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The social heritage and customs of an organized community,society or ethnic group.
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J.Edgar Hoover
Culture; American culture
(1895 – 1972) Director of the FBI from its creation as the Bureau of Investigation in 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover was responsible for placing the FBI at the heart of ...
Edmund Wilson
Culture; American culture
(1895 – 1972) Poet, novelist, journalist and cultural and political essayist, Wilson was one of the most prodigious writers of the twentieth century After attending Princeton ...
Lewis Mumford
Culture; American culture
(1895 – 1990) Born and educated in New York City, Lewis Mumford became a prominent American intellectual and authority on urban planning after the Second World War, writing ...
Howard Hawks
Culture; American culture
(1896 – 1977) Director, producer, script writer and storyteller. Beginning with silent films, Hawks developed a lengthy varied and successful career marked by strong vision and ...
George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum)
Culture; American culture
(1896 – 1996) Part of a husband and wife (Gracie Allen, 1902–64) vaudeville team, originating in the 1920s, who made a successful transition to radio and then 1950s sitcom (CBS, ...
Richard Russell
Culture; American culture
(1897 – 1971) Richard Russell, a long-serving US senator from Georgia and a conservative Democrat, was Chairperson of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1951 to 1952 and ...
Pledge of Allegiance
Culture; American culture
(Hand over heart, standing) “I pledge allegiance (pause) to the flag (pause) of the United States of America (pause) and to the Republic (pause) for which it stands; one nation ...
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