Aretha Louise Franklin: A Multiple Grammy Living Legend

Lena Horne was born on June 30 1917 in Brooklyn , New York City . Her Father Teddy Horne , and her mom Edna left her when she was three , lena was raised by her grandparents Cora Calhoun and Edwin Horne . When they died Lena Lived with a friend of her mother Laura Rollock . From an early age Horne had became a performer , 1934 lena took voice lessons . In 1935 she became the feuture singer with the Noble Sissle Society Orchestra , which performed at many first rate hotel ballrooms and night club. She left sissle in 1936 to perform as a single in variety of New York City clubs . Lena Horne is a Actress and Singer . Horne has two children Lena Horne is known as one of the most popular African American entertainers of the twentieth century. A woman of great

These earned her place in history as an important African American. First, Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in 1797 (blackpast.org). Her parents names’ were John and Betsey (Narrative of Sojourner Truth). She moved as a slave to various places until she gained freedom in 1827 (history.com).

10-Ella Baker was born on December 13,1903 in Norfolk,Virgina. Baker`s grandmother is what inspired her to become who she became. Her grandmother was a slave. She recieved lashes for not wanting to marry a man her slaveowner chose for her. She was a very educated woman graduating from Shaw university as class valedictorian in 1927. AFter college,she moved to new york city where she founded the young negros cooperative league. Sometime in 1940,she bacame a NAACP field secretary untill 1946 where she bacame a national director of branches. Felling like her position required her to travel to much,she eventually left her position. She stayed in new york and worked for a number of new york orgizinations including the New york urban league. Through

Sojourner Truth was thought to be born in New York 1797 but no one is for sure. She was born a slave and her name wasn’t Sojourner Truth until 1843. Sojourner’s life had been pockmarked with her first son being sold and being under harsh masters for a total of 28 years, but no longer. She made a huge decision. Sojourner Truth decided that she would give a better life to her kids and to herself instead of losing hope, and in late 1826 while her other 2 children stayed behind she escaped with her infant daughter. And when Peter, one of her children was illegally sold, she went to court and won the right to bring him to the north, becoming one of the first African American women to successfully challenged a white man in court. Sojourner Truth

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. She is an African American, and is the younger child of Diane and Michael Haughton. At a young age, Aaliyah was enrolled in voice lessons by her mother. She performed at weddings and charity events. When she was five years old, her family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she was raised along with her older brother, Rashad.

Long before there was the Queen of Soul, there was the Queen of Gospel. A title given to “Mahaila Jackson.” A powerful woman with a love for singing the gospel music. She was born on October 26, 1911, in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she began singing early as a child for Mount Moriah Baptist Church. She later became one of the most revered gospel singers in the United States.

Although Reba had a rough childhood, she still became an extraordinary woman. Reba McEntire was born into a family of champion steer ropers on March 28, 1955

Nina Simone was born on February 21,1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. Her birth name was Eunice Kathleen Waymon, but later in her life Nina decided to change it to make a living. This was done to disguise herself from her family members as she had chosen to sing the style of jazz which was known as “the devil’s music”.

Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas to Edwin and Amy Otis Earhart and would later have a younger sister named Grace Earhart. While growing up Amelia and Grace would move around continuously from place to place with their mother because of their alcoholic father who was a struggling lawyer who couldn’t find a job. Amelia would later attended Columbia University but would drop out due to lack of funds. Soon later after World War I began, Amelia went to visit her sister in

Loretta Lynn was born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. Lynn grew up in a small poor Appalachian coal-mining community and was the second of eight children. Loretta’s career began when she started singing in church as a child. When she was 16, she married Oliver Lynn. The couple soon moved to Custer, Washington. During their first four years in Washington Lynn has four children, Betty Sue, Jack Benny, Ernest Ray and Clara Marie. Lynn was still passionate about music and began to play at local venues. By 1960, she had released her first single, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl.” She moved to Nashville, where she continued to perform and promote her music. Moving to Nashville was arguably one of Lynn’s best decisions. That is where she met one of her best friends and role models, Patsy Cline, as well as find fame and recognition there. During her career Lynn has garnered an impressive release of more than 160 songs, 60 albums, a total sale of 45 million records, ten Number 1 albums and sixteen Number 1 singles on the country charts, and was the first women to win the the CMA’s Entertainer of The Year.

Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1917 in Newport News Virginia. She later moved to Yonkers, New York due to her parents split up, which caused them to move in with her mother's longtime boyfriend Joseph Da Silva. In 1923 Ella received a half sister named Frances. There family struggled financially therefore causing Ella Fitzgerald to become a messenger for gangsters where she was “running numbers” (Ella Fitzgerald). Ella’s mother died in 1932 causing her to move in with her aunt. This tragedy impacted her life to a point she started skipping school they even tried taking her to a reformed school, but this didn't last long because by 1934 she started living out on the streets on her own.

Janis Joplin was another important female of the blues. She began her music life when she sang in the choir of the church and where she showed that she could be a good performer. Those were her beginnings as an artist. She was recognized for her powerful blues that were inspired, she rose to the fame in the late 1960s. Then, she joined to the Big Brothers band where she was very successful as a performer. After some time that she was in the ban she realzed that she was holded from something better for her as an artist. As in Source 3 says “Despite Big Brother’s continued success Joplin was becoming frustrated with the group, feeling that she was being held back professionally” (Source 3-1). Things were good for her when she was in the band

Oprah Winery's life experiences have made her into the woman she is today. She was born on January 9,1954,in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She has stated that she is a woman in progress, just trying like everyone else. Taking every conflict and every experience and learning from it. Oprah Winfrey has risen from poverty and a troubled youth to become the most powerful and influential woman in television and according to Forbes Magazine, then world’s most highly paid entertainer.

She was born in Eatonton, Georgia, a small town where most blacks worked as tenant farmers. In 1961 she moved to Atlanta where she started to participate in the civil rights movement while her studies there. This had a great influence on her later works as she experienced love, individualism and

Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25th in 1917 in the state of Virginia. Shortly after her birth, her father passed away and with her mother, she moved to New York. It was