The Red Sox rule the majors this season in median game length: 3 hours, 14 minutes. The Cardinals, despite playing 13 straight games in July and August longer than 3 hours, are near the bottom of the list. Here are some charts exploring game lengths in 2013 (through Sunday):
Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) became the first African American woman in the Cabinet when President Jimmy Carter appointed her secretary of housing and urban development in 1977. Born on May 31, 1924, in Mattoon, Illinois, to working class parents, Patricia Roberts Harris exemplified a true American success story. Educated in the Chicago public schools, Harris attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude in 1945.
Washington law firm. In Harris, President Carter found his nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. As you read the profile below, think about the determination Patricia Roberts Harris must have had to accomplish what she did. Chapter 32 Survey Edition Chapter 25 Modern American History Edition Biography â¢ 37 NAME _____ CLASS _____ DATE _____ Patricia Roberts Harris BIOGRAPHY P atricia Harrisâs life was marked by a series of firstsâfirst African American woman to serve as a United States ambassador, first African American woman to head a law school, first African American woman to serve in the Cabinet. Though pleased with such honors, she felt a little regret about them