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Case was a lawyer and broadcast journalist who was probably best known as the news anchor of CNN Radio from 1985 – 2011.
Bruno helped shape political coverage at ABC News for over 20 years. He was a frequent analyst on radio and television broadcasts alike.
Pierpoint was a broadcast journalist who worked for CBS. He began his career covering the Korean War, before becoming one of CBS’ White House correspondents. Pierpoint was also tasked with also covering the State Department for CBS.
Fred Shuttlesworth was a civil rights activist who lead the charge against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama. He was the co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy from Montgomery, Rev. Joseph Lowery from Mobile, Alabama, Rev. T.J. Jemison [...]
Charles Percy was a U.S. Senator from Illinois, and a member of the Republican party. He was elected in 1966, and held office until 1985. During his time as senator, he focused on business and foreign relations.
Kara Kennedy was the oldest of the three children of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. Though being instantly famous for simply being a Kennedy, Kara was also a television producer and has been described as “an American professional board member.”
Layton was a Canadian social democratic politician and the leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament. He lead the New Democratic Party from 2003 – 2011. Occasionally he served as acting mayor and deputy mayor of Toronto while on the City Council. He was also the Member of Parliament for the constituency of [...]
Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren, Better known as Betty, was a former First Lady of the United States, a title she held from 1974 through 1977 during the presidency of her husband Gerald Ford. During her time as first lady she shook things up when she became very politically active. In 1978 family members staged an [...]
bin Laden was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family and founder of organization al-Qaeda, who is most known for the September 11th attacks on the United States of America. As a result of his dealings with violent extremists, his Saudi citizenship was revoked and he was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted [...]
Ferraro was a former United States House of Prepresentatives, lawyer and Democratic Party politician. She is probably most known for being the first femal Vice Presidential candidate, representing a “major” political party.
David Broder was a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, who wrote about national politics for the Washington Post for over fourty years. He covered every presidential convention since 1956.
Sargent Shriver was a famous politician and activist, who was credited as one of the leading forces behind the creation of the Peace Corps. He founded the Job Corps, and ran as Vice President under George McGovern’s campaign.
Richard Holbrooke is possibly one of the most important US diplomatic figures in the past 20 years. Recently, Holbrooke was assigned to a special adviser position for both Pakistan and Afghanistan, by President Obama.
Elizabeth Edwards was many things throughout her life. An attorney, a best-selling author, and wife to a US Senator. Her battle with breast cancer led Edwards to champion the cause, and she became known as a major inspiration to women around the world.
Due to a death for one of the U.S Senators, Stevens was appointed to the position in 1968 by the Alaskan governor. After his appointment, Stevens will win his campaigns to be re-elected until his 2002 run.
Robert Byrd was born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina in 1917. At one year old, his mother died by way of a flu pandemic. Per their mother’s wishes, the kids in the family were dispersed to various relatives. Sale Jr. ended up living with his aunt and uncle in southern West [...]
Haig served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and was also White House Chief of Staff under both President’s Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon. Haig is well known for his incorrect interpretation of the U.S Constitution after the assassination attempt on Reagan, where he thought he assumed control after the [...]
Wilson was a former naval officer and former 12-term Democratic United States Representative from the 2nd congressional district in Texas. His behind the scenes work during the Soviet war in Afghanistan was the subject of a very popular book and later movie starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Amy Adams and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Murtha was a politician from Pennsylvania, where he represented the states 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Murtha held the office from 1974 until his death in 2010. Murtha is probably most known for his views on the Iraq War
Parker was a famous crime writer who is probably best known for his Spenser and Jesse Stone series of novels. The Spenser series was adapted into a television show for the ABC Network during the late 1980s entitled Spenser: For Hire, starring the late Robert Urich. The Jesse Stone series has also been turned into [...]
Yamaguchi, a Japanese man, was the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, which took place near the end of World War II. On August 6, 1945 Yamaguchi had just arrived in Hiroshima on business when the atomic bomb, Little Boy, was dropped over the city just [...]
Oral Roberts was a renowned televangelist and claimed Jesus had appeared to him numerous times asking him to undertake various tasks. Under the order of Jesus, Roberts opened his own university in 1963.
Safire was an author, journalist, columnist and presidential speechwriter. He is probably most known for his long running syndicated column for the New York Times. Safire retired from his political column in 2005, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times had the following to say about Safire… “The New York Times without Bill [...]
Kennedy was a Senator from Massachusetts and a leading member of the Democratic Party. He had been in office since November 1962, serving nine terms in the Senate. Kennedy was the youngest brother to President John F. Kennedy.
Hewitt was a television executive and producer who is best known for creating the news magazine show 60 Minutes.
Novak was a syndicated columnist, political commentator and journalist for more than 45 years. He was also the author of the longest-running syndicated column in U.S. political history.
Shriver was a member of the prominent Kennedy family, younger sister to John F. Kennedy. She helped found the Special Olympics during the 1960s.
Kemp was a former professional football player turned politician who was the Vice President nominee, in 1996, alongside Bob Dole. As a U.S. Congressman he was the primary driver of President Ronald Reagan’s supply-side economics agenda which led to large tax cuts. These cuts are largely credited with bringing on one of the most successful [...]
Lem was a Norwegian environmental activist, author and spokesperson for The Future In Our Hands, and anti-consumerism activist. Some of Lem’s work includes… - Signaler – compilation - Utenfor bymuren – short stories - Motlys – novel - Grenseovergang – novel - Bjørneboes menneskesyn i Frihetens øyeblikk – thesis - Den tause krigen - Det [...]
Silver was an actor, director, producer and political activist. He made his acting debut in 1976 with the film Tunnel Vision. Silver had a very diverse career, some of his work consisted of Timecop, Mr. Saturday Night, Ali, and the recurring role as political adviser Bruno Gianelli on The West Wing. Though he was a [...]