Dragging Canoe — Tsiyu Gansini (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ), He is dragging his canoe , known to whites as Dragging Canoe, (c. 1738 – March 1, 1792) was a Cherokee war chief who led a band of Cherokee against colonists and United States settlers. Beginning during the American… … Wikipedia
Death of Christopher Alder — Christopher Alder Born 25 June 1960(1960 06 25) Kingston upon Hull Died 1 April 1998(1998 04 01) … Wikipedia
death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being … Universalium
Company of Death — The Company of Death at Legnano 1176, as depicted by nineteenth century Italian artist Amos Cassioli. The Company of Death is the name used in the historical literature of English language for two related chosen tactical corps, two selected bands … Wikipedia
Trials of Death — is the fifth book in The Saga of Darren Shan by the author Darren Shan.Infobox Book | name = Trials of Death image caption = New UK Cover for Trials of Death author = Darren Shan country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Saga of… … Wikipedia
I Am Become Death — Infobox Television episode Title= I Am Become Death Series=Heroes Season=3 Episode=4 Guests= David Anders Jimmy Jean Louis Jamie Hector Brea Grant Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine Adair Tishler Ronald Guttman Malcolm McDowell Airdate=October 6, 2008… … Wikipedia
foot dragging — Synonyms and related words: Micawberish, ambling, antipathy, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, averseness, aversion, backward, backwardness, blockage, blocking, cautious, cautiousness, check, circumspect, circumspection, claudicant, clogging,… … Moby Thesaurus
Murder of James Byrd, Jr. — James Byrd, Jr. Born May 2, 1949(1949 05 02) Beaumont, Texas, United States Died June 7, 1998(1998 06 07) … Wikipedia
James Byrd, Jr. — James Byrd, Jr. (May 2, 1949 June 7, 1998) was an African American murdered in 1998 by Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and John William King, in Jasper, Texas.The MurderOn June 7, 1998, Byrd, 49, accepted a ride from three drunk men… … Wikipedia
Lynching in the United States — is the practice in the 19th and 20th centuries of the humiliation and killing of people by mobs acting outside the law. These murders, most of them unpunished, often took the form of hanging and burning. Mobs sometimes tortured the… … Wikipedia
