Tupac Amaru Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur also known by his stage names 2Pac was an rapper and actor. 2Pac has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007 making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time. 2Pac began his career as a roadie, backup dancer, and MC for the alternative hip hopgroup Digital Underground. Afeni Shakur and Assata Shakur, his mother and aunt respectively, were involved with the Black Panthers, and 2pac made reference to the organization in the song Changes. On the night of November 30, 1994, Shakur was shot five times and robbed after entering the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan by two armed men in army clothing luckily Pac lived on to do what he did best and make music. On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada. He was taken to the University Medical Center, where he then passed six days later. R.I.P to one of the greatest additions to the music industry Tupac Amaru Shakur. I picked Tupac Amaru Shakur to talk about because of on great line he said in the video I posted on the blog. “Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots”. That is great inspiration from 2Pac and it makes blacks less insecure and feel like we can rise up after all that ha been said and done to us.

Martin Luther King,

Jr. born January was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of rights in the United States. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King, Jr is one of the very first black hero’s I remember learning about in school; he is indeed the face of black history. His name will always live on through out schools, museums, out on the streets and in our hears. R.I.P. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela July 18 1918) was President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 he was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency Mandela was an anti apartheid activist and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. Mandela is a huge motivation to black youth worldwide and deserves each and every reward he has even been rewarded to him. Everyone needs to know the name nelson Mandela and if you don’t I am glad I could be the one to teach you. Mandela is one of the biggest studs of black history.

Nelson Mandela