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Woody Guthrie male, deceased (1967): american folk, Dust Bowl, Great Plains, Sailor, great depression, Communism…industrial worker of the world, libraryofcongress, Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee; Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912-October 3, 1967) was a prolific American folk musician. He described himself in one of his songs as "The...

Rita Dove female, 57 years old: Arizona State University faculty, American Poet Laureate, Rita Frances Dove, Poet Laureate of the United States, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner, From Akron, Ohio…libraryofcongress; Rita Dove is the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From 1993 to 1995 she served as Poet Laureate of the United...

George Grantham Bain male, deceased (1944): photographer, libraryofcongress, American, United Press, Bain News Service; George Grantham Bain (1865-1944) was a New York photographer. Originally working for United Press, he founded the first news photography service...

Daniel J. Boorstin male, deceased (2004): 1974 Pulitzer Prize, philosophic, Doctor of Philosophy, PhD., Jewish person, Academic…University of Chicago faculty, Librarian of Congress, Historian of the United States, libraryofcongress, National Museum of History and Technology; Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004) was a prolific American historian, professor, attorney, and writer. He served as the...

Stanley Kunitz male, deceased (2006): American Poet Laureate, Lithuanian-American, Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Harvard University alumni, Centenarian, from Massachusetts…United States National Medal of Arts recipient, libraryofcongress, Academy of American Poets, University of Washington, founder of the Fine Arts Work Center; Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kju:nɪts/ (July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was a noted American poet who served two years (1974-1976) as the Consultant in...

Sonny Terry male, deceased (1986): Mineloa, Greenboro, Human voice, Vocal, blues, National Heritage Fellowship winner…libraryofcongress, Blues Hall of Fame inductee; Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911, Greenboro, Georgia - 11 March 1986, Mineloa, New York) was a blues musician. He was...

John Burroughs male, deceased (1921): nature writer, Essayist, Conservation movement, Wake-Robin, American Memory, Naturalist…libraryofcongress, American Museum of Natural History Library; John Burroughs (April 3, 1837-March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement....

Charles Burnett male, 65 years old: African American, Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger, My Brother's Wedding, The Annihilation of Fish, MacArthur Award…University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles alumni, libraryofcongress; Charles Burnett (b. April 13 1944, Vicksburg, Mississippi) is a MacArthur Award-winning American filmmaker, educated at the University of...

Willie Brown male, deceased (1952): musician, guitar, Paramount Records, WPA, delta blues, Robert Johnson…Archive of American Folksong, libraryofcongress; Willie Brown (August 6, 1900 - December 30, 1952) was an American Delta Blues guitarist and singer. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he played with...

Rick Prelinger male, 56 years old: writer, Comedy Channel, Ephemeral Films, Panorama Ephemera, Prelinger Archives, Our Secret Century…Association of Moving Image Archivist, School Of Visual Arts, libraryofcongress; Rick Prelinger prelinger.com , an archivist, writer and filmmaker, founded Prelinger Archives, whose collection of 51,000 advertising, educational,...

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