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McKissack
McKissack may refer to: People * Dick McKissack (1926–1982), American football player and politician. * Eliza Jane McKissack (1828–1900), founding head of music at the University of North Texas College of Music * Fredrick McKissack (1939–2013), American author of children's books * Jefferson Davis McKissack (1903–1980), Texas folk artist and creator of ''The Orange Show'' * Moses McKissack III (1879–1952), African American architect * Patricia McKissack (''née'' Patricia L'Ann Carwell; born 1944), American author of books * Perri Alette McKissack (born 1966), also known as Perri Nixon and as Pebbles, American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter Other * McKissack & McKissack, an architectural firm in Nashville * McKissack Ponds, a small lake in Franklin County, Florida See also * McKissic * McKissick (other) * MacKessack (other) * McKusick {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick McKissack
James Richard McKissack (February 10, 1926 – August 28, 1982) was a professional American football player and later a politician. Born in San Antonio, Texas, McKissack played college football for Southern Methodist University. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 5th round (64th overall) of the 1950 NFL draft. He played for one season (1952) at defensive back for the Dallas Texans He later served in the Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no Term limits in the United States, term limits. The ... (1965–1973). References 1926 births American athlete-politicians American football cornerbacks SMU Mustangs football players Dallas Texans (NFL) players 1982 deaths Players of American football from San Antonio Players of American football from Dallas Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Jane McKissack
Eliza Jane McKissack (''née'' Eliza Jones Aykroyd 11 December 1828, in New Bern, North Carolina – 15 January 1900, in Nashville, Tennessee) was a music teacher who, in 1890, became the founding head of music at the University of North Texas College of Music, then called Normal Conservatory of Music, part of Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute, which was founded in 1890 as a private institution. The College of Music, today, is a comprehensive school with the largest enrollment of any institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. It is the oldest (and first) in the world offering a degree in jazz studies. Since the 1940s, the College of Music has been among the largest in the country. McKissack's qualifications McKissack, from Nashville, was highly recommended for the college position – as pianist and vocalist – by Bishop Charles Quintard of Tennessee, U.S. Senator Edward C. Walthall of Grenada, Mississippi, and Orville Brewer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrick McKissack
Fredrick Lemuel "Fred" McKissack, Sr. (August 12, 1939 – April 28, 2013) was an American writer, best known for collaborating with his wife, Patricia C. McKissack, on more than 100 children's books about the history of African-Americans. The McKissacks jointly received the biennial American Library Association Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2014 (after Fredrick's death). Biography McKissack was born in 1939 to a prominent family of African-American architects in Nashville, Tennessee— McKissack & McKissack, "widely regarded as the oldest African-American-owned architectural and construction firm in the United States". After high school, McKissack joined the United States Marines, before earning a degree in civil engineering from Tennessee State University. He was active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, participating in sit-ins to end segregation. In 1964, McKissack and Patricia Leanna Carwell married, eventually having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Davis McKissack
The Orange Show is a work of outsider art in Houston, Texas. Jeff McKissack, a mail carrier, transformed a small suburban lot near his house into a folk art installation, which he named "The Orange Show" in honor of his favorite fruit. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. The Orange Show has evolved into the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art and since 1980 is a non-profit organization. As a form of folk art, The Orange Show captures a segment of late 20th Century American culture. Programming at the Orange Show includes hands-on workshops, music, storytelling and performance, the Eyeopener Tour program and the Houston Art Car Parade. The foundation has grown to take in other folk art icons including the Beer Can House. In addition, it constructed a Smither Park with mosaic installations adjacent to The Orange Show. The ArtCar Museum is scheduled to re-open in the Orange Show. See also * List of public art in Houston This is a list of public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses McKissack III
Moses McKissack III (1879–1952), was an American architect. He had his own architecture firm McKissack Company from 1905 until 1922, and was active in Tennessee and Alabama. In a partnership with his brother Calvin Lunsford McKissack, they founded the architecture firm McKissack & McKissack in 1922. Early life and education Gabriel Moses McKissack III was born on May 8, 1879, in Pulaski, Tennessee. He had six brothers. His father Gabriel Moses McKissack II, whom he shared his name with, was a carpenter and builder; and his mother was Dolly Ann (née Maxwell). His paternal grandfather Moses was from the Ashanti tribe (or Asante tribe, modern-day Ghana) and he was enslaved in 1790. His grandfather was purchased by William McKissack, a white builder who taught him the building trade. His grandfather married Mirian (1804–1865), who was Cherokee, and together they had fourteen children. McKissack attended Pulaski Colored High School. He apprenticed in construction dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia McKissack
Patricia C. McKissack (''née'' Carwell; August 9, 1944 – April 7, 2017) was a prolific African-American children's writer. She was the author of more than 100 books, including Dear America books '' A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl;'' ''Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love'', ''The Great Migration North''; and ''Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl''. She also wrote a novel for The Royal Diaries series: '' Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba''. Notable standalone works include '' Flossie & the Fox'' (1986), '' The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural'' (1992), and '' Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?'' (1992). ''What is Given from the Heart'' was published posthumously in 2019. McKissack lived in St. Louis. In addition to her solo work, McKissack co-wrote many books with her husband, Fredrick, with whom she also co-won the Regina Medal in 1998. Fredrick died in April 2017 at the age of 73. Patricia McKis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perri Alette McKissack
Perri Arlette Reid (née McKissack; August 29, 1964), known professionally as Pebbles, is an American singer-songwriter, businesswoman, pastor, and record producer and executive. She is known for her hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s such as "Girlfriend" (1987), " Mercedes Boy" (1988), " Giving You the Benefit" (1990), " Love Makes Things Happen" (1990) and "Backyard" (1991). In addition to a recording career, Reid helped develop the contemporary R&B group TLC. She is now an Atlanta-based minister, known as Sister Perri. Early life Reid was born Perri Arlette McKissack on August 29, 1964, one of four siblings to two parents of mixed European-American (white)/African-American (black) ancestry. Reid's parents divorced when she was around six years old. Her mother raised Reid and her siblings on the income of a waitress and housekeeper. Career Reid got her start at age 16 in 1980 as a backing vocalist for the percussionist/band leader Bill Summers and the funk band Con Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKissack & McKissack
McKissack & McKissack is an American design, program management and construction firm based in New York. It is the oldest Black-owned architecture and construction company in the United States. The firm was founded in 1905 in Nashville, Tennessee by Moses McKissack, the grandson of an enslaved person brought to the United States from West Africa and put to work making bricks. Moses III became an accomplished carpenter and eventually teamed with his brother Calvin McKissack to found the company. Over its 120-year history, the company has completed over 6,000 public- and privately-funded planning, design, and construction projects. History The firm was founded by Moses McKissack III (May 8, 1879 – December 12, 1952) in 1905, who was later joined by his brother Calvin Lunsford McKissack (February 23, 1890 – March 2, 1968) to form the McKissack & McKissack partnership in 1922. The brothers were natives of Pulaski, Tennessee. Their father (Moses McKissack II) and grandfather (Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKissack Ponds
The McKissack Ponds (sometimes misspelled as McKissick) are five small ponds in the city limits of Carrabelle, Franklin County, Florida, just west – to – of the Carrabelle–Thompson Airport, on the north and south sides of Airport Road. The McKissack Ponds are owned by Franklin County. History Locations Carrabelle is a coastal inland rural town, contiguous to St. George Sound (part of the Apalachee Bay system), just west of St. James Island, on the Gulf of Mexico's northeastern coast – sometimes referred to as "the Forgotten Coast" – in the Panhandle. The ponds are south of the Carrabelle River and west of U.S. Route 98 in an area called Carrabelle Beach, which was known before World War II as McKissack Beach. From another perspective, the ponds are due north (and slightly west) of the southern tip of Dog Island. * The most northerly pond – the second largest, sometimes referred to as Lake Pristine – lies within Lake Pristine Circle (a road in a real est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKissic
McKissic is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dwight McKissic (born 1958), American Southern Baptist minister * J. D. McKissic (born 1993), American football player * Shaquielle McKissic (born 1990), American-Azerbaijani basketball player * William Dwight McKissic, Sr. (b. 1958), Southern Baptist minister in Arlington, Texas See also * McKissack (other) * McKissick (other) * MacKessack (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKissick (other)
McKissick is a name and may refer to: People Surname * Floyd Bixler McKissick (1922–1991), American civil rights advocate and author * Floyd Bixler McKissick, Jr. (born 1952), American lawyer and North Carolina State Senator * Jaycen McKissick, punk rock musician with The Action Design and Pipedown * Joe McKissack, one-time owner (1993–1999) of WEZZ radio in Monroeville, Alabama * John McKissick (1926–2019), American high school football coach from South Carolina * Norsalus McKissick (1923–1997), American gospel singer with The Roberta Martin Singers Middle name * Thomas McKissick Jones (1816–1892), American politician in Tennessee * Helen MacKissick Williamson (approx. 1904–1957), American headmistress in 1953 at Rosemary Hall prep school, Greenwich, Connecticut Places * McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina See also * McKissic * McKissack (other) McKissack may refer to: People * Dick McKissack (1926–1982), American football play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacKessack (other)
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Mackessack or MacKessack may refer to: People * Douglas Mackessack (1903–1987), Scottish cricketer, British Army officer, and whiskey distiller * James Kessack (1879–1916), British trade unionist * Kenneth Mackessack (1902–1982), Scottish cricketer and army officer Places * Mackessack Park, Rothes, a football field in Moray, Scotland See also * McKissic * McKissack (other) * McKissick (other) McKissick is a name and may refer to: People Surname * Floyd Bixler McKissick (1922–1991), American civil rights advocate and author * Floyd Bixler McKissick, Jr. (born 1952), American lawyer and North Carolina State Senator * Jaycen McKiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
