Ralph Becker Papers. 1957 - 1987. Personal Papers
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
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Free to Dance: The African-American Presence in Modern Dance was a three-part television documentary co-produced by the American Dance Festival and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York. The series aired on PBS' Great Performances: Dance in America in 2001 and won an Emmy for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming-Long Form. It chronicled the role of African-American choreographers and dancers in the development of moder...
Becker, Ralph E., 1907-
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Ralph Becker (1907-1994) was a Washington, D.C. attorney, active in Republican politics and involved in cultural matters. President Eisenhower appointed Becker to the Board of Directors of the National Cultural Center (renamed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1964). Becker served on the Center's Board of Directors and served as general counsel for twenty years. From the description of Becker, Ralph E., 1907-1994 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)...
