Sub-Topics Jackson, Mahalia Jackson, Michael Joan of Arc Johnson, Lyndon Jones, Marion Jordan, Barbara Keller, Helen Kennedy, Edward (Ted) Kepler, Johannes King, Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther Kyi, Aung Suu Lennon, John Louis, Joe Also Try Jazz Provides some insight into American, especially African American, culture in the 20th Century through biographies. 2-01 More Biographies Lists Jackson, Michael (Awesome Library) Provides short biographies of the singer. 1-05 John, Elton (Awesome Library) Provides short biographies of the singer. 1-05 Kennedy, John F. (Awesome Library) Leaders by Time Period (About.com) Provides source of information on leaders by time period. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00 Lincoln, Abraham (Awesome Library) News Kennedy, Robert F. (Wikipedia.org) "Robert Francis 'Bobby' Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was one of two younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964. He was one of President Kennedy's most trusted advisors and worked closely with the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement is sometimes considered his greatest legacy." 11-06 Koppel, Ted (NPR.org) "After 25 years as the host of ABC's Nightline, news anchor Ted Koppel is retiring. Nightline started out in March 1980 as extended news coverage of the hostage crisis in Iran." "An instant success, the nightly news magazine became a fixture of late-night television, covering a wide range of hard-hitting topics of the day. Koppel has won 37 Emmys and 6 Peabody Awards, as well as many other honors. Koppel joined ABC News in 1963." 11-05 Kurzweil, Ray (Newsweek.com) "Ray Kurzweil can't wait to be a Cyborg—a human mind inside an everlasting machine. But is this the next great leap in human evolution, or just one man's midlife crisis writ large?" 04-09 Papers Jackson, Helen Hunt (Gale Group) Provides a biography of "one of the most influential defenders of Native American rights in late 19th-century America."6-00 Jemison, Mae C. (TopBlacks.com) Provides a picture and biography of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black female astronaut and the first black female in space. 1-05 Jemison, Mae C. (TopBlacks.com) Provides a picture and biography of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black female astronaut and the first black female in space. 1-05 Joyner-Kersee, Jackie (Sports Illustrated) Provides a biography of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century. "In ways that could be measured, Jackie Joyner-Kersee was one of the greatest Olympic athletes in history, and in ways that could not, she was a rare combination of courage and grace, of power and vulnerability." Includes a picture. 12-02 Justices - Biographies of U.S. Supreme Court Justices (Legal Information Institute) Provides brief profiles, as well as recent decisions by each justice. 6-02 Key, Francis Scott (USFlag.org - Streufert) Provides a biography of the author of the national anthem, with an emphasis on the American Flag. 9-01 Keynes, John (Economics New School) Provides a biography of the economist. "John Maynard Keynes is doubtlessly one the most important figures in the entire history of economics. He revolutionized economics with his classic book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936). This is generally regarded as probably the most influential social science treatise of the 20th Century, in that it quickly and permanently changed the way the world looked at the economy and the role of government in society. No other single book, before or since, has had quite such an impact." 4-02 Khan, Ghengis (Leaders-Values.com) Provides a biography. (Contains some grammatical mistakes.) Khans, Sorghaghtani Beki, Mother of the Great Khans (Women in World History Curriculum - Reese) Provides a biography of Sorghaghtani Beki, mother of the Great Khans of the Mongolian Empire. King, Billie Jean (Sports Illustrated) Provides a biography of the tennis great. Includes a picture. 12-02 King, Billie Jean (Sports Illustrated) Provides a biography of the tennis great. Includes a picture. 12-02 Koizumi, Junichiro (BBC) Provides a political profile of the new Prime Minister of Japan. He replaces Yoshiro Mori. leaders and rulers. 5-01 Kostunica, Vojislav - Biography (Information Please) Provides a short biography and a picture of the President of Yugoslavia. 10-00 LeMond, Greg - Biography (HW Wilson) Provides a short biography of LeMond, the bicycling champion. 8-00 Leakey, Louis (Minnesota State University) Provides a short biography. 7-99 Leakey, Mary (Minnesota State University) Provides a short biography. 2-01 Leakey, Mary Douglas - Biography (University of Texas - Dente) Provides a full biography. 2-01 Lee, Robert E. (Ima Hero) Provides a biography for children. 8-01 Lemaitre, Georges (Discovery.com) Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomer. 3-02 Lessing, Doris (Lessing.Redmood.comg) Provides a biography. "Lessing believes that she was freer than most people because she became a writer. For her, writing is a process of 'setting at a distance,' taking the 'raw, the individual, the uncriticized, the unexamined, into the realm of the general.' " 11-02 Lessing, Doris - Portraits (Lessing.Redmood.comg) Provides a series of photographs of Lessing over a 52 period of her career. 11-02 Lin, Maya Ying (Gale Group) Provides a biography of the artist who created the controversial Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The article includes a picture of her. 6-00 Liszt, Franz - Biography (Classical Music Pages - Boynick) Provides a biography. 2-01 Literature Nobel Laureates Since 1900 (Nobel Foundation) Provides short autobiographies of the Nobel laureates in literature during the 20th century. 9-00 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (Bibliomania - Simmonds) Provides a biography, with an emphasis on his contribution to American Literature. Luther, Martin (Peterson) Provides a detailed biography and a drawing. 6-04 Lyell, Sir Charles (Minnesota State University) Provides a short biography. 7-99

Arabic, Chinese-Simple, Chinese-Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese,   Index, New, Search Engines, Dictionary, Bookstore, Licenses, Email Us, About Us, Link to Us, or Privacy Policy.