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In the BBC's Robin Hood, Little John was played by Gordon Kennedy. John meets Robin when his band of outlaws steals from Robin's band. John also has a wife, Alice, and a son, both of whom believe he is dead until late in the first series. He dislikes Robin immediately but has a change of heart after Robin makes a stand to protect John's wife ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. American author and activist (born 1944) For other people named Alice Walker, see Alice Walker (disambiguation). Alice Walker Walker in 2007 Born Alice Malsenior Walker (1944-02-09) February 9, 1944 (age 81) Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. Occupation Novelist short story writer poet political ...
1959 – Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate. 1970 – Wat Phra Dhammakaya , one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded in Pathum Thani .
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress.Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting".
Born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1969, and living there as a child, Rebecca Walker is the daughter of Alice Walker, a Black Protestant womanist writer, and Melvyn R. Leventhal, a white Jewish civil rights lawyer. Her parents became active in the later years of the Civil Rights Movement.
Through his work, Leventhal met the writer Alice Walker. She came to trust and admire him due to his willingness to endanger his own social status and well-being by standing up to bigotry. On March 17, 1967, Leventhal and Walker married in New York, in a civil ceremony performed by Family Court Judge Justine W. Polier. [5]
John Littlejohn (1931–1994), American electric blues slide guitarist; John Littlejohn (preacher) (1756–1836), American preacher and sheriff; Kenneth Littlejohn (born c. 1941), British armed robber and self-proclaimed double agent; Raymond Littlejohns (1893–1961), Australian ornithologist and accountant; Richard Littlejohn (born 1954 ...
Walker says,"it was an incredibly difficult novel to write, for I had to look at, and name, and speak up about violence among black people in the black community at the same time that black people (and some whites)--including me and my family were enduring massive psychological and physical violence from white supremacists in the southern states, particularly Mississippi."