Famous Black Americans
During the month of February we focus our attention on famous black Americans as we celebrate black history month. When I think of them many come to mind. That makes it hard to choose just three from the powerful list. After reading several biographies the three that stuck out in my mind were Dred Scott, Harriet Tubman, Halle Berry. Dred Scott is known for suing for his freedom. According to the Missouri Compromise when his master traveled to Illinois (free state) for four years as an army surgeon, he brought Scott with him and Scott was suppose to be free. The court ruled that residence in a free state did not automatically make a slave free. In the meantime, Dr.Emerson (his master) died and his wife became Scott’s owner. She remarried abolitionist Calvin C. Chaffe of
In conclusion, my three choices each affected my life, as I know it today. Harriet Tubman’s thirst for freedom not only for herself, but for other slaves as well. These fights and feel for freedom is one of the reasons I live in free America today. Halle Berry lives this freedom so well as she strives to become one of the most famous actresses today of any nationality. As I look at Halle Berry and her accomplishments I will always see the path that was set for her to achieve these accomplishments. This path began with freedom fighters like Dred Scott, Harriet Tubman, and Halle Berry! Born in Cleveland, Ohio to an interracial marriage, this high school cheerleader and beauty queen, was the first African-American to represent the United States in the Miss World Pageant in 1986. We’ve all se
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