Franklin agrees that Luke ’ s work is apolitical and believes that Luke ’ s main concern was the “ triumph of God in Paul ’ s arrival in Rome.

* Mathews, L. K. “ Benjamin Franklin ’ s Plans for a Colonial Union, 1750 – 1775 .” American Political Science Review 8 ( August 1914 ): 393 – 412.

While it is commonly accepted that Herschel Island ( in the Arctic Ocean, part of the Yukon Territory ) was named after him, the entries in the expedition journal of Sir John Franklin state that the latter wished to honour the Herschel name, about which John Herschel ’ s father ( Sir William Herschel ) and his aunt ( Caroline Herschel ) constitute two other notable members of this family.

H. Bruce Franklin ’ s most recent book, The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America is an interdisciplinary study of the role of menhaden in American environmental, economic, social, political, and cultural history from the seventeenth into the twenty-first centuries.

Perhaps the largest contribution to the public works system in the U. S. came out of President Franklin D. Roosevelt ’ s New Deal initiatives particularly the creation of the Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) in 1935.

In Benjamin Franklin ’ s time, it was referred to as training wisdom and virtue.

Binny & Ronaldson had bought the type founding equipment of Benjamin Franklin ’ s ( 1706 – 1790 ) type foundry established in 1786 and run by his grandson Benjamin Franklin Bache ( 1769 – 1798 ).

He was co-recipient of the Franklin Institute ’ s Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1966.

One of the town ’ s hallmark features is the giant sundial, located in the rose gardens in front of the planetarium on Franklin Street.

In 1816, Franklin County ’ s Columbus became Ohio ’ s state capital.

Today pollinators are considered to be in a state of decline ; some species, such as Franklin ’ s bumble bee ( Bombus franklini ) have been red-listed and are in danger of extinction.

In February 1885, Collier and Graham purchased Franklin Heald ’ s one-third interest in the of unsold land south-east of Corydon Road.

Little White House, Franklin D. Roosevelt ’ s cottage

A Works Progress Administration construction crew constructed the auditorium and middle building as a part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt ’ s New Deal legislation in 1936 – 1937 when P. D. Griffis was the chairman of the Screven Board of Education.

Montpelier ’ s First Baptist Church was founded by Franklin Baldwin, brother of the leader of Montpelier ’ s first settlers, Abel Baldwin.

An early settler, Franklin Smith, arrived in Blue Springs from Virginia in 1838 and became a leading figure in the community ’ s development.

The Franklin County Sheriff ’ s Office has 44 full-time sworn Deputies and 8 part-time sworn Deputies.

Franklin County Sheriff ’ s Office is located at 285 T. Kemp Rd in Louisburg.

Johnstown ’ s citizens mobilized to achieve a permanent solution to the flooding problem and wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt pleading for Federal aid.

In 1937, the community ’ s name was changed to Norvelt ( EleaNOR RooseVELT ), following a visit by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

More than half of Franklin < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s crew had been killed or wounded.

The person ( s ) were born and / or called New Franklin their home sometime in their lives:

As the miniseries was based upon Otis Williams ’ book, it came from his perspective: the focus of the story tended to be on Williams and his best friend Melvin Franklin, with David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks seen as antagonists for much of the second half ( although Kendricks was still given a more sympathetic portrayal than Ruffin-Kendricks was even shown scolding Ruffin and later joking with the other Temptations about Ruffin's chronic lateness when they were preparing for their reunion tour, only to be surprised when he showed up early ).

Franklin ’ s most recognizable acting role was his 1983-1985 portrayal of Captain Crane on the popular action-adventure series The A-Team.

Franklin supports the portrayal of African American history in films, and has been quoted as saying “ I am interested in the universal values of the black experience .” However, just because Franklin is a filmmaker who is African American does not mean that all of his films are racially motivated.

* Little Big Man, a 1970 western by Arthur Penn in which Richard Mulligan originated the portrayal of General Custer he partially reprises in Teachers, as mental patient Herbert Gower, who teaches his pupils while impersonating historical figures such as Custer, but also Abe Lincoln and Ben Franklin amongst others ( see above ).

Moreover, it remains unclear what power levels Franklin will ultimately achieve as an adult, as several future incarnations from alternate realities as well as the mainstream Marvel universe have been shown to vary in power.

The Exiles, a group of superheroes taken from several different realities, traveled to a future Earth where their mission was to stop Franklin Richards ' son from conquering that world.

Discussing the realities for African Americans in the television and film industry, Franklin said " When I came up, the only legitimate dramatic actor was Sidney Poitier, the bankable star was Richard Pryor and the other choice roles were action parts that went to Jim Brown.

A History of African Americans, by John Hope Franklin, Alfred Moss, McGraw-Hill Education 2001, standard work, first edition in 1947.

On February 1, 1960, four students Ezell A. Blair, Jr. ( now known as Jibreel Khazan ), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College, an all-black college, sat down at the segregated lunch counter to protest Woolworth's policy of excluding African Americans.

U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped overnight in Banjul en route to and from the Casablanca Conference in 1943, marking the first visit to the African continent by a sitting American president.

American President Franklin D. Roosevelt suspected the African operation would rule out an invasion of Europe in 1943 but agreed to support British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Well-known figures from Crawford County include Jefferson Franklin Long, Georgia's first African American congressional representative and the first African American to speak from the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives.

African American history tours are transforming the historic Franklin Street School into a Community Cultural Center.

These strategic, coastal, and tactical units provided the model upon which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and their staffs reorganized the Allied air forces in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations ( MTO ) at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943.

Phillips also painted portraits of Walter Scott, Robert Southey, George Anthony Legh Keck ( 1830 ), Thomas Campbell ( poet ), Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Hallam, Mary Somerville, Sir Edward Parry, Sir John Franklin, Dixon Denham, the African traveller, and Hugh Clapperton.

The CIO supported Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal Coalition, and was open to African Americans.

An important part of this work concerned African Americans ; works including E. Franklin Frazier ( 1932 ) and Drake and Cayton ( 1945 ) shaped white America's perception of black communities for decades.

Dolores Robinson comments on this issue by stating that Roosevelt Franklin became a televised vehicle for her then husband ’ s anger with racism and pride in the African American race.

While Roosevelt Franklin represented a figure to associate with in the African American community, it would be important to teach the highest standard of the English language — some saw this is being not black enough for children to relate too though.

During his life Naudé received several honors, including the Bruno Kreisky Award ( Germany, 1979 ), the Franklin D Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award ( USA, 1984 ), the African American Institute Award ( USA, 1985 ), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ( USA, 1985 ), the Swedish Labour Movement Award ( Sweden, 1988 ), the Order of Oranje-Nassau ( Netherlands, 1995 ), Order for Meritorious Service ( Gold ) ( South Africa, 1997 ), and the Order of Merit ( Germany, 1999 ).

While the leaders of the Democratic Party in the South were in many aspects conservative, especially in regard to segregation and civil rights for African Americans, the nationwide Democratic party became increasingly liberal in early 20th century, a movement that accelerated with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Plessy was born on St. Patrick's Day in 1862, when federal occupation troops under General Benjamin Franklin Butler had liberated African Americans in New Orleans.

Other smaller art museums in the city include the Craft and Folk Art Museum, the California African American Museum, and many sculpture gardens throughout the city, including those at the American Jewish University and the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden.

Their younger sister Shirley, who eventually married the lawyer and civil rights leader Franklin Williams, was darker and showed more of her African ancestry.

As a young man, Weaver had been one of 45 prominent African Americans appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to his Black Cabinet.

* Franklin Cale, South African footballer

William Franklin ( born 1906 in Memphis, Tennessee ) was an opera singer who was considered to be a pioneering African American in the Chicago music scene.

His father Wiley Franklin White was a free person of color, of Scots-Irish and African ancestry, who was a laborer in a turpentine camp.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was able to forge a coalition of labor unions, liberals, Catholics, African Americans, and southern whites.

Switching gears back to television, Franklin directed Laurel Avenue, a two-part miniseries focused on an African American family in Minnesota for HBO in 1993.