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  1. John Mercer Langston House

    Infobox nrhp name John Mercer Langston House nrhp type nhl image John Mercer Langston House.jpg caption Front of the Langston House location Oberlin, Ohio lat degrees 41 lat minutes 17 lat seconds 28 lat direction N long degrees 82 long minutes 12 long seconds 36 long direction W locmapin Ohio area built 1855 architect architecture Late Gothic Revival designated nrhp type May 15, 1975 ref name nhlsum cite web url http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 1560&ResourceType Building title John Mercer Langston House accessdate 2008 06 16 work National Historic Landmark summary listing publisher National Park Service ref added May 15, 1975 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref governing body Private refnum 75001464 The John Mercer Langston House is a National Historic Landmark in Oberlin, Ohio . It was home to John Mercer Langston , abolitionist and US Congressman , who was one of the first African Americans elected to public office in the United States. References reflist External links http hdl.loc.gov loc.pnp hhh.oh0372 John Mercer Langston House, 207 East College Street, Oberlin, Lorain County, OH 2 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page , at Historic American Building Survey National Register of Historic Places Category National Historic Landmarks in Ohio Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category Houses completed in 1855 Category Houses in Lorain County, Ohio Ohio NRHP stub de John Mercer Langston House ...   more details



  1. John Mercer Langston

    Infobox Congressman name John Mercer Langston image name John Mercer Langston.jpg thumb John Mercer Langston ... profession Attorney and educator spouse Caroline Matilda Wall John Mercer Langston December 14, 1829 ... Lee. John Mercer Langston and the Fight for Black Freedom, 1829 65 . Urbana and Chicago University ... images JMLangston.html John Mercer Langston 1829 1897 , Oberlin College, accessed 15 Dec 2008 ref ... to Ohio to be raised in an affluent Quaker household. ref name John Mercer Langston http www.blackpast.org ?q aah langston john mercer 1829 1897 John Mercer Langston , Black Past , accessed 15 Dec 2008 ... John M. Langston.jpg thumb left 200px John Mercer Langston In 1863 when the government approved founding ... John Mercer Langston Principle and Politics , in Leon F. Litwack and August Meier, eds., Black ..., 1890. Legacy and honors File John Mercer Langston House.jpg thumb right Langston s house in Oberlin, a National Historic Landmark His John Mercer Langston House house in Oberlin was designated a National Historic Landmark . Oklahoma s Langston University is named in his honor, as are John Mercer Langston ... Mercer Langston High School in Danville, Virginia and John M. Langston High School Continuation Program ... called Langston Hughes . ref name John Mercer Langston See also List of African American firsts Publications refbegin cite book last Langston first John Mercer coauthors authorlink title From the Virginia ... books?id Ro8hAAAAMAAJ&printsec frontcover v onepage&q&f false isbn Langston, John Mercer. Freedom and Citizenship Selected Lectures of Hon. John Mercer Langston . Washington D.C. William H.Darby ... Cheek, William Francis and Aimee Lee. John Mercer Langston and the Fight for Black Freedom, 1829 65 ... William Cheek, A Negro Runs for Congress John Mercer Langston and the Virginia Campaign of 1888 , Journal of Negro History , 52 Jan 1967 W. Cheek, John Mercer Langston Black Protest Leader and Abolitionist ... scripts biodisplay.pl?index L000074 John Mercer Langston , Congressional Biography Appletons http ...   more details



  1. John Mercer

    John Mercer may refer to John Francis Mercer 1759 1821 , American statesman, delegate to the Constitutional Convention Captain John Mercer died 1756 , colonial Virginia militiaman killed at the Battle of Great Cacapon John Mercer colonial lawyer 1704 1768 , colonial Virginia lawyer John Francis Mercer 1759 1821 , Governor of Maryland, 1801 1803, son of the Virginia lawyer John Mercer scientist 1791 1866 , British textile chemist John Mercer Australian pastoralist 1823 1891 , Australian pastoralist and politician, see Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1851 1853 John Mercer baseball 1892 1982 , Major League Baseball first baseman John Mercer archaeologist 1934 1982 , British archaeologist and author Johnny Mercer 1909 1976 , American songwriter Jack Mercer 1910 1984 , American animator Jack Mercer cricketer 1893 1987 , cricketer for Glamorgan hndis Mercer, John de John Mercer ...   more details



  1. Langston

    Langston is the name of two places in the United States Langston, Alabama Langston, Oklahoma Langston is a name of English people English origin John Langston Gwaltney , African American writer and anthropologist Langston Hughes 1902 1967 , African American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist Charles Henry Langston , African American abolitionist and political activist Grant Langston motorcyclist , South African motocross champion Grant Langston musician , American singer songwriter John Mercer Langston 1829 1897 , U.S. civil rights pioneer, first African American member of Congress Mark Langston 1960 , Major League Baseball pitcher Michael Langston , computer scientist in field of bioinformatics and computational biology Murray Langston, Canadian American known as The Unknown Comic Peter Langston , computer programmer Wann Langston, Jr. , American paleontologist William Langston , American neurologist Langston Moore , American football player Jamie Langston Turner , American novelist Langston Walker , American football player Matt Langston , American singer songwriter Fictional characters Langston Wilde Langston Wilde Cramer , a character from the American soap opera One Life to Live Langston Graham , a character from the television series Chuck TV series Chuck Raymond Langston , a character from the television series CSI Crime Scene Investigation There is also Langston Field , a fictional technology found in the book The Mote in God s Eye Langston Terrace Dwellings , National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C. listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Langston University Looking for Langston , a 1989 film disambig de Langston it Langston nl Langston pl Langston vo Langston ...   more details



  1. John Langston Gwaltney

    John Langston Gwaltney 1928 1998 was an African American writer and anthropologist focused on African American culture ref http www.aaanet.org sections aba htdocs pioneers.html Gwaltney biographical sketch at the Association of Black Anthropologists, Pioneers website ref ref http www.anthrosource.net Abstract.aspx?issn 1051 0559&volume 7&issue 2&doubleissueno 0&article 242549&suppno 0&jstor False Gwaltney s Influence on African American Anthropology , Cheryl Rodriguez, Transforming Anthropology vol. 7, issue 2, July 1998 pp. 71 72 ref , best known for his book Drylongso nonfiction book Drylongso A Self Portrait of Black America . ref http www.csmonitor.com 1981 0330 033003.html Drylongso review, Christian Science Monitor , March 30, 1981 ref ref http ohr.oxfordjournals.org content 10 1 189.extract Drylongso review at the Oxford Journal s Oral History Review website ref Academic background Gwaltney earned a BA from Upsala College in 1952, an 1957 MA from the New School for Social Research in 1957, and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University in 1967. He was a professor of anthropology at the University of Syracuse in New York. Drylongso Drylongso is a collection of Gwaltney s transcriptions of oral interviews with who he described as core black people , ordinary men and women who made up black America. In the interviews, he asked people to define their culture. The book includes a glossary of African American terms, and interviews with 42 people from the Northeast United States. The title is from an African American word, drylongso , which is used to mean ordinary , in reference to the social status of the interviewees. In a terse introductory statement chosen by Gwaltney from an interviewee not included in the broader text, factory worker Othman Sullivan says I think ..., John Langston ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Writer and anthropologist DATE OF BIRTH 1928 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1998 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gwaltney, John Langston Category African American ...   more details



  1. PS 185 John M. Langston

    PS 185 John M. Langston is a public elementary school in New York City . It is designated an Empowerment School by the New York City Department of Education . The schools serves Pre Kindergarten , Kindergarten , 1st grade, 2nd grade, and Special Education SE . ref https schools.nyc.gov SchoolPortals 03 M185 default.htm?searchType school NYC DOE School Portal PS 185 John M.Langston M185 ref They offer a Gifted education Gifted and Talented program and a Dual Language program. The school is named after John Mercer Langston , an American abolitionist and the first African American U.S. Congressman elected from Virginia. See also List of public elementary schools in New York City Empowerment School References Notes reflist External links https schools.nyc.gov SchoolPortals 03 M185 default.htm?searchType school NYC DOE School Portal PS 185 John M.Langston M185 http www.emsc.nysed.gov repcrd2005 schools 310300010185.shtml P.S. 185 John M. Langston School in New York City Geographic District 3 2004 05 The New York State School Report Card NYC school stub coord missing New York City Category Elementary schools in New York City Category Schools in Manhattan ...   more details



  1. John Mercer (scientist)

    Image John Mercer Chemist .jpeg thumb right John Mercer scientist John Mercer 21 February 1791 30 November 1866 was an England English dye and fabric chemist and fabric printer born in Great Harwood , Lancashire . In 1844 he developed a process for treating cotton , mercerised cotton mercerisation , that improves many of its qualities for use in fabrics. John Mercer never went to school, he learned basic reading and writing from his neighbour. He was very fond of dyeing. With the help of a chemistry ... in Great Harwood in 1903, as well as the Mercer Hall. Mercer s cottage at Oakenshaw was donated to be a museum and park. ref http www.lancashirepioneers.com mercer decline.asp ref A full list is as follows William Shuttleworth 52 Town Clerk of Liverpool John Mercer 70 Chymist John Mercer ... M. Ferrara 37 Private Servant External sources http www.lancashirepioneers.com mercer early.asp Biography and pictures about John Mercer http www.oxforddnb.com public dnb 18573.html Oxford Dictionary of National Biography E. A. Parnell, The life and labours of John Mercer 1886 R. S. Crossley, Accrington ... in the early 19th century the life and colours of John Mercer , Annals of Science , 54 1997 , 1 28 A. W. Baldwin, Mercer and mercerization , Endeavour , 3 1944 , 138 43 References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mercer, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ..., Clayton le Moors DEFAULTSORT Mercer, John Category 1791 births Category 1866 deaths Category People ... printers Category 19th century English people England scientist stub UK chemist stub de John Mercer Chemiker el fr John Mercer gd John Mercer it John Mercer sq John Mercer kimist ... him as a 70 year old Chymist , living with his son John and 12 others at 29 Burlington Hotel. Florence Nightingale was next door, at No. 30 . Mercer died at home in 1866 and buried in St Bartholemew ... Civil Engineer John Westmoreland 37 West India Merchant James Gray 30 Ireland Robert Milne 36 Civil ...   more details



  1. John Mercer (archaeologist)

    John Barry Mercer 1934 July 1982 was a United Kingdom British archaeologist , author and weaving weaver . Born in Ibiza to British parents, he was educated in Spain and England . ref http www.liveibiza.com ibiza literature john mercer ibiza.htm ref He moved to Lealt on the Scottish island of Jura, Scotland Jura in the 1960s where he spent more than a decade researching and excavating Jura and establishing it as a significant Mesolithic site. ref http www.theisleofjura.co.uk web 365 Camas 20a 20Bhuailte.html ref ref http www.theisleofjura.co.uk index 20files History 20of 20Jura 20Part 201.html ref Mercer wrote a children s novel, Lizard Island Expedition 1965 , drawing on his own experiences in the Balearics. He also published a guidebook to the islands of Colonsay , Gigha and Jura 1974 and several books on the Canary Islands . He also published a history of wool spinning. Partial Bibliography ... Category 1934 births Mercer, John Category 1982 deaths Mercer, John Category People from Ibiza Mercer, John Category English archaeologists Mercer, John Category People associated with Argyll and Bute Mercer, John ..., conquest, and survival , Collings, 1980. Academic Papers Mercer, J 1968 Stone tools from ... of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Proc Soc Antiq Scot , 100 1967 8 , 1 46. br Mercer, J ... , 102, 1969 70 , 1 30. br Mercer, J 1971 A regression time stone workers camp, 33ft OD, Lussa River, Isle of Jura , Proc Soc Antiq Scot , 103 1970 1 , 1 32. br Mercer, J 1972 Roomed and Roomless Grain ... Mon Soc , New Series, 19 1972 , 27 36. br Mercer, J 1972 Microlithic and Bronze Age camps, 75 26 ft OD, N Cam, Isle of Jura , Proc Soc Antiq Scot , 104 1971 2 , 1 22. br Mercer, J 1974 Glenbatrick Waterhole, a microlithic site on the Isle of Jura , Proc Soc Antiq Scot , 105 1972 4 , 9 32. br Mercer ... , 110 1979 80 , 1 31. br Mercer, J and Searight, S 1986 Glengarrisdale confirmation of Jura s third ...   more details



  1. John Francis Mercer

    Other people2 John Mercer disambiguation Use mdy dates date October 2011 No footnotes date December 2007 Image John Francis Mercer.jpg thumb 200px John Francis Mercer John Francis Mercer May 17, 1759 August 30, 1821 was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland . Born in 1759 in Marlborough, Stafford County, Virginia , to John Mercer colonial lawyer John Mercer and Ann Roy Mercer, he graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1775 and was a delegate for Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1783 and 1784. He married Sophia Sprigg February 3, 1785. ref citation url http books.google.com ?id 9jASAAAAYAAJ&printsec toc&dq 22John Francis Mercer 22 22sophia sprigg 22 title William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine publisher College of William and Mary ... Robert Bowie s end Governors of Maryland Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mercer, John Francis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1759 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1821 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mercer, John Francis Category ... Maryland politician stub de John Francis Mercer la Ioannes Franciscus Mercer ja pl John Francis Mercer sv John Francis Mercer ... PA90&dq 22John Francis Mercer 22 22sophia sprigg 22&source web&ots nIwJb45PJx&sig s0hR7B5Yt8 TLNrSXnb0dmOLCz4 ... Revolutionary War , Mercer was commissioned a captain in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in the Continental ... the war, Mercer moved to Anne Arundel County, Maryland , and was a Maryland delegate to the Philadelphia ... is buried in Cedar Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland . He was the brother of George Mercer military officer George Mercer and James Mercer jurist James Mercer . Notes Reflist External links CongBio M000645 http odur.let.rug.nl usa B mercer mercer.htm Mercer biography at the University of Groningen ... militiamen in the American Revolution Category Mercer family of Virginia Category American people ...   more details



  1. John Mercer (baseball)

    Infobox MLB player name John Mercer position First baseman image bats Left throws Left birth date Birth date 1892 1 22 mf y birth place Taylortown, Louisiana death date death date and age 1982 12 22 1892 1 22 death place Shreveport, Louisiana debutdate June 25 debutyear By 1912 debutteam St. Louis Cardinals finaldate June 25 finalyear By 1912 finalteam St. Louis Cardinals stat1label Games played stat1value 1 stat2label At bat s stat2value 1 stat3label Hit baseball Hits stat3value 0 teams nowiki nowiki St. Louis Cardinals By 1912 John Locke Mercer January 22, 1892 &ndash December 22, 1982 was a Major League Baseball first baseman . Mercer played in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals on June 25, By 1912 . External links Baseballstats br m mercejo01 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mercer, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American baseball player DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1892 PLACE OF BIRTH Taylortown, Louisiana DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1982 PLACE OF DEATH Shreveport, Louisiana DEFAULTSORT Mercer, John Category 1892 births Category 1982 deaths Category Major League Baseball first basemen Category St. Louis Cardinals players Category Baseball players from Louisiana US baseball first baseman stub ...   more details



  1. John Mercer (colonial lawyer)

    John Mercer February 6, 1704 October 14, 1768 was a Colonialism colonial United States American lawyer , Real property land speculator , and author . Born in Dublin , Ireland , he came to Virginia in 1720 ref http www.bookrags.com biography john mercer dlb John Mercer Biography Dictionary of Literary ... ref http www.answers.com topic john mercer author 1 John Mercer Information and Much More ... John Mercer Bot generated title ref . He had several children at least 11 , many of which 5 died ... America George Mercer military officer George Mercer 1733 1784 , surveyor, military officer, and politician from Virginia. James Mercer jurist James Mercer 1736 1793 , judge, lawyer, and jurist who served as a delegate for Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1779. John Francis Mercer 1759 1821 ... http library.gmu.edu libinfo pwl.html Mercer Library Bot generated title ref . Grandfather of General George Mercer Brooke ref http www.historypoint.org columns2.asp?column id 1390&column type dispatch HistoryPoint.org Dispatches Bot generated title ref . Also grandfather of Charles Fenton Mercer 1778 1858 son of James . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mercer, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1704 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1768 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mercer, John Category 1704 births Category 1768 deaths ... Bot generated title ref , and Abridgment of Virginia Laws Mercer s Abridgement of the Laws of Virginia . Mercer was also a founding member, secretary and general counsel of the Ohio Company Ohio Company ... George Washington . Letter to James Mercer, March 18, 1789 PBS Bot generated title ref . His heirs ... Mason , became Mason s legal guardian, along with Mason s mother. Mason studied in Mercer s private library. The Mercer Library at the Prince William Campus of George Mason University is named in his ... from Virginia Category George Mason Category Mason family Category Mercer family of Virginia ...   more details



  1. John Mercer Johnson

    Infobox MP honorific prefix name John Mercer Johnson honorific suffix image John Mercer Johnson.jpeg 180px constituency MP Northumberland New Brunswick electoral district Northumberland parliament Canadian majority predecessor successor Richard Hutchison term start 1867 term end 1868 birth date Birth date 1818 10 1 birth place Liverpool , England death date Death date and age 1868 11 08 1818 10 01 death place nationality spouse party Liberal Party of Canada Liberal relations children residence alma mater occupation Lawyer profession religion signature website footnotes John Mercer Johnson October 1, 1818 &ndash November 8, 1868 was a politician in the New Brunswick Province of New Brunswick, Canada and a Father of Confederation . He represented Miramichi electoral district Northumberland in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1868 as a Liberal Party of Canada Liberal member. He was born in Liverpool , England and brought at an early age to Chatham, New Brunswick by his father, where he became a lawyer in 1850. He represented Northumberland County, New Brunswick Northumberland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1850 to 1865 and from 1866 to 1867. Johnson was Solicitor General from 1854 to 1856, postmaster general from 1857 to 1859, speaker for the house from 1859 to 1862 and Attorney General from 1862 to 1865. He was delegated to the Quebec Conference, 1864 Quebec Conference in 1864 and that of London Conference London in 1866. After Canadian Confederation Confederation in 1867, Johnson was elected to the new Canadian House of Commons of the federal ... 4389 8be2 b875906fe719 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johnson, John Mercer ALTERNATIVE ... , England DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1868 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Johnson, John Mercer Category ... Category Politicians from Liverpool Category National Historic Persons of Canada de John Mercer Johnson eo John Mercer Johnson fr John Mercer Johnson pl John Mercer Johnson ru , ...   more details



  1. John Mercer Reid

    John Mercer Reid , Queen s Privy Council for Canada PC born February 8, 1937 is the former Information Commissioner of Canada , former president of the Canadian Nuclear Association , and a former politician. History John Reid was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 1965 1965 election as a Liberal Party of Canada Liberal Member of Parliament MP . In the Canadian federal election, 1968 1968 federal election , he was returned as Canada s sole Liberal Labour Canada Liberal Labour MP, although he remained in the Liberal caucus . The Liberal Labour label was a reflection of a longstanding tradition in the electoral district Canada riding of Kenora Rainy River aimed at deflecting votes from the New Democratic Party , rather than as a mark of political dissent. After the Canadian federal election, 1972 1972 election , Reid was redesignated as a Liberal MP and became parliamentary secretary to the President of the Queen s Privy Council for Canada , and worked on issues such as improving the access of MPs to government records. In 1978, Reid joined the Canadian Cabinet Cabinet of Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of State Canada Minister of State for federal provincial relations, and remained in that position until the defeat of the Liberal government in the Canadian federal election, 1979 1979 election . Reid remained an MP until his own defeat in the Canadian federal election, 1984 1984 election . In his post political career, Reid became a public affairs consultant. He served as president of the Canadian Nuclear Association from 1990 until 1995. He then represented Canada on the Organisation for Security ... Affairs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Reid, John Mercer ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Reid, John Mercer Category 1937 births Category Living people Category Canadian ... for Canada Category People from Kenora District de John Mercer Reid ...   more details



  1. John Mercer Brooke

    more footnotes date December 2011 File John Mercer Brooke wmm.jpg thumb right John Mercer Brooke John Mercer Brooke December 18, 1826 &ndash December 14, 1906 was an United States of America American sailor , engineer , scientist , and educator . He was instrumental in the creation of the Transatlantic Cable , and was a noted marine and military innovator. Early life and career John M. Brooke was born in Fort Brooke modern day Tampa , Florida . He was related to Congressman John Francis Mercer . His father was an army officer, General George Mercer Brooke, who died in San Antonio, Texas . He was a kinsman of General Dabney Herndon Maury as well as the three men being related to Virginia governor Robert Brooke Virginia . Brooke graduated from one of the earliest classes of the United States Naval Academy ref Conrad, p.9 ref and became a lieutenant in the United States Navy in 1855. He worked for many years with Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury in the United States Naval Observatory USNO ... retired in Lexington in 1899. He died there in 1906. Family life John Mercer Brooke s parents were George Mercer Brooke, b. 1785 Va. and Lucy Thomas. John Mercer Brooke married p align justify 1. Mary ... Swift Sandie Pendleton kia September 22, 1864. p align justify John Mercer Brooke and Catherine ..., Virginia. John and Kate had three children George Mercer Brooke, b. 17 May 1875 Rosa Johnston Brooke, b. 1876 Richard Corbin Brooke, b. 1878 John Mercer Brooke and Catherine Carter Kate Corbin Pendelton ... John Mercer Brooke http www.civilwarartillery.com inventors Brooke.htm Brooke gun http www.history.navy.mil photos pers us uspers b jm brook.htm John Mercer Brooke Photo of Commander J. M. Brooke NH 58902 Persondata NAME Brooke, John Mercer ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States Navy ... OF DEATH Lexington, Virginia DEFAULTSORT Brooke, John Mercer Category 1826 births Category 1906 ... Navy commanders de John Mercer Brooke ja ...   more details



  1. Carver Langston

    is part of Ward 5. Neighboring hoods place Washington, D.C. neighborhood Carver Langston north other ...   more details



  1. Langston, Oklahoma

    Infobox settlement official name Langston, Oklahoma settlement type Town nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map OKMap doton Langston.PNG mapsize 250px map caption Location of Langston, Oklahoma image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Oklahoma subdivision type2 List of counties in Oklahoma County subdivision name2 Logan County, Oklahoma Logan Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 4.8 area land km2 4.8 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 1.9 area land sq mi 1.9 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total 1670 population density km2 346.1 population density sq mi 896.5 General information timezone North American Central Time Zone Central ... 1094506 GR 3 website footnotes Langston is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma Logan County , Oklahoma ... Area . The population was 1,670 at the United States Census, 2000 2000 census . Langston is home to Langston University , the only historically black college in Oklahoma. Geography Langston ... by creating a majority black state in what was then the Territory of Oklahoma. He named the town for John Mercer Langston , a black member of the 51st United States Congress from Virginia . Notable residents Melvin B. Tolson , poet and mayor of Langston References references External links Portal Oklahoma ... All Black Towns in Oklahoma http gateway.okhistory.org search ?fq untl collection 3ALANGHD The Langston ... ca Langston Oklahoma es Langston Oklahoma fr Langston Oklahoma ht Langston, Oklahoma nl Langston Oklahoma pt Langston Oklahoma simple Langston, Oklahoma vo Langston Oklahoma ...   more details



  1. Mercer

    Wiktionary A mercer occupation is a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles mercery . Mercer may also refer to TOCright People A member of the London guild of the Worshipful Company of Mercers Bill Mercer , American sportscaster George Mercer , rapist Henry Chapman Mercer , Pennsylvania archeologist, tile maker, and designer of poured concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum John Francis Mercer , American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland Owen Mercer , fictional character in the DC Universe Phil Mercer , radio presenter on the BBC Rick Mercer , Canadian comedian, television personality and political satirist Ruth Sienkiewicz Mercer , quadriplegic and American disability rights activist Sam Mercer , film producer Wilbur Mercer, fictional ... Mercer 1927 2000 , known as Rosko, American news announcer and disc jockey A Major Mercer of the Worcestershire ... Academics Asa Shinn Mercer , first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate James Mercer mathematician , English mathematician Roger Mercer , British archaeologist Actors Jack Mercer , American animator and voice actor Marian Mercer , award winning American actress Matthew Mercer , American voice actor Mike Mercer basketball , American basketball player Mike Mercer American football , former American college and professional football player Win Mercer , pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902 Athletes Gary Mercer , New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach Joe Mercer , English football player and manager Joe Mercer jockey , English jockey Leroy Mercer , American football player. Ray Mercer , American professional boxer, former WBO World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist Ron Mercer , American former basketball ... Tommy Mercer , American professional wrestler Literary figures Cecil William Mercer 1885 1960 , British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates David Mercer playwright , English ...   more details



  1. Looking for Langston

    Infobox Film name Looking for Langston image Dvd cover.jpg writer Isaac Julien screenplay starring Ben Ellison br Matthew Baidoo br Akim Mogaji br John Wilson br Dencil Williams br Guy Burgess br James Dublin br Harry Donaldson br Jimmy Somerville br Langston Hughes as himself director Isaac Julien producer ... Jones br Trevor Mathison br Peter Spencer cinematography Nina Kellgren Looking for Langston is a 1989 ... the film is a voice over of the original radio broadcast made in tribute to Langston Hughes upon his ... of Langston Hughes. It is a memoriam to Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance as reconstructed from a black gay perspective. ref Dolan Hubbard 2004 Langston Hughes A Bibliographic Essay , in S. Tracy 2004 , A Historical Guild to Langston Hughes , pp. 216 217, Oxford University Press. ref Moreover ... denied, a process paralleled in the ever growing academic studies of Langston Hughes today ... to the historic and cinematic importance of the film in gay cinema, Looking for Langston was and continues ... in the love story between the two leading black protagonists , Ben Ellison as Langston Hughes and Matthew Baidoo as Beauty. ref In one key scene, there is an exchange of looks between Langston and his mythic object of desire, a black man named Beauty ... Mercer, Kobena 1994 Welcome to the Jungle ... Soul Rebe , pp.128 129. British Film Institute. ref Upon the initial first release of Looking for Langston in the United States in 1990, the estate of Langston Hughes attempted to have the film censored ... for Langston , the sound was repeatedly turned down when the work of Hughes was read. Despite ... till this day. Image Looking for Langston lovers.jpg 300px thumb Looking for Langston Actors Ben Ellison ... Men. New York Roulege ISBN 0 415 90759 4 Mercer, Kobena 1994 . Welcome to the Jungle New Positions in Black ... of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0 8166 3015 1 Rampersad, Arnold 1988 . The Life of Langston Hughes Volume ... & Sandra West Ed. , Langston Hughes , p.  162. Checkmark Press ISBN 0 8160 4540 2 External links ...   more details



  1. Langston Hughes

    ref ref Laurie F. Leach, Langston Hughes A Biography , Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, pp.2 4 ref He and his younger brother John Mercer Langston worked for the abolitionist cause and helped lead the Ohio ... Caroline was the mother of Langston Hughes. ref William and Aimee Lee Cheek, John Mercer Langston Principle ... of Pennsylvania period 1926 1964 James Mercer Langston Hughes February 1, 1902  May 22, 1967 ... Jewish descent. ref name Berry http books.google.com ?id 4pibsBTGIssC&pg PA3&dq james mercer langston ... , University of Illinois Press, 1991, pp. 106 111 ref Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri , the second child of school teacher Carrie Caroline Mercer Langston and James Nathaniel Hughes ..., James Mercer Langston full name SHORT DESCRIPTION Poet, playwright, novelist DATE OF BIRTH February ... writer doc name Langston Hughes image LangstonHughes.jpg caption Hughes, photographed by Carl Van ... and, in 1888, the first Afro American Representative to Congress from Virginia, Langston had become a legend in his own time. 22 PPA1,M1 Faith Berry, Langston Hughes, Before and Beyond Harlem , Westport ... Leary , also of mixed race. Lewis Sheridan Leary subsequently joined John Brown s Raid on Harper ... again, into the elite, politically active Langston family. Her second husband was Charles Henry Langston , of African American, Native American, and Euro American ancestry. ref name kshs.org http www.kshs.org publicat history 1999winter sheridan.pdf Richard B. Sheridan, Charles Henry Langston and the African ... Society ref in 1858. Charles Langston later moved to Kansas, where he was active as an educator and activist ... Scholars ref Langston Hughes grew up in a series of Midwestern small towns. Hughes s father left ... After the separation of his parents, while his mother traveled seeking employment, young Langston Hughes was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother, Mary Patterson Langston, in Lawrence, Kansas . Through ..., Mary Langston instilled in her grandson a lasting sense of racial pride. ref Hughes recalled his ...   more details



  1. John Mercer-Henderson, 8th Earl of Buckinghamshire

    to John Hampden Mercer Henderson by Royal Licence. Despite his love of the countryside he continued ... contribs mr john mercer henderson the Earl of Buckinghamshire s start s reg gb s bef before Sidney Hobart Hampden Mercer Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire Sidney Carr Hobart Hampden Mercer Henderson ... . NAME Mercer Henderson, John Hampden, 8th Earl Of Buckinghamshire ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Buckinghamshire, John Hampden Mercer Henderson, 8th Earl Of Category 1906 births Category 1963 ...Multiple issues orphan June 2009 refimprove October 2010 Image 2nd Lieutenant John Hobart 1940.jpg thumb 200px The Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1940. John Hampden Mercer Henderson, 8th Earl of Buckinghamshire Justice of the Peace JP 16 April 1906 2 January 1963 , styled Lord Hobart until 1930, was a British soldier and politician. Background, education and early life Born John Hampden Hobart Hampden Mercer Henderson, Buckinghamshire was the son of Sidney Hobart Hampden Mercer Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire and Georgiana Wilhelmina Haldane Duncan Mercer Henderson. He was educated at Eton College Eton from September 1919 to March 1924. In his youth he was regarded as a very handsome and dashing young man, much sought after by his female contemporaries who thought him adorable, but Bertie, an adventurous young man, eschewed marriage in favour of exploration and foreign travel. In 1926 he boarded a freighter bound for Australia and worked on farms in the outback as a cowboy herding cattle. But with his father s health worsening he was called back to England . He landed at Kingston upon Hull Hull docks on 21 April 1928 ref Simon, Tomlin 2009 , http books.google.com books?id G071BoHHiC0C&pg PA28&dq John Hampden Mercer Henderson&hl en&ei t0moTLqBCcXOswb hqWsDA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 4&ved 0CD0Q6AEwAw v onepage&q John 20Hampden 20Mercer Henderson&f false Sons of Soldiers , Aardvark Global Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 1427641951 ref after a six week voyage from Brisbane ...   more details



  1. Langston University

    funds. ref http digital.library.okstate.edu encyclopedia entries L LA021.html ref Langston University is named for John Mercer Langston 1829 1897 , civil rights pioneer, first African American member ...Infobox University name Langston University native name image name Langstonseal.jpg image size 150px caption Langston University seal latin name motto Education for Service mottoeng established start date March 12, 1897 closed type Public university Public br Land grant colleges Land grant br Historically black colleges and universities HBCU affiliation endowment officer in charge chairman chancellor president Kent J. Smith, Jr. vice president superintendent provost vice chancellor rector principal ... Langston, Oklahoma Langston state Oklahoma province country br United States coor campus Rural former ... website http www.langston.edu www.langston.edu logo Image Langstonuniversitylogo.png footnotes Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma Langston , Oklahoma ... miles 16  km east of Guthrie, Oklahoma Guthrie , Langston also serves an urban mission with University ... as the Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University. Langston University was created as a result ... consul general to Haiti . Poet Melvin B. Tolson taught at Langston from 1947 until 1964. Tolson was portrayed ... The student life at Langston University garnered the attention of Black Entertainment Television BET ... the nation and abroad. Citation needed date June 2008 The Langston University Quiz Bowl team won ... of Langston University and of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity ref Alum name The Delta Rhythm Boys year ... year nota Past President Langston University ref Alum name Henry Ponder Dr. Henry Ponder year nota ... at Los Angeles for almost three decades attended Langston University for a year on a basketball ... and colleges in the United States Category Land grant universities and colleges Category Langston ... in Logan County, Oklahoma fr Universit Langston simple Langston University ...   more details



  1. Grant Langston

    Grant Langston may refer to Grant Langston motorcyclist born 1982 , South African former motocross world champion Grant Langston musician born 1966 , American singer songwriter hndis Langston, Grant ...   more details



  1. Anthony Langston

    Anthony Langston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626. He supported the Cavaliers Royalist cause in the English Civil War . Langston was the son of Henry Langston of Sedgeborough, Littleton. He was appointed with John Izod by Lord Cecil to be Steward of King s Norton in February 1604. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Evesham UK Parliament constituency Evesham . He was re elected MP for Evesham in 1621, 1625 and 1626. ref name Williams http www.archive.org stream cu31924030495141 page n177 mode 2up W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester ref Langston supported the King in the Civil War and was elected an Honorary Freeman of Worcester in 1643. He was taken prisoner at Worcester when the town surrendered on surrender 19 July 1646. On 21 December 1646 he begged to compound on Oxford articles for delinquency, and for leave to attend and perfect his composition. ref name Williams References Reflist start box s par en succession box title Member of Parliament for Evesham UK Parliament constituency Evesham before Thomas Biggs before2 Edward Salter with Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Biggs years 1614 1622 after Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway Sir Edward Conway after2 Richard Cresheld succession box title Member of Parliament for Evesham UK Parliament constituency Evesham before Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway Sir Edward Conway before2 Richard Cresheld with Richard Cresheld 1625 with2 Sir John Hare 1626 years 1625 1626 after Robert Harley died 1656 Sir Robert Harley after2 Richard Cresheld end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Langston, Anthony ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Langston, Anthony Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category Members of the Parliament of England pre 1707 Category Cavaliers Category People ...   more details



  1. Peter Langston

    Peter Langston born 1946 is a computer programmer who wrote and distributed for free several games for Unix systems in the 1970s, including the original version of Empire Classic computer game Empire and the program Oracle upon which the later net wide Internet Oracle Oracle was modeled. He is also an experienced jazz, rock, and folk musician. In 1982, he was hired by the Computer Division of Lucasfilm to start LucasArts Lucasfilm Games . He hired the programming and design teams and wrote the music for and contributed to the game design of Lucasfilm Games first two releases, Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus . In fact, for Ballblazer , Langston created an algorithmic composition system, which allowed the game to improvise music from an initial set of musical snippets contributed by famous musicians based on what is happening in the game. Langston later left Lucasfilm Games for Bellcore now Telcordia Technologies . Langston retired in 1991 and is now consulting and running adult music camps. External links http www.langston.com Peter Langston s Home Page Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Langston, Peter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1946 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Langston, Peter Category People from Seattle, Washington Category American folk guitarists Category American jazz guitarists Category American rock guitarists Category Musicians from Washington state Category Living people Category 1946 births Washington musician stub Videogame bio stub ...   more details



  1. Langston Wilde

    soap character series One Life to Live name Langston Cramer image1 File LangstonWilde.png caption1 Brittany Underwood as Langston Wilde first May 17, 2006 last January 13, 2012 years 2006 2011, 2012 cause ... small adoptive small br William Sloan Carpenter br small adoptive deceased small other relatives Langston ... background Langston is first seen while Starr Manning is being bullied by classmates from school. ref ..., Starr hits her head, and is taken to the hospital, where she fakes amnesia. Langston learns of Starr .... Langston and Starr begin high school, where the two gain an enemy in Britney Jennings . Starr ... Starr s shirt. Britney poses as Starr as she calls the police on Cole, who later arrest him. Langston ... from seeing one another. Langston soon forgives Cole for hurting her friend. Cole and Starr, desperate to be together, decide to run away with the help of Langston. Todd catches the two before they leave, nearly strangling Cole. For Cole s safety, Starr breaks up with him. Langston signs Starr up for the school musical, and Starr in turn sets Langston up to write the musical. Working with English teacher Marcie McBain , the musical is a success, and Langston soon begins dating Markko Rivera , a boy ... absence of Langston s parents. Sensing that something isn t right, Starr s aunt, Dorian Lord Dorian hires private investigator Rex Balsom to dig up information on Langston. Dorian learns that Langston has been orphaned, and living on her own for over a year. Langston can t believe that Dorian would pry into private information regarding her life. During a conversation at school, Langston talks ..., and Langston is horrified when she is placed in foster care. Starr s mother, Blair Cramer Blair , is all set to become Langston s foster mother when she is called out of town. In turn, Dorian chooses to become Langston s guardian. After things are official, Langston moves into Dorian s home, and happly ..., Langston gives Cole the address where Starr is. Cole stops Starr from aborting their baby, telling ...   more details




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