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Eugene Williams (other)
Eugene Williams may refer to: * Eugene Williams Sr. (born 1941), educator and motivational speaker * Eugene Williams (baseball) (1932–2008) * Eugene Williams (jazz critic) (1918–1948) * Eugene Williams (born 1918), one of the nine teenage African-American Scottsboro Boys falsely convicted of raping two white women in 1931 and sentenced to death (later exonerated) * Eugene Williams (1902–1919), a 17-year-old African American killed after unintentionally swimming in a segregated area, which triggered the Chicago race riot of 1919 * Eugene Williams III (born 1960), pro football player, Seattle Seahawks 1982–1984 (1982 Seattle Seahawks season#1982 draft class, drafted in 1982) See also * Gene Williams (other) {{hndis, name=Williams, Eugene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Williams Sr
Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the singing group S.E.S. * Eugene (wrestler), professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore * Franklin Eugene (producer), American film producer * Gene Eugene, stage name of Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician Gene Andrusco (1961–2000) * Wendell Eugene (1923–2017), American jazz musician Places Canada * Mount Eugene, in Nunavut; the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island United States * Eugene, Oregon, a city ** Eugene, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area ** Eugene (Amtrak station) * Eugene Apartments, NRHP-listed apartment complex in Portland, Oregon * Eugene, Indiana, an unincorporated town * Eugene, Missouri, an unincorporated town Business * Eugene Green Energy Standard, an internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Williams (baseball)
Eugene Williams (August 14, 1932 – December 8, 2008), nicknamed "Fireball", was an American Negro league pitcher for the Memphis Red Sox from 1957 to 1959. A native of Auburn, Alabama, Williams was the winning pitcher in the 1957 East–West All-Star Game. He died in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about west of downtown Knoxville. Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. O ... in 2008 at age 76. References External links * Eugene Williams aNegro Leagues Baseball Museum 1932 births 2008 deaths Memphis Red Sox players Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Alabama Sportspeople from Auburn, Alabama 20th-century African-American sportsmen 21st-century African-American sportsmen {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Williams (jazz Critic)
Eugene Bernard Williams (May 18, 1918 – May 5, 1948) was an American jazz writer who, in 1939, co-founded ''Jazz Information'', and in 1942, co-produced Bunk Johnson. Life and education Williams was born in Manhattan, New York. He enrolled at Columbia College, Columbia University, in 1934 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1938. In June 1938, as a senior at Columbia, Williams was one of two recipients to win the Philolexian Prize for excellence in prose and poetry. The Philolexian Society was, at the time, one of the three oldest literary societies in America. Williams received the prose prize for his essay, "The Elements of Jazz". The other recipient, Ralph Toledano, president of the Philolexian Society, won the poetry prize for his 28-line poem, "Primavera". The judges were Jacques Barzun, instructor of history, and Howard Theodric Westbrook (1900–1944), instructor in Greek and Latin. Columbia cohorts Williams' contemporaries a Columbia included: * Ralph Glea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Race Riot Of 1919
The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919. During the riot, 38 people died (23 black and 15 white). Over the week, injuries attributed to the episodic confrontations stood at 537, two thirds black and one third white; and between 1,000 and 2,000 residents, most of them black, lost their homes. Due to its sustained violence and widespread economic impact, it is considered the worst of the scores of riots and civil disturbances across the United States during the "Red Summer" of 1919, so named because of its racial and labor violence. It was also one of the worst riots in the history of Illinois. In early 1919, the sociopolitical atmosphere of Chicago around its rapidly-growing black community was one of ethnic tension caused by long-standing racism, competition among new groups, an economic slump, and the social changes engend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Seattle Seahawks Season
The 1982 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's seventh season with the National Football League (NFL), which was interrupted by a 57-day players strike, which began on September 21, after the second game. The Seahawks lost their first two games, and three weeks into the strike, head coach Jack Patera and general manager John Thompson were fired on Wednesday, October 13, and Mike McCormack took over as head coach for the remainder of After the strike ended in November, the Seahawks won twice to even their record then lost a close game to the Los Angeles Raiders. After beating the Chicago Bears the next week, the team was upset in the Kingdome by the New England Patriots. Seattle finished and missed the expanded playoffs as the second team out in the tiebreaker. Offseason 1982 draft class Personnel Staff Final roster * Starters in bold. * (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1983 Pro Bowl. Schedule Preseason :Source: Seahawks Media Guides Regular sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
