Rihanna

Rihanna 

Rihanna is an amazing singer, artist, actress, and businesswoman. She sings a lot of different types of genres and has a great voice. She is from Saint Micheal Parish, Barbados. She is inspirational because of her song lyrics and she just tells people to keep pushing forward. This speaks to me because whenever I feel sad I keep in mind that everything will be ok and I need to push forward. She is 31 years old and was born February 20, 1988, and is still alive.  

Tamika D. Mallory

Tamika D. Mallory
Tamika was born in Harlem New York in 1980. Tamika was first influenced by her home community. at a young age. Her parents were members of the Al Sharpton civil rights organization. When Tamika was 11 years old she joined the national action network because she wanted to solve issues that were going on making a change in the world. In 2011 she became the organizations youngest executives producer. when Tamika was 20 tragic event happened. Her son's father passed away by gun violence in 2001. This experience shook Tamika's life. In 2012 another mass shooting happened at the sandy hook elementary school that killed 20 students. Tamika tried to emphasize to create more solutions to gun violence. At the time Barak Obamas advisor said the Tamika was a leader of tomorrow and that motivated Tamika. today Tamika now continues to fight for more just to cure the gun violence in the world.

Jully Black

Jully Black

Jully was born November 8,1977. She is a singer-songwriter,producer and actress. Black played the preacher in the theatre production “Da kink in my hair” at the Princess Of Wales theatre in downtown Ontario. In summer 2007,a new single, “Seven day fool” was released,becoming Black’s first Top 10 hit in Canada. She was chosen by CBC Music

Songs by Jully Black: Seven Day Fool, I traveled, Sweat Of Your Brow, Until I stay, 5 times Love, Material things, DJ Play My Song, The Things You Do, Running, Never Lost My Sight, Stay The Night, Gotta Let You Know, Temporary Insanitary, Hurt U Bad, Just Life, Catch Me When I Fall. Etc (search it up)

Black has about 17 awards and nominations. She also has 4 albums.

Willie O’Ree

Willie O’Ree

Willie O’ree was the first black player in the National Hockey League. He played on the Boston Bruins team. They named their arena Willie O’ree Place after he retired. He retired in 1979. He was born on October 15 ,1935. O'Ree came back in 1961 to play 43 games, and scored 4 goals and 10 assists. His height was 5 ft 10 in tall, his weight is 174 Ib. When he turned 43 he stopped playing hockey.

Harry Winston Jerome

Harry Winston Jerome

A track and field athlete from Prince Albert,
Saskatchewan, Born on September 30, 1940. He moved to Winnipeg then British Columbia and then the Vancouver area when he was twelve. He represented Canada in the 1912 summer Olympics. He was forty two years old when he passed away from a brain aneurysm.

People say that when he moved to Vancouver the local residents tried to stop the sale of his house because he and his family were the only black people in the community. In 1962 he suffered an injury so bad that doctors thought he would never walk again. There was a statue made of him in Stanley park in 1988. During his track and field career he set seven world records. He is inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame. He was also awarded the Order of Canada.

Jackie Robinson by Edna

Jackie Robinson

A Great Black Baseball Player

By Liam

Jackie Robinson was born on January 31st, 1919. Jackie broke the baseball color line when the LA Dodgers put him on first base. He played first base on April 15th, 1947. Robinson had an exceptional 10 years in the MLB. Jackie was inducted in the MLB Hall of Fame. He won rookie of the year award in 1947. The MLB retired his jersey in 1997. Robinson played 6 world series and contributed to the “1955” World Series Champions.Jackie was also the first black MLB player to ever play. Then a new tradition came out “Jackie Robinson Day” which was created on April 15th, 2004. In 1935, Robinson graduated from Washington Junior High School and enrolled at John Muir High School.1945, while Robinson was at Sam Huston College. Robinson Died October 24, 1972. Grandma Edna Rocks

Harriet Tubman

In 1844 Harriet's father was set free from slavery to work as a lumberjack. She saw a suspicious person and started running off the farm land, the person who was in control of the slaves ran after the guy. He ran and ran and ran, the guy hid under a table. The man found the guy under a table and turned, and saw Harriet and asked her to hold the guy, guy slipped out his arms and ran through the door, heading back to the field where all the slaves were. He ran through the door Harriet blocked the doorway, the man grabbed a jar and through it and missed the boy and hit Harriet “BANG”, she fell to the floor. When she woke up her mother was there for the rest of her life she kept having black out. She also saved people from slavery.