Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
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Paul Robeson was born on April 9, 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey. He was the youngest son of a minister who had been a slave. Robeson felt the pain of racial prejudice early in life while playing football at Rutgers College. The hatred did not stop him from becoming an All-American football star, a [...]
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Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Winfrey is the highest paid entertainer in the world. Her net worth is estimated at more than $250 million. This figure includes her production company Harpo (Oprah spelled backwards).
As a child, Oprah moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then back to Nashville. She was crowned Miss Black Tennessee at the age of nineteen. After this [...]
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