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Rusk was inspired by hearing the South African Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu say in a speech that the United States needed something similar to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. [19] Rusk recalled that founding the committee was a daunting task as he stated: "It was a spooky feeling.
Dean Rusk with President Johnson and Robert McNamara, February 9, 1968. David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving secretary of state after Cordell Hull from the Franklin Roosevelt administration.
Many Mexican soldiers retreated through the marsh to Peggy Lake. [Note 3] Texian riflemen stationed themselves on the banks and shot at anything that moved. Many Texian officers, including Houston and Rusk, attempted to stop the slaughter, but they were unable to gain control of the men, incensed and vengeful for the massacres at the Alamo and ...
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Margaret Hallett Pond (December 1, 1903 – October 23, 1986), known under the pen name Peggy Pond Church, was an American author and poet. She was known as "one of the American west's major poets" and was compared to poet Witter Bynner .
Peggy Charren: 1995 Founder of Action for Children's Television [52] William T. Coleman Jr. 4th United States Secretary of Transportation: John Hope Franklin: President of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association: Joan Ganz Cooney: Founder of Sesame ...
The 1992 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1992, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 103rd United States Congress.They coincided with the 1992 presidential election, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was elected president, defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush.
Peggy Charren: Personal Award for her advocacy of quality children's television programming at Action for Children's Television: The Discovery Channel: People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe, directed by Hugo van Lawick: HBO: America Undercover: Heil Hitler! Confessions of a Hitler Youth, produced by Arthur Holch: HBO Sports and Black Canyon ...