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Who is Maya Angelou
She became a national celebrity in 1970 with the publication of I know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She pursued her passion in music, performance and poetry writing the first script by an African American woman to be filmed and subsequently nominated for a Pultizer Prize
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Who is Sammy Davis, Jr.
Singer, Dancer, Actor, Comedian he was often called "the world's greatest entertainer" a title that attested to his remarkable versatility as singer, dancer, actor, mimic and musician. In 1989 he appeared in the film Tap with Gregory Hines and Harold Nicholas
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Jackie Robinson
This African American was teh first to play Major League Baseball
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Don Cornelius
He is best known as the annnouncer and creator of Soul Train, one of the most widely watched dance and music shows in the twentieth century
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Who is Colin Powell
In 1987 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the position of national security adviser, head of the National Security Council. In 1989, he took the position of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the United States. He is received international recognition as one of the chief architects of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
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Who is Oprah Winfrey
She is the richest African American female in America in the twenty-first century, as well as the only African American consistently rated as a billionare. In 2007 she opened The Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa to promote the education of young girls toward transforming communities and countries.
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Who is Louis Armstrong
Born in New Orleans, Louisana on August 4, 1901 he was one of the most influential and durable of all jazz artists and quite simply one of the most famous of the twentieth century. He recorded "Hello Dolly"
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Who is Muhammed Ali
This boxer won the heavy weight championship three times. In 1963 he converted to Islam, though the faith strongly disapproves of boxing and changed his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay to
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Who is Mae Jemison
In 1987 she was accepted in NASA;s astronaut program. On September 12, 1992 when the space shuttle Endeavor lifted off, she was aboard and became the first African American woman in space.
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Who is Barack Obama
On January 20, 2009 he was inagurated as the 44th President of the United States and the 1st African American to hold that office
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Who is Rosa Parks
She was one of the major catalysts of the 1960s' civil rights movement. On December 1, 1955 she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man as the law required and was arrested and sent to jail.
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Who is Ray Charles
He was born September 27, 1930. Blinded at the age of six by glaucoma, he received his first musical training at a school for the blind in St. Augustine, FL. He sang and played the piano.
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Who is Arthur Ashe
This African American from Richmond, Virginia became the first black man to win Wimbledon. In 1975 he was recognized as one of the world's great tennis players, having defeated Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon
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Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was a principal speaker at the historic March on Washington, where he delivered one of the most passionate addresses of his career, his "I Have a Dream" speech. He was named the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Who is Condoleeza Rice
During the presidential campaign for George W. Bush. She left Stanford and served as Bush's advisor on foreign policy. After Bush was elected in November 2000, Rice was appointed as National Security Advisor. She was the first woman and the first African American to hold this position
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Who is Ella Fitzgerald
By the mid 1950s she had become the top jazz singer. She emerged as the top female vocalist in virtually every poll conducted among jazz musicians and singer. She is fondly known as "The First Lady of Song"
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Who is Marcelite J. Harris
On May 25, 1995, she was promoted to the rank of major general and became the first African American woman to receive the rank. She retired after having served in the U.S. Air Force for thirty-one years and having the position of two-star general.
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Who is Michael Jackson
Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Choreographer. He recorded the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller. He co-wrote the song "We Are the World" for the African famine relief fund.