Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist. In 2011 she won the Nobel Peace Prize with Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Tawakel Karman. This made Gbowee the second African woman to win the prize. Her book "Might Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War" was published in 2011.
Gbowee was born in central Liberia. She was living with her parents and sisters in Monrovia when the First Liberian Civil War started in 1989. Gbowee was 17 and planning to study medicine. The war made things unsafe for Gbowee and her family. Gbowee moved to Ghana and lived as a refugee there. She later fled back to Liberia.
Gbowee has six children.
Black feminism
Black feminism is a type of feminism. Black feminists believe that sexism and racism are bound together. This is called intersectionality.
Black feminism exists because the racism that black women experience is not adequately addressed by the mainstream feminist movement, which is led by white middle-class women. In 1973 the National Black Feminist Organization was started.
Alice Walker was the first person to use the word womanism in 1979. Womanism is a black feminist theory. Patricia Hill Collins's 1991 book "Black Feminist Thought" is one of the most well-known books about black feminism.
Deep Throat (movie)
Deep Throat is a 1972 American pornographic film. In it Linda Lovelace plays herself. She was paid $1250 for acting in the movie. The movie was directed by Gerard Damiano. In 1974 "Deep Throat Part II" was released. The movie was made in New York. A documentary about "Deep Throat" called "Inside Deep Throat" was released in 2004.
Mariana Bridi Costa
Mariana Bridi Costa (18 June 1988 – 24 January 2009; also called Mari and Mariana Bridi da Costa) was a Brazilian fashion model. She began her career at age 14. She was in many competitions and fashion-related events.
Costa became sick in December 2008. She was diagnosed in early January 2009 with a urinary tract infection. This quickly became septic. Her legs had to be amputated (cut off). Costa died on the evening of 24 January 2009 from septicemia and necrosis. She was aged 20.
Diomedes Díaz
Diomedes de Jesús Díaz Maestre (May 26, 1956 – December 22, 2013) was a Colombian vallenato singer, songwriter and composer. His nickname was "El Cacique de la Junta" (the chieftain of Junta). It was given to him early in his career by another vallenato singer, Rafael Orozco Maestre.
Díaz died in Valledupar at the age of 56. He was resting in his bed when his heart failed and he stopped breathing.
John Eisenhower
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (; August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013) was an American historian and politician. He was the younger son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie.
Eisenhower was born in Denver, Colorado. He was raised in Baltimore, Maryland and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eisenhower was of Swedish and German descent.
He was a Brigadier General in the United States Army. He served during World War II and the Korean War. Eisenhower wrote several books on military history. He also served as the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.
Until his death on December 21, 2013, Eisenhower was the oldest living child of a former U.S. president. Eisenhower died at Trappe, Maryland, from natural causes. He was aged 91.
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an African American singer and actress. In 1955, she became the first black actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. The nomination was for Best Actress. She starred in many movies.
Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She died of a drug overdose in Los Angeles, California.
Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University
The Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University () in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was founded in 1953. In 1974, it was granted university status by royal decree. It has a library, the Prince Sultan Library For Science and Knowledge, that has existed before the university. The university started running the library in 1975. The library is a partner of the World Digital Library.
Séléka
Séléka is an alliance of rebel militias in the Central African Republic. It overthrew the government on 24 March 2013. Its leader is Michel Djotodia. Djotodia has claimed himself to be the new President of the Central African Republic. Most of the members of Séléka are Muslim.
Mitsubishi G4M
The Mitsubishi G4M was a bomber aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was called "Betty" by the Allies for it's codename and was known as "Hamaki" ("Cigar") by Japanese Navy pilots.
It was known for its good performance and range, as well as its lightness. It however had almost a complete lack of protection for the crew and had no armor plating or self-sealing fuel tanks. American fighter aircraft took advantage of this during their confrontation of the Pacific War.
Patuxai
Patuxai (, which means "Gate of Victory") is a monument located in Vientiane, Laos. It is similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, but it is designed in Lao style. For an example, Lao mythological creatures have been used to decorate it.
War (Edwin Starr song)
"War" is a counterculture protest song. It was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1969. It was released by the Motown label in 1970. Whitfield first produced the song with The Temptations as the original singers. It was performed by Edwin Starr. The song is a protest against the Vietnam War.
Yusef Lateef
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator. He won a Grammy Award in 1987.
Lateef mainly played the tenor saxophone and flute. He also played oboe and bassoon. He is known for his innovative blending of jazz with "Eastern" music.
He became a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 1950.
Lateef died at the age of 93 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. He had suffered from prostate cancer.
I Will Always Love You
"I Will Always Love You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It is a country music song. It was released on June 6, 1974. It was the second single from Parton's thirteenth solo album, "Jolene" (1974). Whitney Houston recorded a version of the song for the movie "The Bodyguard" in 1992. That version is one of the best selling singles of all time.
Clive Davis
Clive Davis (born April 4, 1932) or Clyde Davis; is an American record producer and music executive. He has won five Grammy Awards. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer.
Davis has produced many famous singers, such as Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis and Jennifer Hudson. Davis is also known for making Whitney Houston famous.
Davis was born on April 4, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York. His family are Jewish. He studied at New York University College of Arts and Science and at Harvard Law School.
As a producer, Davis has won four Grammy Awards.
Davis also received the Grammy Trustees Award in 2000 and the President's Merit Award at the 2009 Grammys. In 2011, the theater at the Grammy Museum was named the "Clive Davis Theater".
Davis was entered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He was placed in the non-performers category.
Davis was married to Helen Cohen from 1956. They divorced in 1965. Then he was married to Janet Adelberg from 1965 until they divorced in 1985. Davis had four children. Davis came out as a bisexual in 2013.
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American outlaws and robbers. They were from the area around Dallas. They traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression.