Jackie was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. Mallie, his mother, raised Jackie and his four other siblings on her own. Their names were Mackie, Willie Mae, Edgar and Frank Robinson. They were the only black family on the block. He went to john Muir High School.
B.B King Riley B. King was born on September 16, 1945 on a plantation in Itta Benna, Mississippi. More well known as B.B King, he was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. As a child, he was raised by his grandmother when his mother left him for another man. His music career began during his childhood when he would sing in his church choir. When B.B was 12 years old he bought his first guitar.
With her immense colorful performances, creative costumes, and distinctive singing voice, she blended right in during the “jazz baby” movement. Born in St. Louis, Missouri to Carrie McDonald. Carrie’s parents had been adopted by parents who were victims of the slave trade and of African descent. Josephine’s father had rumored to be drummer Eddie Carson, but it was never clarified nor denied. At an early age of 8, Josephine was put to work.
Riley B. King had many nicknames, the most well-known being B.B. King which stood for “Blues Boy.” King was born on September 16th, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. His parents divorced when he was five years of age and his mother died when he turned nine years old, which caused him to have to be raised by his grandmother. This put a heavy strain on his education and was one of the many reasons he dropped out of school in the tenth grade to become a cotton picker making only a penny a pound. However, he made this life style work and decided to begin his music career.
Jackie was born January 31, 1919 (www.bio.com). He was born in Cairo, Georgia and grew up in West, California (www.bio.com) (Robinson 4). Jackie’s father left at a young age (Robinson 4). He had to move quite a bit when his parents split up (Robinson 4).
Jesse James was born on September 5th, 1847 in Kearney, Mo Jesse's parents are Robert S. and Zerelda James. His mother Zerelda James was born on January 29, 1825 in Wood ford county Kentucky. His father was Robert S. James was born July 17, 1818 in Logan county in Kentucky he married his wife in 1841. He attended Georgetown collage in Kentucky after received his diploma he and his wife moved to Missouri. This is when they decided to have Jesse’s oldest brother frank once born they bought a farm.
but she also devoted much of her life to fighting the war on racism (Haberman, Louck) Freda Josephine McDonald (Josephine Baker) was born on June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri to her parents Carrie McDonald and Eddie Carson. Her
He grew up on the family plantation known as Fairfield in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia. As a young man Lamar moved to Cahawba, Alabama, where he became a partner in a general store and the town newspaper called the Cahawba. Then he moved back to Georgia because his job failed. Once he moved
Born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1738, Brown was raised by James and Hope Brown. Soon after his birth, Brown’s father died, and was raised by his Uncle, Obediah Brown. He began to work as an apprentice for his Uncle’s business, Obediah Brown & Co and in 1760 became a full partner of the business. One activity the firm was responsible for was a slave voyage in 1759. After Obediah Brown died, the company was divided between Brown and his three brothers and furthermore was renamed Nicholas Brown & Co.
Barry White is a soulful, R&B and grown folks music artist. Which only black ( African Americans) people feel and understand. But now Say the name Barry White and you 'd be hard pressed to. It with the name of any other recording artist with such a huge, cross-sectional following. One of the greatest male singers with a deep bassed vocal voice.
William Count Basie was born on August 21, 1904 and was raised in Red Bank, New Jersey. Basie was raised by Harvey Lee Basie and Lillian Ann Childs Basie. Harvey Lee worked as a Coachman and also as a caretaker for a wealthy judge. As cars became more popular, the coachmen occupation was not needed. As a result, he became a handyman for wealthy landowners.
Negative stereotypes are damaging because it fits minority groups in a box and deceives people that roles are predetermined and absolute. Negative stereotypes work in two ways. First, it works according to language. There are the words and phrases used to perpetuate negative stereotype, but then, as we can see in the museum’s collection, there is the infiltration of material culture, objects bought and sold, that further communicated anti-black slogans. In effect, what we can see by looking at these images is a mass economy dedicated to keeping alive a very dangerous myth.
Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1901, even though he sometimes said later in his life that he was born on July 4, 1900. He was raised by his mother and grandmother after his father, who was a factory worker, left the family while Armstrong was still a child. His family was very poor, and as a child Armstrong worked many odd jobs to help support the family. Armstrong was surrounded by music while working and playing in the streets of New Orleans. Since he could not afford an instrument, he learned to sing and joined a vocal quartet that sang on street corners for a little extra money.
J.R.R. Tolkien was born John Ronald Reuel Tolkien on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, which is today in South Africa (J.R.R. Tolkien Biography). His parents were
Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp. His father was a teacher and his mother a domestic worker. Tutu grew up in the apartheid era but seems to have made the best out of it. He was completely dedicated to the anti-apartheid cause. From being an Anglican priest, Tutu became general secretary of the South African council of Churches and then rose to become the first black Archbishop of Cape Town.
