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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning country singer Loretta Lynn. Personal Birth date: April 14, 1932 (some…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning country singer Loretta Lynn. Personal Birth date: April 14, 1932 (some…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen. Personal Birth date: December 1, 1935 Birth place:…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Stanley Cup, the annual championship of the National Hockey League. June 26, 2022 – The Colorado…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy-winning singer Tony Bennett, famous for his signature song, “I Left My Heart…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of actor Jack Nicholson, who has won three Academy Awards and been nominated for 12, the most…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Bieber. Personal Birth date: March 1, 1994 Birth place:…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Watergate, the 1970s political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Timeline…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of gay rights advocate and tennis great Martina Navratilova. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1956…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Personal Birth date: November 17, 1942 Birth…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Bowe Bergdahl, former American prisoner of war. Personal Birth date: March 28, 1986 Birth place: Sun…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep. Personal Birth date: June 22, 1949 Birth place: Summit,…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of activist, actor and Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown. He played his entire…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former professional basketball player Dennis Rodman. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1961…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at information and statistics concerning domestic (intimate partner) violence. According to the Centers…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of writer and activist Gloria Steinem. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1934 Birth place:…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about One World Trade Center. It is the tallest building in the United States and…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Grammy Awards. February 5, 2023 – The 65th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place in Los…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805-June 27, 1844)…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable court cases. Affirmative action policies…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at immigration to the United States. Legal Immigration Statistics 2020 – 707,362 people are granted…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at six generations of Americans in the 20th century: the Greatest Generation (or GI Generation), the…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, which killed six people and injured more…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Case 1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at notable cases in which US judges have been targets of lethal violence. Three federal judges were…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Casey Anthony trial of 2011. Anthony was accused of killing her two-year-old daughter in 2008.…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the timelines, victims and aftermath of the shootings that occurred in and around Washington, DC in…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some information about Washington, DC’s subway system, generally called the “Metro.” The…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s an overview of the Chicago Transit Authority, both its history and its present-day status as the second largest…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It is a suspension bridge that crosses the Golden Gate, a…
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