• First in her family to be born free from slavery

• She became a single mother after her husband died

• Moved to St. Louis and became a laundress and cook to get out of poverty

• After a divorce, financial struggle and physical strain, she moved to Denver

• Having to deal with the racism and sexism associated with being a black women at the time

• She launched her hair care line Madam Walkers Wonderful Hair Grower with only $1.25

• After another divorce, she moved to Indiana and built a factory that employed hundreds to thousands of African American men and women

• She became the first black female millionaire

Link:

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker

Anika C.

• Actress, executive, philanthropist, talk show host, business woman

  
  

• Born to a teenage mother in 1954

  
  

• She lived in extreme poverty throughout her childhood and often had to wear clothes made of potato sacks

  
  

• Winfrey was the victim of sexual abuse from multiple family members and ran away from her abusive home at the age of 14 (was later caught and sent to a juvenile detention center.)

  
  

• Moved in with her father at the age of 14. He pushed her to work hard in school, and she earned a full scholarship to Tennessee State University

  
  

• Worked for WVOL (radio station for African Americans in Nashville, TN)

  
  

• Moved to Baltimore in 1976 to work for WJZ-TV as a news anchor. Co-hosted her first talk show "People Are Talking" while working for WJZ

• 1985 marked the beginning of the Oprah Winfrey Show (put her own twist on modern day talk shows, which is what made hers so popular and loved by the public)

• Her love for acting inspired her to launch her own Production company "Harpo Productions"

• Launched a campaign to establish a national database of convicted child abusers. Passed by Bill Clinton called the "Oprah Bill"

Oprah Winfrey Biography – Academy of Achievement. (January 24^th, 2024)  

https://achievement.org/achiever/oprah-winfrey/ 

Z Camara

• Self proclaimed herbalist healer

• Born in Ilanga, Honduras in 1933

• Never attended formal school, educated & raised by his grandmother

• Studied herbs in Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and Central and South America

• He has treated high profile clientele including Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy, John Travolta, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC, and Teddy Pendergrass

• Bowman claimed to cure all disease with herbs and a plant-based alkaline diet based on various pseudoscientific claims

• He set up treatment centers in Honduras before expanding to the U.S in New York and Los Angeles

• Died in jail due to complications of illness, diagnosed as pneumonia on August 6, 2016

• Link: Dr. Sebi's Cell Food was founded by Dr. Sebi: Official Web Store (drsebiscellfood.com)

  Dr. Sebi: The Herbalist Who Cured Cancer & Was Poisoned in Prison For It (universe-inside-you.com)

-Lebron Raymone James Sr. Born in Akron Ohio December 30,1984 .

-Mother Gloria James ,who was 16 at the time of his birth .

_Father Anthony McClevland who was not in his do to his extensive criminal life style .

_Lebron James married his high school sweetheart Savannah James ,Two boys and one girl ,Bronny ,Bryce,and daughter Zhuri James.

_Life was often a struggle for the family .Gloria allowed him to move in with the family of Frank Walker ,a local youth football coach who introduced James to basketball when he was 9 yrs old.

_James attended St Vincent -St. Mary High School.

_In 2003 ,Lebron James was Drafted first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers .he was 18 yrs old at the time.

_He has competed in 10 NBA Finals ,4 NBA Championships, he also won the inaugural (NBA cup in 2023) 2 Gold Medals.

he has been named an All Star 20 times ,selected All NBA 19 times and All Defensive Team 6 times.

_Since 2005 the foundation held an annual bike -a-thon to raise money for various causes

-Has a partnership with the University of Akron to provide scholarships for as many as 2,300 children beginning in 2021.

-He recieved the J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award from the NBA for his outstanding service to his community .

-In November 2017,the Akron School Board approved the I Promise School ,a Public Elementry School ,a Public Elementry School created to help struggling students stay in school ,I Promise Village (Housing Complex) which house three -thirty (community center/retail plaza and I Promise Health Quarter (Medical Center)

After School All-Star ,Boys and Girls Club and Children defense fund .

-In 2016 he donated $2.5 million to Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to support an exhibit on Muhammad Ali.

Stephen Johnson

Z: 2nd presentation

Anika: 3rd presentation