Black History Month

Micheal Jordan
1. Born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York.
2. He played college basketball for North Carolina from 1982 to 1984.
3. He won 6 NBA Championships as a Chicago Bull.
4. He retired from the NBA in 1999.
5. He and his wife were married for 12 years before going through a divorce.

Tiger Woods
1. He was born on December 30, 1975.
2. In 1997, he won the Master's.
3. Wood's won his third U.S. Open in Pebble Beach.
4. He won 8 PGA tour events in one season.
5. Wood's had to pay a $100,000 fine because of his filming of a Buick.

Whoopi Goldberg
1. She was born on November 13, 1949.
2. In 1974, Goldberg moved to California.
3. She recieved a Grammy award for best comedy album.
4. Goldberg's latest work was in 2001.
5. In the early 1990's Goldberg was breifly married.

Duke Ellington
1. He was born on April 29, 1899.
2. On July 2, 1918 Ellington married Edna Thompson.
3. From 1927 to 1931 Ellington shared the leading position in the Jazz World.
4. From 1932 to 1942 was considered Ellingtons best decades.
5. Duke Ellington is generally considered to be the most important composer in jazz history.

Benjamin Banneker:
1. Banneker was the son of two slaves.
2. He was called the first african american inventor.
3. Banneker was the first to make a striking clock.
4. After his parent's died, Banneker studied astronomy.
5. In 1980, the U.S. Postal Service made a stamp to commimerate him.

Marcus Garvey
1. Marcus Garvey was born on August 17, 1887.
2. He published a periodical called the Watchmen.
3. In 1914, he formed the UNIA.
4. Garvey was imprisoned in 1925 for lost investments.
5. Marcus Garvey was married twice and had two kids with one off those two wifes.

Martin Luther King Jr.
1. Born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta.
2. He was assassinated April 4, 1968.
3. In 1944 King entered Morehouse College.
4. In 1957 King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
5. King was assassinated on the balcony outside his Memphis motel room.

Colin Powell
1. He was born in Harlem, on in 1937.
2. He graduated from the (ROTC) in 1958.
3. Powell stood at six feet and 200 pounds.
4. The youngest man to serve as chairman to the Joint Chiefs.
5. Powell was sworn in on December 16, 2001 to the U.S. Senate.

Lena Horne
1. She was born on June 30, 1917.
2. Her father's name was Edwin Horne.
3. In 1937, she married Louis Jones.
4. In 1947, she married Lennie Hayton.
5. In 1973, she toured England.

Ralph Bunche
1. Ralph was born August 7, 1904.
2. From 1928 to 1942 was a member of the department of political science.
3. In 1947 he was a member of the UN Secreteriat.
4. In June 1971, Bunche retired from his post as undersecratary general.
5. President Kennedy presented him with the medal of freedom.

Hank Aaron
1. He was born on Febuary 5, 1934.
2. In 1958, his batting average was .326.
3. In 1970, he had hit 500 home runs.
4. His second marriage was in 1973.
5. Aaron was one of the first black's to work in a major league front office.

Thurgood Marshall
1. He was born on July 2, 1908.
2. Marshall practiced law in Baltimore until 1938.
3. He won 29 of the 32 civil rights cases.
4. In 1967 President Johnson nominated Marshall on September 23, 1961.
5. His career emitomized the potential of American democracy.

Jackie Jayner-Kersee
1. She was born on March 3, 1962.
2. She had asthma and overcame it.
3. She won gold medals in 1988 to 1992.
4. She retired in 1998 following her final victory.
5. In 2000, she competed in the long jump.

Wilma Rudolph
1. She was born in 1940.
2. She won her first gold medal in 1959.
3. At the age of 4, she contracted polio.
4. She joined Tennessee State University in 1957.
5. Her autobiography was published in 1977.

Derrick Bell
1. He was the first tenured African American professor at Harvord.
2. He was born in Pittsburgh.
3. In the 1960's he taught at California.
4. In 1980, he became the dean at Oregan.
5. He was very important in the teachings of civil rights.

James Booker
1. He was born on December 17, 1939.
2. His father was a dancer from Texas.
3. When he was still a kid he was sent to Mississippi.
4. Throughout the 1960's, he worked with many artists on his work.
5. He died on November 8, 1983.

Wilt Chamberlain
1. He played 14 seasons in the NBA.
2. He scored 31,419 points over his career. 
3. He was elected to the hall of fame in 1978.
4. He scored 100 points in one game.
5. He won 4 MVP awards over his career.
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