Michelle Obama
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Michelle Obama was born January 17, 1964. She is the wife of Barack Obama and will be the first African American to become the First Lady of the United States. She was born and grew up on the South Side of Chicago and graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
Michelle met Barack when [...]
Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
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Althea Gibson was born in Silver, North Carolina on August 25, 1927. She became the first black person to win major titles in tennis. She attended Florida A& M University on a tennis scholarship. In 1957 and 1958, she won the championship at Wimbledon, England and the U.S. Open ranking her as the number one [...]
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
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Zora Neale Hurston was an anthropologists folklorist and writer. She was born in Eatonville, Florida on January 7, 1891. Zora’s parents were John Hurston and Lucy Potts Hurston. She obtained her formal education from Morgan Academy, Howard Prep School, Howard University and Barnard College.
Zora greatest achievement was being apart of the great black literary movement [...]