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Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Atlanta on February 5, 1934. As the third born out of all his eight siblings, Hank may not have always been seen as the most important in his family. Estella along with Herbert were the very loving parents of Hank, they always wished the best for him, but quite often he had to do things on his own. At the age of eight Hank, with his family, moved out of his birth town of Mobile to the middle-class

Jerry Lee Rice was born on October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi. He was one of the eight children born to Joe and Eddie Rice. Jerry’s father often made him and his brothers his assistants in his work during summer. It was hard work but Jerry later thanked his father because it taught what work was. It wasn’t until high school when Jerry started playing

George Washington Carver was born in Diamond Grove, Missouri during the spring of 1864 or 1865. Like many slaves, he was uncertain of his birth date. His mother, Mary, was a slave who belonged to Moses and Susan Carver. As an infant, slave raiders kidnapped his mother. The childless carvers reared George and his older brother, James.

Nat Turner, who was born on October 2, 1800, lived in a time period that included many plantations that practiced slavery. Born as an African American, Nat automatically became a slave on Benjamin Turner’s plantation in Southampton County, Virginia. Turner’s mother, a slave from

Davy was born, August 17, 1786, in Greene County, Tennessee. He was born to his mother and father, John and Rebecca (Hawkins). Crockett and was the fifth of nine children. When Davy was just eight years old, his father taught him how to shoot a rifle. Davy did not get much of an education. When he was 13, he got in a fight at school and ran off into the woods. Davy was afraid that if he went back he would be punished. When Davy was just shy of 19, he married Mary Finley and had two sons and a daughter. When Mary died, Davy married Elizabeth Patton. He had Two kids with Elizabeth.

My famous Parisian, AKA Hank Williams Jr, was born on May 26, 1949. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. His late father died 3 year later, leaving Hank and his mother

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky in a one-room log cabin. He was the second son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. Here is Krayton Schnepf on the scene…..We are having some technical difficulties and will try reaching her again in a second.So heres so more information. When Abe was

Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron was born on February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama. Hank was the son of Herbert, and Estella Aaron. He was one of 8 children. He grew up in a middle-classed part of Mobile called Toulminville. Where he, and his family picked cotton on a farm.

George Jones was one of the greatest country singers of all time. Although, it was not an easy life to get to be there. He was born on September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas. Most people probably think that he was born into a wealthy family and had an easy ride all the way to be a country music star, but with him that is not the case. George was the oldest child out of eight in his family. He had one older sister but

Nat Turner was born on October 2nd, 1800 into a slave plantation in Southampton County, Virginia. Unlike the vast majority of slave owners, his slave owner, Benjamin Turner, provided the young Turner with a privileged lifestyle where he could receive an elementary education and play and intermingle with the white children. His childhood was also centered around the bible and a Christian way of life. His childhood was effected significantly when his father left his family to venture to the North. A few years later, Benjamin Turner died, leaving him

Robert was born in a slave house in, Lydia Polite, In Beaufort, South Carolina, on April 5 1839. When he was 12 his first job was working with the McKee family for labor on the waterfront and eventually a sailor.

President Jimmy Carter was born October 1924 in a little town called Plains located in Georgia. As a young boy, he grew up in Archery a little nearby community and Jimmy Carter was drawn into farming just the same way his father James Earl

Jesse Owens was born on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama. Jesse’s father was a sharecropper which meant he was paid to farm other peoples’ land. Jesse had six siblings who picked cotton with him on a rich man’s farm in Alabama when they were young. At age nine the Owens family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Jesse

Rubin Carter in no way has experienced an easy life. He was born on May 6, 1937, in Clifton, New Jersey. At the time, Clifton was a very controversial place to live. Blacks were being treated unfairly from birth because of the color of their skin. When he was about seven he moved with his family to Paterson.

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. In 1816 his family moved to southern Indiana. Lincoln had little formal education due to the fact that he ahd to work to help support his family. Lincolns’ mother died when he was only nine, and as a young boy he took that pretty rough. Abraham quickly began to resent his father for all the work that was placed on him at a young age.