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Michelle Obama

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:51:00 +0000

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 he joined the same law firm where she worked. They were married in October 1992 and have two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha.

Althea Gibson (1927-2003)

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:43:58 +0000

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 female tennis player both years. Later she became a successful professional golfer and was the first black woman to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association.

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)

admin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:12:23 +0000

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 of the 1920′s and 1930′s, the Harlem Renaissance. Some of Zora’s literary works are:

Jonah’s Gourd Vine (1934)
Mules and Men (1935)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
Tell My Horse (1938)
Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)