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Bill Martin, Jr. 1916-INTRODUCTIONPRINCIPAL WORKSAUTHOR COMMENTARYGENERAL COMMENTARYTITLE COMMENTARYFURTHER READING(Full name William Ivan Martin, Jr.) American author of picture books.The following entry presents an overview of Martin's career through 2003.
After graduating with his bachelor's degree, Martin taught journalism, drama, and English at high schools in Newton and St. John, Kansas. [3] During World War II, he served in the Army Air Force as a newspaper editor and wrote his first book, The Little Squeegy Bug, published in 1945, as William Ivan Martin, with illustrations by his brother Bernard Martin.
Ivan Earnest Allen Jr. (March 15, 1911 – July 2, 2003), was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd mayor of Atlanta, during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Allen took the helm of the Ivan Allen Company, his father's office supply business, in 1946 and within three years had the company bringing in annual revenues of ...
The Day King Died. Former Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. tells us in gripping detail how Atlanta stayed together while the rest of America split apart. By. Ivan Allen Jr. -. April 1, 1993. Martin Luther ...
King's widow, Coretta Scott King, honored him with the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in 1981. Allen's company was bought by the office–supply giant Staples Inc. in 1998. The Atlanta City Council debated renaming a downtown street Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard in 2000, but Allen declined.
Aug 17, 2004 · Bill Martin Jr., who wrote more than 300 books for children, ... William Ivan Martin was born in Hiawatha, Kan., the son of a paperhanger and a housewife and one of five boys. He graduated from ...
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Ivan Allen Jr. Born Ivan Earnest Allen Jr., March 15, 1911, in Atlanta, GA; died July 2, 2003, in Atlanta, GA. Mayor and business owner. As mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1962 to 1970, Ivan Allen Jr. presided over that city's peaceful desegregation. He ended segregation at City Hall, testified before Congress in favor of civil rights laws, and ...
