Black+History

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a leader in the American Civil Rights movement. His wife was Coretta Scott King. He was the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote the amazing " I Have A Dream Speech." King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.  King was born on January 15, 1929. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Huge advocate in civil rights. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Dr. King's assassin was identified as **James Earl Ray**, who was arrested at a London airport on June 8, 1968. Ray was later sentenced to 99 years in prison for this crime on May 10, 1969. He died in prison of liver failure on April 23, 1998.

Three decades after King was gunned down on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tenn., he is still regarded mainly as the black leader of a movement for black equality.

Alex Haley wrote __Roots.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement". On December 1, 1955 in [|Montgomery, Alabama], Parks refused to obey bus driver [|James Blake]'s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Founded the Rosa and Raymond Institute for Self- Development.

Oprah Winfrey is known for having the highest-rated talk show in the history of television. Oprah was born in Mississippi on Jan. 29th, 1954. She is one of the partners in Oxygen Media, Inc., a cable channel and interactive network presenting programming designed primarily for women. She is the richest black woman in world being worth a net worth of somewhere around 2 billion dollars.

Barack Obama was the first black president Obama attended Columbia University. Obama was born August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He became a US senator, and is now the president elect, soon to be president.

Barack Obama's inauguration was on the same day as King's assasination anniversary. Forty-one years after King was killed; Obama was inaugurated to the highest office in the land. Obama proved his critics wrong and was elected the first African- American president in the United States.

to become a General in the U.S Army.
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Bob Marley was a Jamacian singer.Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread Jamacian music to the world.



Lil Wayne aka Weezy f. baby, aka Wizzle, is said to be the best rapper ALIVE! Because there are many other rappers said to be the best but they are all now dead. **Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods** (born December 30, 1975) is a Black American [|professional golfer] whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the [|World No. 1], he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2007, having earned an estimated $122 million from winnings and endorsements.

http://kareemabduljabbar.com/blog/2008/02/bessie_coleman_helped_black__ Bessie Coleman (1893-1926) was the first licensed African-American pilot in the world. She received aviation instruction in France.

Frederick Douglass was one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement, which fought to end slavery within the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. http://www.udel.edu/soe/deal/FredrickDouglas.jpg Douglass served as an adviser to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights and other civil liberties for blacks. Douglass provided a powerful voice for human rights during this period of American history and is still revered today for his contributions against racial injustice.

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded the Provident Hospital and Training School Association. Two and a half years later, July 9, 1893 James Cornish was stabbed in the heart in a bar fight. Dr. Williams then preformed the very first open heart surgery and 51 days later, Cornish walked out of the hospital.http://www.communityanderson.com/diversity/images/pioneers_6.gif

http://images.smarter.com/product_image_b/4/35/62035.jpg Wilma Rudolph was bornn in Clarksville, TN and was diagnosed at age 5 with polio. She was cured at age 12 and by age 16 the TSU track coach discovered her and offered her a spot on the track team.

Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska and was a popular human activist. He was put in prison for 8 years in 1945 and became a member of the Nation of Islam.

Civil rights activist Malcolm was appointed as a minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam Malcolm's assassins were all members of the Nation of Islam.