African-American Bookstores, African-American bookstore specializing in political and Black Power materials and was located in Harlem.Douglas Martin"Una Mulzac, Bookseller With Passion for Black Politics, Dies at 88" ''New York Times'', February 4, 2012. Personal life Una Mulzac was born in Baltimore, but raised in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, Hugh Mulzac, was a socialist and the first black commander of a ship in the United States Merchant Marine. She grew up in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant, where she graduated from Girls' High School. Mulzac briefly worked as a secretary for Random House. In 1963, Mulzac moved to British Guiana, where she joined the People's Progressive Party and ran their bookstore in the capital of Georgetown. She was injured in a bomb attack at the Progressive Book Store. Mulzac was on the executive b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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