TheKultureKidz.com » Celebrities http://thekulturekidz.com african american history from a-z Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Paul Robeson (1898-1976) http://thekulturekidz.com/2008/01/paul-robeson/ http://thekulturekidz.com/2008/01/paul-robeson/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:54:28 +0000 admin http://aakulturezone.com/kidz/?p=20 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> paul-robeson 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 linguist, an actor and singer. Some of the famous plays that Paul acted in were Showboat, The Emperor Jones, and Othello.

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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 accomplishment, Oprah went on to become the youngest and the first black to anchor news in Nashville, TN.

Later, when she moved to Chicago, she hosted a talk show named "AM Chicago." After a year, the show became the number one talk show, outranking the Phil Donahue Show in 1984. The show was expanded to one hour and became known as the Oprah Winfrey Show. Her show reaches approximately 15 million viewers each day. Oprah branched out into the acting field in 1985 by starring in The Color Purple. She received an Oscar nomination for her role.

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