David Levering Lewis
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A biography is presented of American historian and biographer, David Levering Lewis, who is the Martin Luther King Jr. professor of history at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Lewis has written several books on African-American themes, including "Martin Luther King: A Critical Biography," and "When Harlem Was in Vogue: The Politics of the Arts in the Twenties and Thirties."
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2001
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Ivins, Molly
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The work of Texan journalist and political commentator Molly Ivins, born in 1944, is described with focus on her use of satire as a tool to comment on incompetence and corruption in US political life, especially in the Republican party.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2000
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Maki, Fumihiko
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A biography of the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki is presented. His career as an architect, which includes the co-founding of the Metabolism Movement and distinguished contribution to modernism, is discussed.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2001
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