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Berry Gordy founded Motown records in 1959, and created one of the most famous recording companies to ever produce music. Motown had crossover success that helped promote the music of African Americans. Motown records helped the civil rights movement and helped the blacks in their fight for their rights. Berry Gordy really helped out the African American community by creating Motown records and showing the world that blacks could really make quality music. On January 12, 1959 a young man by the

have our music alienate anyone”. This is a quote from Berry Gordy, the founder of the music empire known as Motown. Berry Gordy was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 28, 1929 to Berry, Sr. and Bertha Gordy. He was the second oldest out of eight children. Both of his parents worked hard, Berry Sr. ran a plastering contracting business and Bertha sold insurance and real house, and in addition they ran a supermarket and print out shop. Berry dropped out of school after his junior year to become

I. “I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes they didn’t even know they had.” This quote from Berry Gordy Jr. foreshadows his success in the development of artists. This type of knowledge and confidence helped boost his record label, Motown. Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown in Detroit, Michigan in 1959 with an $800 loan from his family. He aspired to create a style of music that represented the hard working people of Detroit, since Detroit is known as Motor City he spawned

all? Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you, Berry Gordy Junior, the founder of Motown Records- the home of several multi-platinum record artists and the most successful African American owned music company in the history of the United States of America. Motown was at its peak during the 70’s and 80’s. On November 28th of 1929 in Detroit Michigan, Bertha Fuller and Berry Gordy Sr. gave birth to their seventh child, Berry Gordy Jr. In school, Berry always gravitated towards music class opposed to

Keith Richards Honors Chuck Berry at Polar Music On Tuesday, August 26th, Chuck Berry was awarded the Polar Music Prize in a ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall, as well as a short video clip from Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, honoring the rock guitar legend. Unfortunately Berry wasn’t present to receive the award himself, but luckily Welsh rock guitarist Dave Edmunds was there to accept the award on his behalf. Ironically, Keith Richards wasn’t physically present at the ceremony either

Previously working in the automotive industry, Berry Gordy explored the idea of creating a music record company that would incorporate the automobile assembly line process that would later open the doors of opportunity for african-americans everywhere even to these contemporary times. This company was called Motown Records; obtaining this goal proved to have some obstacles due to the encounter of racial tensions that affected every man, woman, and child. Fortunately, a determined will, aquired from

- rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, Chuck Berry, at the age of 90 in St. Charles County, Missouri. Although Presley is credited as America’s first pop heartthrob and archetypal rock ‘n roll frontman, Berry was the mastermind architect that laid out the blueprints to the gritty, acerbic sound that would be utilized by various generations of bands and solo acts that were to come. Born in St Louis, Missouri, to a segregated, middle-class family, Charles Edward Anderson Berry spent most of his formative years

Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966)[1] is an American actress. Berry won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001). As of 2017, she is the only black woman to have won a Best Actress Academy Award.[2][3] Berry was one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed. Berry is also a Revlon spokesmodel.[4] Before becoming

that the world is not as it seemed to be when they were younger. They get more independent and their perspective of life changes. They will have to realize that they are not going to live forever. In the short story The Hurt Man, written by Wendell Berry and published in 2003, we meet Mat who learns all of this. During the short story Mat is growing up. He is born unexpected but he is still very much appreciated. His parents watch him closely so he does not get hurt but this change as he becomes

1. Halle Berry Is Ready for X-Men Spinoff The actress urged X-Men fans to push the idea of spinoff film about her weather manipulating mutant. During the CBS panel at Comic-Con, Halle Berry expressed her affection to the Storm character and her readiness to star in the Strom spinoff film. “Of course, I love that character. I love what the X-Men series stands for. Absolutely. Fans have to tell Fox if that's something they're wanting!” said Berry. Berry’s first X-Men appearance happened in 2000