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The social heritage and customs of an organized community,society or ethnic group.
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Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Culture; American culture
(1886 – 1969) His phrase “Less is More” epitomized the International Style. His buildings expressed twentieth-century industrial society through skin-and-bones construction. ...
Avery Brundage
Culture; American culture
(1887 – 1975) Arguably the most powerful figure in the history of the modern Olympic Games. During his tenure as chairperson of the American Olympic Committee (1930–52), and ...
Georgia O’Keefe
Culture; American culture
(1887 – 1986) Pioneering American female artist, her bold oversized flowers and abstract still-life representations of the West have made her one of the most popular figures of ...
A.Philip Randolph
Culture; American culture
(1889 – 1979) Born in Florida, Randolph migrated to New York City in 1911, where he attended City College, becoming a socialist. In 1917 he established the radical Harlem, NY ...
Dwight David Eisenhower
Culture; American culture
(1890 – 1969) President between 1953 and 1961, following his success as commander of the Allied Armed forces during the Second World War. Eisenhower labeled himself a “dynamic ...
Earl Warren (Court)
Culture; American culture
(1891 – 1974) Earl Warren emerged from a working-class family to become Alameda County district attorney Attorney-General of California, three-term governor of California and ...
Pearl Buck (Pearl Sydenstreicker Walsh)
Culture; American culture
(1892 – 1973) Buck grew up in China with her missionary parents, returning several times during her career and even teaching at Nanjing University. Her experiences of the small ...
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