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
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 seen her in star roles such as B*A*P*S, 1997 and Warren Beatty’s Bulworth. She has had to overcome several obstacles in her hearing to her abusive lover, who she has currently divorced. So there’s several flaws in, beautiful, Oscar-winning model, Halle Berry’s. path began with freedom fighters like Dred Scott, Harriet Tubman, and Halle Berry! The daughter of Harriet Greene and Benjamin Rass, who were not permitted to marry legally under the law s of slavery, Harriet Tubman lived a brutal childhood. She was often referred to as “stupid” and received standard whippings regarly. A
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