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During this time, Thurman's flat in a rooming house, at 267 West 136th Street in Harlem, became the central meeting place of African-American literary avant-garde and visual artists. [4] Thurman and Hurston mockingly called the room "Niggerati Manor." [5] He had painted the walls red and black, which were the colors he used on the cover of Fire!!
Webb was born at 45, Cranbourn Street, near Leicester Square, London, the second of three children of Charles Webb (1828/9-1891) and Elizabeth Mary (1820/21-1895), née Stacey. His father was "variously described as an accountant, a perfumer, and a hairdresser"; his mother was a "hairdresser and dealer in toiletries".
The following year, Barnes & Noble [4] purchased SparkNotes and selected fifty literature study guides to publish in print format. When Barnes & Noble printed SparkNotes, they stopped selling their chief competitor, CliffsNotes. [5] In January 2003, SparkNotes developed a practice test service called SparkNotes Test Prep.
29 January – Francis Meres, writer (born 1565) 12 March – Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (born 1591) 29 March – Charls Butler, beekeeper and philologist (born 1560) 20 April – Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet, politician (born 1593) 24 May – Ferdinando Gorges, colonial entrepreneur (born 1565)
16 August – Thomas Heywood, playwright, actor, poet and author (born c. 1554) 10 September – Ambrose Barlow, Catholic priest, executed (born 1585) 11 November – Christopher Clitherow, merchant, Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament (born 1578) 28 November – Robert Dowland, lutenist (born c. 1591)
Simon de Montfort's Parliament was an English parliament held from 20 January 1265 until mid-March of the same year, called by Simon de Montfort, a baronial rebel leader. Montfort had seized power in England following his victory over Henry III at the Battle of Lewes during the Second Barons' War , but his grip on the country was under threat.
We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Writer, poet and activist James Baldwin (1924-1987) was one of the leading literary voices of the civil rights movement.
11 July – Kenelm Digby, privateer (born 1603) 25 August – Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (born c. 1621) 17 November – John Earle, bishop (born c. 1601) 19 November (bur.) – Elizabeth Cromwell, Lady Protectress (born 1598) Walter Acton, Member of Parliament (born c. 1620)