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YOUNG PEOPLE FOR
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The Black History
Committee Of
Orange County, Inc.
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Mission
Educate the citizens of Orlando/
Orange County and America about
Black history, which is a vital
source of American history
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Mission
The BHCOC is committed to
improving dialogue as it pertains
to the contributions AfricanAmericans have made to this
community
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Mission
The BHCOC is also committed to
improving literacy in our community by
donating funds to students who wish to
continue their education by obtaining
graduate and undergraduate degrees
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I would like to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation for the
pledge payment of $10,000 that the
Black History Committee of Orange
County, Inc. has made to the
students at the University of Central
Florida on April 3, 2007
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The Black History Committee has donated
over $100,000 to local schools, colleges
Universities in Orlando and the State of
Florida.
Pineloch Elementary, Valencia Community
College, University of Central Florida,
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
University, Bethune Cookman University
Edward Waters University, Florida Memorial
University, Miles College and more.
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While most of us know
President Obama as
the intelligent,
thoughtful speaker
who can bring people
together,
his best friend from
CSI: NY Hill Harper
can give us insight
about who he really is.
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Hill Harper is the Key keynote speaker for the 2009 Black
History Banquet to be held at the Rosen Center Orlando. Hill
said Barack and I were classmates at Harvard and he's just a
great guy," Harper told Hollyscoop exclusively at the SLS
Hotel Grand opening in Los Angeles.
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We Thank you
So much for
All your support
Our sponsors and the Board of
County Commissioners help the BHCOC
make a difference in the community.
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Harriett
Tubman
Frederick
Douglas
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Sojourner Truth (self-given name)
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Born Isabella Baumfree
1797 - 1883
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“ Nobody ever helps me into carriages,
or over mud-puddles, or gives me and
best place! And ain't I a woman?“
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Booker T. Washington
1856-1915
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Founder of Tuskegee
Normal School in Alabama
(now Tuskegee University
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Edmond DEDE
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African American Creole composer,
violinist and conductor who belonged
to the Negro Philharmonic in his
native New Orleans.
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George Washington Carver
(1864 -1943)
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American scientist, educator,
humanitarian, and former slave. Carver
developed hundreds of products from
peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and
soybeans; his discoveries greatly
improved the agricultural output and the
health of Southern farmers.
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Inventor with 57 patents
for design of machine equipment
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Elijah McCoy
1844 - 1929
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W.E.B. Dubois
1868 -1963
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First African American to receive
a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Co-Founder of the NAACP.
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Madam C.J. Walker
1867 – 1919
Cosmetic Industry Business Woman
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Marcus Garvey
1902 – 1967
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Best remembered as
an important proponent
of the Back to Africa
movement, which
encouraged those of
African descent to
return to their ancestral
homelands.
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Langston Hughes
Author and Poet
1902 - 1967
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Wallace Thurman
1902 - 1932
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Writer, Critic & Newsman
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Daughter of former slaves,
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McLeod Bethune was an
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educator, political advisor, and
civil rights leader.
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Mary McLeod Bethune Celebrating our Legacy
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American History
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Zora Neale Hurston
1891 - 1960
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Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
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1900 - 1971
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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1877-1968
Artist
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Aaron Douglas
1899 - 1979
Father of Black American Art
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August Savage
1892 - 1964
Artist
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William Grant Still
1895 -1978
First AfricanAmerican to have
his own symphony
performed and first
to have an opera
on national TV.
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Distinguished jazz
musicians of the
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Jesse Owens
1913 - 1980
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Owens broke three world records
and tied a fourth, all in a 70 minute
span. Jesse Owens overcame
segregation, racism and bigotry to
prove to the world that AfricanAmericans belonged in the world
of athletics.
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1913 - 2005
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Thurgood Marshall
1908 - 1993
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NAACP attorney
Thurgood Marshall,
Was the nations first
Black Justice.
Winning Brown v.
Board of Education of
Topeka, Kans.,
segregation in public
schools was
Found to be
unconstitutional.
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movement, leading boycotts and
staging protests against
segregation in the South.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929 -1968
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1927 - 2006
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A social reformer and a
symbol, in her own right,
of her husband's struggle
for peace and brotherhood.
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Malcolm X was born
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Malcolm Little on
May 19, 1925 in
Omaha, Nebraska.
Malcolm X
1925 - 1965
A born leader
Intelligent and
articulate, Malcolm
became a minister
and national
spokesman for the
Nation of Islam.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson
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Born 1941
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Nat King Cole
(Born Nathanial Adams Coles)
American singer,
1919 – 1995
songwriter and
jazz pianist.
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James Earl Jones
1931
An American Emmy
and Tony Award
Winning actor of film
and stage, perhaps
best known for his
deep baritone voice.
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Richard Pryor
1940 - 2005
The comedian broke many
barriers for black performers
during his heyday in the 1970s
and 1980s, becoming one of
the highest-paid actors in
Hollywood. Comedy Central
voted him the top standup
comedian of all time.
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William Henry “Bill” Cosby, Jr.
American actor,
1937
comedian, television
producer and activist.
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Edward Regan “Eddie” Murphy’
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1961
Golden Globe winning,
Grammy Award-winning,
Screen Actors Guildwinning and Academy
Award-nominated
American actor and
comedian
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The Godfather of Soul
James Brown
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Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson’
1919 - 1972
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Henry Louis “ Hank ” Aaron’
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1934
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of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Raymond Charles Robinson
“ Ray Charles ‘
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Musician & Performer
The Genius of Soul!
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Stevie Wonder
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singer, songwriter,
record producer,
musical and social
activist.
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1950
Singer and
songwriter.
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American actor, film director and narrator.
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Morgan Freeman
1937
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Michael Joseph Jackson
1958
American musician, entertainer and
pop icon.
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Academy Award
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Willard Christopher
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nominated
American
actor and
multiple
Grammy
winning hip
hop artist.
"Will" Smith, Jr.
1968
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Denzel Jermaine Washington, Jr.
1957
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Academy Awardwinning American
actor and director
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NASA Mission Specialist
killed during the launch
of the Space Shuttle
Challenger.
The McNair Crater on the
Moon is named in his honor.
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Dr. Mae Carol Jemison
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FIRST African-American female
to go to space. Chemical engineer,
scientist, physician, teacher and
astronaut, speaks fluent Russian,
Japanese, and Swahili, as well as Heroes Past & Present
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Michael Jordan
1963
One of the greatest
basketball players of
all time, he became
the most effectively
marketed athlete of
his generation.
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Condoleezza Rice
1954
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Rice is the first African American
woman, second African American
and second woman to serve as
Secretary of State.
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Sidney Poitier
February 20 1927
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A native of Cat Island,
the Bahamas, (though
born in Miami during a
mainland visit by his
parents), Poitier grew up
He became one of the most in poverty as the son of
represented actors on the
a dirt farmer.
American Film Institute's
100 most inspiring movies
of all time, with five of
Heroes Past
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She is one of the
highest-paid actresses
in Hollywood and also a
Halle Maria Berry
August 14, 1966
Revlon spokeswoman.
Before becoming an actress, Berry
entered several beauty contests,
finishing runner-up in Miss USA (1986),
and winning the Miss USA World
1986 contest.. Her breakthrough feature
film role was in the 1991 Jungle Fever.
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Oprah Gail Winfrey
Born in rural Mississippi to January 29, 1954
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mother, and later raised in
a Milwaukee ghetto,
Winfrey was raped at the
age of nine, and at
fourteen, gave birth to a
son who died in infancy.
She is thought to have
popularized and revolutionized
the tabloid talk show genre.
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Barack Obama
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We Each Have A
Place In History.
Make The Most Of Yours!