Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
(AMO)A series of long-term changes in sea-surface temperatures involving almost the whole of the North Atlantic, with a periodicity of 20–40 years. It is determined from annual ocean temperature ...
Dillard University
The formal history of Dillard University in New Orleans dates back to 1866, with the founding of the Thomson Biblical Institute by the Louisiana Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal ...
Fats Domino
B. Antoine Domino, 26 February 1928, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. From a large family, Domino learned piano from local musician Harrison Verrett who was also his brother-in-law. A factory worker ...
George W. Bush
(1946– )US Republican statesman, 43rd President of the USA (2001–9). The son of George (Herbert Walker) Bush, he worked in the oil industry before becoming Governor of Texas in 1995. The presidential ...
Louisiana
Louisiana has been governed under ten different flags, beginning in 1541 with Hernando de Soto's claim of the greater region for Spain. The French explorer Sieur de La Salle was ...
Mayors
Taking her place as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, one of the largest cities in the United States, Shirley Clark Franklin said, “I proudly represent all of the women who have ...
New Orleans
Largest city in Louisiana and chief port of the Gulf states, is situated on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, 100 miles above its mouth. The site was known ...
politics and Politicians
In the 1890s blacks were disfranchised, and black leaders geared their activities toward a more participatory and involved role in politics for African Americans. After the Mississippi Plan was ...
Randall Robinson
(b. 6 July 1941),activist, author, and founder of TransAfrica. Born in Richmond, Virginia, to Maxie Cleveland Robinson and Doris Robinson, Randall Robinson had an academically inclined and ...
Republican Party
One of the two main U.S. political parties (the other being the Democratic party), favoring a right-wing stance, limited central government, and tough, interventionist foreign policy. It was formed ...
Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale
A standard scale, introduced in 1955 by meteorologists of the US Weather Bureau, for reporting tropical cyclones. It adds a further five categories to the Beaufort scale, and includes the surface ...
Texas
The Mexican peoples in Texas (Tejanas and Tejanos) share a history of conquest, colonization, and independence under six flags of governance. They also share strength for survival in their heritage ...
tropical cyclone
A general term for all cyclonic circulations originating over the warm waters of the tropics, which includes tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes.
war on Terrorism
The war launched by President George W. Bush in the aftermath of the outrage of September 11, 2001, when he vowed that the USA would use its armed might to destroy terrorist organizations and any ...
Xavier University of Louisiana
In 1915, Mother Katharine Drexel took her Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS) to New Orleans to educate teachers for six new schools for blacks. She opened grades seven through ...
