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MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
John Pool (June 16, 1826 – August 16, 1884) was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1868 and 1873. He was also the uncle of Congressman Walter Freshwater Pool. He was born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina near Elizabeth City and was tutored at home until his attendance at the University of North Carolina, where he studied law. He graduated and was admitted to the bar in 1847, practicing in his home city until serving in the North Carolina Senate in 1856 and 1858. Pool ran against Gov. John W. Ellis in the 1860 election as head of the "Opposition Party," which consisted primarily of former Whigs, like himself. With the war-weariness increasing in civilian parts of the Confederacy during 1863, pro-Union activities began to become organized as resistance. The Loyal Order of the Heroes of America, also known as the "Red Strings", were started by several men from North Carolina, including Henderson Adams, North Carolina's State Auditor during this time. The actual leader was John Pool, who spent some time in a jail in Richmond, and who traveled through western Virginia in 1864. While in West Virginia it was known that John Pool was part of (had joined in response to the Masons being against his "Red Stringed Beliefs") a fraternal brotherhood known only as ECV or E Clampus Vitus (different spellings were also recorded "E Clampsus Vatus, E Clampses Vitus and E Vitus Clampsus) which helped care for the families of fallen miners. The order is known to still be around today in the western states. Pool was elected by the legislature to serve in the U.S. Senate as a Republican once North Carolina was readmitted in 1868. He was one of 13 senators, and one of five Republican senators, to oppose the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. After his single term, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. until his death in 1884. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.
John Schmidt (born April 12, 1973) is an American pool player. Nicknamed "Mr. 600", specialising in straight pool, Schmidt held the record for the highest run made (626), until Jayson Shaw broke that record with a high run of 669 in January 2022. Schmidt won the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships in 2006 defeating Rodolfo Luat in the final. He was also part of the American team at two Mosconi Cups in 2006 and 2014.
Pool is an album by John Zorn featuring his early "game piece" composition of the same name which was first released on vinyl on Parachute Records in 1980 as a double album including the composition "Hockey". The album was released on CD on Tzadik Records with an additional bonus track featuring a test recording of Archery as part of The Parachute Years Box Set in 1997 and as a single CD in 2000. The album was the first released solely under Zorn's name following his collaboration with Eugene Chadbourne, School (1978).
Pool is an English and Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert-Jan Pool (born 1960), Dutch type designer Andre Pool, Seychelles politician Bettie Freshwater Pool (1860–1928), American writer and teacher from North Carolina Brodney Pool (born 1984), American football player Bumper Pool (American football) (born 1999), American football player Cord Pool, American guitarist for Texas Hippie Coalition David de Sola Pool (1885–1970), Jewish spiritual leader from New York; father of Ithiel E. Ion Pool (1858–1939), British marathon runner and Olympics critic Ithiel de Sola Pool (1917–1984), pioneer in the development of social science; son of David Hamp Pool (1915–2000), American football player Hugh Pool (born 1964), American guitarist Joe R. Pool (1911–1968), American politician from Texas John Pool (1826–1884), American politician from North Carolina Jonathan Pool (born 1942), American political scientist Judith Graham Pool (1919–1975), American scientist, discoverer of cryoprecipitation Juriaen Pool (1665–1745), Dutch painter, husband of Rachel Ruysch Lafayette G. Pool (1919–1991), American tank-platoon commander in World War II Léa Pool (born 1950), Swiss filmmaker, and film instructor in Quebec, Canada Malcolm Pool (born 1943), British bass player with The Artwoods and other bands Maria Louise Pool (1841–1898), American writer, best known for A Vacation in a Buggy Matthijs Pool (1676–1732), Dutch engraver Robert Roy Pool (born 1953), American screenwriter Rosey E. Pool (1905–1971), Dutch translator, educator, and anthologist Solomon Pool (1832–1901), fourth president of the University of North Carolina Steve Pool (born 1955), American weather anchor from Washington Theodor Pool (1890–1942), Estonian politician and agronomist Tim Pool (born 1986), American journalist and political commentator Ted Pool (1906–1975), Australian football player Victor Pool (born 1992), Dutch DJ Walter F. Pool (1850–1883), American politician from North Carolina Wim Pool (born 1927), Dutch sprint canoer
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
MORE →Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.