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Harriet was a slave on a plantation in Maryland. historian sthiank think she was born in 1820 or possibly 1821. Life as a slave was difficult Harriet fist lived in one- room cabin wit

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Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 and died on May 28, 2014. Angelou could speak five different languages, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, and Fanti. In 2010 Angelou was awarded  the Presidential  Medal of Freedom , the highest civilian honor in the US, by President  Barak Obama.

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Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was an African American activist and first-born child of civil rights leaders Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was also known for her artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking.
Born: Yolanda Denise King; November 17, 19...
Relatives: Martin Luther King III (brother); Dexter ...
Known for: Daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Parent(s): Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott ...

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Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is an American minister and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. ...
Her mother suffered a stroke in 2005 and, after she died the following year, King delivered the eulogy at her funeral.

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Billie Holiday was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. She had a thriving career for many years before she lost her battle with addiction.

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Thurgood was the first African American Justice on the U.S.Supreme Court.

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Early life. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and named after the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where his father was pastor before moving to the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His eldest sister Yolanda watched after him. He was seven years old when his father was assassinated.

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In 1958 she was the first African-American woman to win a Grammy Award. Later Ella went on to win 13 Grammy Awards.
Her multi-volume "songbooks" on Verve Records are among American's recording treasures.

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was a famase baseball player.
1957 world series 3 time gold glove winer MVP halloffame

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He was like his father and liked to speak like his father.He

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1917-1996,She was a blue jazz singer. Her first song was "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" in 1938.
Know as "Lady Ella" and "First Lady of Song" she had about 200 albums and about 2,000 songs

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She led 10s and 100s of slaves to the underground railroad.She became a conductor on the underground railroad and spent about 10 years making 13 trips to Maryland to rescue slaves.Harriet started working on her plan to escape slavery when she was only 6 years old.She led about 300 people along the underground railroad.During the civil war,she worked as a nurse,cook and a scout. When the North won the civil war,slavery was illegal in all states.Later,Harriet moved to Newyork and she raised money for black children's schools and she continued to help black people.

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Andrew young became

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the words of wisdom every great dream begins with a dreamer always remember you have within you the strength the patience and the passion did you know harriet tub man escaped slavery to become a leading person she lead hundreds of enslaves people to freedom along the route of the under ground rail road

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in the 1950 BB.king became one of the most important blues musicians.BB.king the lager-than guitarist and singer who helped make the blues.

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He inventted the super soker and nerf gun and many more invechins he got the masters degre in nuckler enginering and worked for nasaandin the army for jets and air for

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Ben carson had authored many books and in 2015 he became a contender for the republican nomination for u.s. president he also rose from humble beging

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Elijah McCoy was a 19th century African American Inventor he was known for lubrication devices Elijah was born on may 2 1844 in Colechester, Ontario Canada Elijah McCoy  was trained as an engineer in Scotland as a teenager)Fun Fact, Elijah Used oil to make trains run for a long period time Elijah died October 10, 19

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Otis Frank Boykin's noteworthy inventions include a wire precision register and a control unit for the Pacemaker. When Otis died in 1982 he had 26 patents in his name!

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she was a waitress,cook,singer,dancer,journalist,poet,actor,director,but she is best known for her writing.Maya Angelou recited her poem at President Bill Clinton's 1993 inaugural ceremony.

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She was a civil rights leader.
She studied at Antioch College in Ohio.
She met her husband while in Boston and had four kids named Yolanda King, Marten Luther King 3,
Bernice King and Dexter king

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Wilt averaged 30.1 points a game . Also he is a 13 time All star champion . Wilt is a 2 time NBA finals champion. wilt was a harlem  globetrotter before going the nba

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Jackie robinson was a baseball player who became the first African American to play in major League the Baseball modern era.Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at the first base on April 15, 1947.Also Jackie Robinson was born on January 31,1919.He died October 24,1972.His childrens names were Sharon Robinson,Jackie Robinson Jr,and David Robinson.

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Thurgood Marshall was the first African American justice on the U.S.  supreme court

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She had no help or no formal training in singing.

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He was a slave . He also was a political leader, teacher and author. Booker wanted to read but slaves  can't read well. Booker had two siblings there names where John and Amanda.

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He plays guitar and sings.
He is called Buddy Guy.
He plays jazz music.

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he played baseball.He hit 775 Homeruns

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Billie Holiday was a blue's,jazz singer.

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she was a  only black
kid  in a wihte shcool

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He went to work with Martin Luther King. He ran for president.  " I am somebody never look down on anybody unless your helping him up.   If my heart can believe it,then you can achieve it". In 1979 he traveled to South Africa to speak out."If you fall behind,run faster. Never give up never surrender, and rise up against the odds". "Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy. A new leadership. A choice.A chance .Don't cry about what you don't have. Use what you got". He was American civil rights,activist, Baptist, minister, and politician.

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Louis would grow up to change American music forever. Louis mixed scat singing with jazz music. Louis began making records in 1925. He died in 1971. Louis left for Chicago in 1922 to perform in a jazz band. In 1924 he moved to new York city. Louis Armstrong is one of a kind, an american legend.

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BB king He was nicknamed the Beale Street Blues Boy

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Ruby was the only one in first grade to go to an otherwise white school.Ruby had government agents walk her to school because kids were so mean to her. Ruby was the only one in that class one year. Lots of white parents took their kids out of school. Many years later Ruby was a volunteer at her childhood elementary school. Ruby also was a travel agent.  By 1999 Ruby wrote a book about her life. In 1984 Ruby married a man named Malcom Hall . Ruby raised 4 sons.

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b.b. king

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Jackie Robinson won the National League Most Valuable Play er Award

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was secretary of state

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he created and destroyed his own band he also hunted deer

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Duke Ellington was an a American jazz bandleader,composer, and pianist. He was born April 29,1899,Washington,D.C and died May 24,1974,in New York. His famous words of wisdom were "Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young".

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rosa went to jail for not giving her seatb up on the bus to a white man

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Harriet Tubman is a African American who escaped slavery and helped other slaves escape.

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he has 2 words of wisdom

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the guitarist cut his first recrod in 1949

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ruby bridges was one of the first african american to join an all white school and was one of the first african american to pass the test.

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Miles Davis is a grammy award winner 8 times in a row

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did you know that  Maya Angelou.

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Do you know anything about Jackie Robinson

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B.B KING

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Miles Davis is a grammy award winner 8 times in a row

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Billie Holiday was only 44 years old when she had died 1915 through 1959 she died on July 17 also her real name was Eleanora Fagan

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B.B king nickname was bb

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was born in 1937....   he is now 81 he was in the military and got a certificit for being brave in a war zone

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Thurgood Marshall had been as a lot of people know him the first african american to rule in supreme court he was in the supreme court for 24

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MARK DEAN was very good at math when he was a kid at school.MARK was also a computer programmer when he   was older.

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B.B king was 89 in las vegas

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Billie Holiday was 44 when she hafd died 1915 through 1959

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Frederick Douglass had 3 main occupations these include abolitionist,civil rights activist and a writer. As a writer Frederick posted 3 versions of his autobiography
(one of them by the name of "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass")

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Harriet Tubman is a African American who escaped slavery.

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powell met Elvis presley twice while    serving in germany

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Some words that were inspiring were "A life is not

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she adopted the name in 1953

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1982 Lonnie Johnson finished a heat pump that connected to  his bathroom soon released a powerful spray and soon inspired him to create a water gun

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1982 Lonnie Johnson finished a heat pump that connected to  his bathroom soon released a powerful spray and soon inspired him to create a water gun

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Jimi created his own band and when he was successful he left his own band

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powell was appointed secretary of state in 2000

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Wilma couldn't walk well until age 11,but she became a pro at running by setting records in the Olympics.

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He ran for President.He also became a baptist.Jesse Jackson once said"Never look down on anybody unless your helping him up," and that's why he's a famous speaker.

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louis armstrong                           

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he played the trumpet and the most influential person in jazz
his song hello dolly
was made into a movie

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Elijah mcoy was a 19th century African American also elijah was known for lubrication devices and train travel more Efficent.

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his real name is cassius marcellous clay jr

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Mack Robinson won a silver medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics,second only to Jesse Owens.He was also the brother of Jackie Robinson and he had 6 children.

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did you know

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Duke  Ellington was a famous jazz musician. He was born on April 24 1899

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Did you know Jackie Robinson ran track like his brother?

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did you know Muhammad Ali had 9 kids?

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Ray Charles was blind since the age 7 but it did not stop him from playing Jazz
P.S. Ray Charles was the King of soul!!!!!!!

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Did you know That Jimi could not read music and he played his guitaur upside down

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Wilma Rudolph was the first women to earn three gold medals in track and field in one Olympic games.