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An overview
Sponsored by
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March 2014
"The pride of success is hard work, dedication to the
job at hand, and determination that whether we win
or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the
task at hand."
- Vince Lombardi
Keep your heads up. Keep working hard. Give
yourself a pat on the back. You and I may not be the
fittest but we have survived. Don't EVER let someone
tell you what you should be doing with your life.
Live the life you love.
This presentation is dedicated to you…
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Maggie Lena Walker was an AfricanAmerican teacher and businesswoman.
Walker was the first female bank
president of any race to charter a bank in
the United States. As a leader, she
achieved successes with the vision to
make tangible improvements in the way
of life for African Americans and
women. Disabled by paralysis and
limited to a wheelchair later in life,
Walker also became an example for
people with disabilities.
Born: Jul 15, 1867 · Richmond, Virginia
Died: 1934
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Born: 1/7/1891 · Notasulga, Alabama
Died: 1/28/1960 · Fort Pierce, Florida
Spouse: Albert Price (1939 - 1943) · Herbert
Sheen (1927 - 1931)
Movies: Their Eyes Were Watching God ·
The Gilded Six Bits
Education: Howard University · Barnard
College · Morgan State University ·
Columbia University
Parents: Lucy Ann Hurston · John Hurston
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Lived: Feb 4, 1913 - Oct 24, 2005 (age 92)
Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)
Spouse: Raymond Parks (1932 - 1977)
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom ·
Congressional Gold Medal · Spingarn Medal
· NAACP Image Award for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery
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Parents: Leona McCauley · James McCauley
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Lived: Jun 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010 (age 92)
Height: 5' 5" (1.66 m)
Spouse: Lennie Hayton (1947 - 1971) · Louis
Jordan Jones (1937 - 1944)
Children: Gail Lumet Buckley · Terry Jones
Awards: Kennedy Center Honors ·
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ·
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance Grammy Award for Best Jazz
Vocal Album · Special Tony Award · Drama
Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a
Musical
Parents: Edna Louise Scottron · Edwin
Fletcher "Teddy" Horne, Jr
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 12th district
In office
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1983
Edna F. Kelly
Preceded by
Major R. Owens
Succeeded by
Personal details
Shirley Anita St. Hill
(1924-11-30)November 30, 1924
Born
Brooklyn, New York[1]
January 1, 2005(2005-01-01)
(aged 80)
Died
Ormond Beach, Florida[2]
Democratic
Political party
Conrad Chisholm (divorced)
Arthur Hardwick Jr.
Spouse(s)
(widowed)
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Born: 2/18/1931 (age 83) · Lorain, Ohio
Spouse: Harold Morrison (1958 - 1964)
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature ·
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
· Presidential Medal of Freedom ·
American Book Awards · Anisfield Wolf Book Awards · Helmerich Award ·
Jefferson Lecture · Co…
Education: Howard University · Cornell
University
Children: Slade Morrison · Harold Ford
Morrison
Libretti: Margaret Garner
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Lived: 5/28/1934 - 6/23/1997 (age 63)
Spouse: Malcolm X (1958 - 1965)
Children: Qubilah Shabazz · Ilyasah Shaba0zz
· Malikah Shabazz · Ga0milah Lumumba
Shabazz · Attallah Shabazz · Malaak Shabazz
Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery
Education: Tuskegee University · University
of Massachusetts Amherst · New Jersey City
University
Parents: Shelman Sandlin · Ollie Mae Sanders
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Born: Feb 21, 1936 · Houston, Texas
Died: Jan 17, 1996 · Austin, Texas
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom ·
Spingarn Medal
Education: Texas Southern University ·
Boston University · Wheatley High School
Party: Democratic Party
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Born: 2/9/1944 (age 70) · Eatonton,
Georgia
Spouse: Melvyn Leventhal (1967 - 1976)
Children: Rebecca Walker
Education: Spelman College · Sarah
Lawrence College
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ·
National Book Award for Fiction
(Hardcover) · Guggenheim Fellowship for
Creative Arts, US & Canada
Parents: Willie Lee Walker · Minnie Lou
Tallulah Grant
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Born: 1945 · Washington, D.C., United States
Spouse: Bill Cosby (1964)
Children: Ensa Camille Cosby · Ennis Cosby ·
Erinn Chalene Cosby · Evin Harrah Cosby ·
Erika Ranee Cosby
Parents: Catherine Hanks · Guy Hanks
Education: University of Maryland, College
Park
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Born: Jun 19, 1948 (age 65) · Houston, Texas
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Spouse: Ahmad Rashād (1985 - 2001) · Victor Willis
(1978 - 1982) · William Lancelot Bowles, Jr. (1972 1975)
Children: Condola Rashad · William Lancelot
Bowles III
Siblings: Debbie Allen · Andrew Arthur Allen Jr ·
Hugh Allen
Education: Howard University
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Born: Oct 17, 1956 (age 57) Decatur,
Alabama
Space missions: STS-47
Space agency: NASA
Education: Cornell University · Stanford
University · Morgan Park High School
Parents: Charlie Jemison · Dorothy Green
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First Lady of United States
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, an
American Lawyer and Writer, is the wife of
the 44th and current President of the United
States, Barack Obama, and the first AfricanAmerican First Lady of the United States.
Born: January 17, 1964 (age 50), Chicago, IL
Height: 5’11” (1.80 m)
Spouse: Barack Obama (m. 1992)
Siblings: Craig Robinson
Children: Natasha Obama, Maila Ann Obama
Education: Harvard Law School (1985-1988)