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Opal Moore

Subject: Literature

(b. 1953), poet, short story writer, essayist, educator, and critic of children's literature. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Opal Moore was influenced from childhood by ...

Tiffany

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Art & Architecture
Length:
2,106 words
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...brooch. In 1851 Tiffany brought the silver manufacturer John Chandler Moore into the firm, and under Moore ’s direction the company rose to dominate the domestic silver market. By 1853 the firm was known as Tiffany & Co. In 1850 Tiffany opened a branch in Paris; at the Expositions Universelles of 1867 and 1878 in Paris the firm was awarded medals, the first to be given to an American silver-maker. Moore’s son, the silver designer Edward Chandler Moore ( 1827–91 ), also joined the company; in 1871 he created the celebrated ‘Audubon’...

Hamilton, Virginia

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

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Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Literature, Children's literature studies
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1,086 words
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...; Biography ; Fairy Tales and Folk Tales ; Myths ; and Picture Books . Michelle H. Martin Mikkelsen, Nina . “A Conversation with Virginia Hamilton.” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 7 (1994): 392–405. Mikkelsen, Nina . Virginia Hamilton . New York: Twayne, 1994. Moore, Opal , and Donnarae MacCann . “The Uncle Remus Travesty, Part II: Julius Lester and Virginia Hamilton.” Children's Literature Association Quarterly 11 (1996): 205–210. Trites, Roberta Seelinger . “‘I Double Never Ever Never Lie to My Chil'ren’: Inside People in Virginia...

Harlem Renaissance

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Black Women in America (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2005
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
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5,220 words
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...at the time, the show was considered a triumph primarily for the cast. Critics of the time were hugely impressed by the quality of the performances. Robert Benchley , critic for the Tribune , raved. George Jean Nathan , leading critic of the day, put two of the actors— Opal Cooper and Inez Clough—on his list of the ten best male and the ten best female performers on Broadway that year. Another black woman who set the theatrical stage for the Harlem Renaissance was Rose McClendon . One of the few black women to win recognition on Broadway, she...

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