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0 <br />0 <br />N <br />O <br />CONTINUED ACTIVITY <br />Stars of The Court, The Field, <br />The Mud, The Stage, and The Page. <br />1. I road in my first Kentucky Derby when I was fifteen, and I went on to be the first person to <br />win three Kentucky Derbies. I won 44% of my races, a record which has never been broken. My <br />name is Isaac Murphy. <br />2. 1 was a true Renaissance Man. I earned an academic scholarship to Rutgers University, <br />becoming the third African American student there in history and graduated as class valedictorian <br />in 1919. 1 was a two -time All American football player and also excelled in baseball, basketball, <br />and track. I became a world famous actor and singer on the stage and the screen. My name is <br />Paul Robeson. <br />3. 1 have always loved music, and when I was nine years old, I would sing on the street <br />corners for coins. I eventually became one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920's. With <br />my first recording, I became the most successful African American performing artist of my time. My <br />name is Bessie Smith. <br />4. 1 was a cornerstone of the National Football league. I was an All American player at Brown <br />University and went on lead my first professional team, the Akron Pros, in rushing, scoring, and <br />punt returns while I was serving at the head coach. My name is Fritz Pollard. <br />5. 1 grew up in Eatonville, Florida, the first incorporated African American community in <br />America. I attended Howard University, then moved to New York to work with other creative people <br />of my time. I was considered an authority on Black culture during the Harlem Renaissance as a <br />famous novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. My name is Zora Neale Hurston. <br />6. My mother taught me how to play piano. When I was a teenager, I studied with New York <br />musicians in "stride style" piano and toured with bands around the country. My big band music <br />of the jazz swing era gained popularity during the Harlem Renaissance and I became one of the <br />leading musicians of my time. My name is Count Basie. <br />7. In college, I broke three world records and tied a forth in a single track meet, although I <br />was made to use "black- only" hotels and restaurants when I traveled with the team. I was the first <br />person in American history to win four gold medals for Track and Field in a single Olympics — the <br />1936 games in Hitler's Nazi Germany. My name is Jessie Ownes <br />8. 1 was the first African American to win the French Open, the US Open, and Wimbledon. In <br />1957 and 1958, the Associated Press named me Female Athlete of the Year. I opened the door for <br />other African Americans to become tennis stars. Later in my career, I joined the ladies professional <br />golf tour. My name is Althea Gibson. <br />GOING FURTHER! <br />Choose one of these famous <br />Americans, and research about <br />their lives in books and on the <br />internet. Present the information <br />you find to your class. <br />0 <br />0 <br />c <br />Cn <br />cam' <br />M <br />0 <br />0 <br />