* American Book Award Before Columbus Foundation: Angela Davis, Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude " Ma " Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday, and ( separately ) Allison Hedge Coke, Dog Road Woman

When the insurgents who had walked out of the UGW convention to form the Amalgamated sent him a telegram imploring him to accept the Presidency — followed by another telegram from Bessie Abramowitz, one of the original leaders of the 1910 strike, an important figure in union politics and his fiance — he accepted and left the ILG after less than a year.

The morning show featured veterans of the original KJQ, " Chet and Brad ," and the station adopted some of the original KJQ's promotions including the old " Bessie " milk truck.

She became a member of the Langham Place Group, which set out to improve conditions for women, and was friends with feminists Bessie Rayner Parkes ( later Bessie Rayner Belloc ) and Barbara Leigh Smith, later Barbara Bodichon.

Bessie Braddock was a former Communist Party member who had joined the Labour Party in 1922.

For a time he was a member of Bessie Smith's Traveling Revue in the 1920s.

Page was a member of Walter Page's Blue Devils, Artie Shaw's Orchestra and Count Basie's Orchestra, and he worked with Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ida Cox.

He won a Bessie Award for Best Choreography for the theatrical production of So What Happens Now, a play dedicated to Buck4, a deceased Rock Steady Crew member.

Bessie Allison's first professional performance was in Shuffle Along.

The song uses Bessie Smith's " St. Louis Blues " by repeatedly playing the verse, " My man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea.

First coming to prominence as an original cast member on the hit TV comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1975, she went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series on the 1980s sitcom Kate & Allie portraying the role of Allison " Allie " Lowell.

The original cast included Dennis Michael Hall as Prince Edward, Gerard Canonico as the Pauper Tom Canty, Rob Evan as Miles Hendon, Wayne Schroder as Hugh Hendon, Rita Harvey as Lady Edith, Michael McCormick as John Canty, Robert Anthony Jones as the Hermit / Dresser, Sally Wilfert as Mary Canty, Allison Fischer as Lady Jane, and Guy LeMonnier as Father Andrew.

A suggestion by the RAF that North American switch the P-51's powerplant from its original Allison engine to the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine may have been one of the most significant events in WWII aviation, as it transformed the P-51 into what many consider to be the best American fighter of the war.

In the original version the sisters had wanted to improve their hatchery and dressmaking skills ; here, Allison Hoover is helped to obtain singing lessons.

The new translation, based on an original literal translation by Allison Horsley, is considered to be " strongly Americanized ".

In 1996, original founder Wick Allison repurchased the magazine with a group of investors, and in 2003 became the sole owner.

The webcomic is drawn by Allison Hershey, the game's original art designer, and co-written by Joe Pearce, the owner of Wyrmkeep Entertainment.

The Los Angeles architectural firm of Allison & Allison designed the original plans, featuring a two-story Classical Revival structure ( a departure from the Mission Revival of former buildings ), a central auditorium, and two U-shaped classroom wings.

In July 2011 Allison Crowe released a double-A-side single, featuring two songs: Arthur, a piano original ; and Up to the Mountain ( MLK Song ), a guitar version of the Patty Griffin song.

She has been voiced by Saeko Shimazu ( Japanese ), Wendee Lee ( English, Streamline Pictures dub ), Jessica Calvello ( English, original ADV Films dub ), Allison Sumrall ( English, replacement ADV Films dub )

Elmore, as she did with her work in Sarge, wrote all of the original songs and lyrics, and assisted with the production along with Matt Allison.

He played an equally vital role in the development of the Merlin-engined P-51 Mustang, providing North American with the original specification and then installing Rolls-Royce Merlin engines in place of the unsatisfactory Allison V-1710 engines.

Two out of the CCI's original five subcommittee chairs ( Holloway and literature professor Anne Allison ) signed an advertisement in The Chronicle last April applauding protesters who surrounded the home of lacrosse players, and a third-history professor Peter Wood-has criticized the team in numerous media outlets.

The language was first developed solely as a standards document, written primarily by Dennis Allison, a member of the Computer Science faculty at Stanford University.

* Douglas F. Allison, former founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Allison-Fisher ; sits on the Board of Trustees of the Heritage Foundation ; member of the Detroit Economic Club.

CCR is a member of Common Cause, an alliance of Commonwealth republican movements < ref > Allison Henry.

His third wife, Allison Lance, is an animal rights activist and a volunteer crew member of Sea Shepherd.

Samuel K. Allison, a new member of the committee, was a talented experimental physicist and a protégé of Arthur Compton at the University of Chicago.

Each house was named after a prominent member of OLC / Trafalgar ’ s history: Annie Allison Maxwell, dean of OLC for 29 years, Reverend Francis L. Farewell, 2nd principal of OLC, Reverend John James Hare.

The race, run two weeks after the Daytona 500, wasn't a Winston Cup race but featured some drivers from the series including fellow Alabama Gang member Bobby Allison, Michael Waltrip, Dave Marcis and Kyle Petty who were up against Australian drivers somewhat new to NASCAR racing.

Allison is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and has been re-elected in each subsequent election.

Allison has served as President of the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation, as President of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, a Director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and board member of Junior Achievement in Niagara.

Allison is also a founding member of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in Canada and the Belarus ’ Children of Chernobyl program that brings children affected by the Chernobyl disaster to Canada.

From then until last July, when Allison Hill became president, with the exception of one five-year period, a member of the Sheldon family has served as president of A. C. Vroman, Inc.

While still under the influence of the " Allison " persona, she briefly resurfaces as a member of the New Hellions.

In 1995, Cappella returned with new member Allison Jordan, who had previously scored a club hit with " Boy From New York City ".

He chaired the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, served as a member of the board of Mount Allison University ( the alma mater of his grandfather Henry Emmerson ), and was an early and active member of the Trans Canada Trail board of directors.

Colville returned to New Brunswick after the war and became a faculty member with the Fine Arts Department at Mount Allison University where he taught from 1946-1963.

Bee Stings features Allison singing lead on half the tracks including " Our Secret Life " co-written by Allison and former band member Norman Blake.

His son Bernard Allison, at one time a member of his band, is now a solo recording artist.

When Allison and Striker audition for the school's upcoming musical, Berke desperately tries to win Allison back by also auditioning for the play, despite having no theatrical talent and having a busy schedule as a member of the basketball team.

Ayn Rand Institute board member John Allison spoke at the Cato Club 200 Retreat in September 2012, contributed " The Real Causes of the Financial Crisis " to Cato's Letter, and spoke at Cato's Monetary Conference in November, 2011.

An active promoter of the industry, Joe Allison was a founding member of the Country Music Association and served as President of the Nashville Songwriters Association International ( NSAI ).