Black History Month

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Black History Month

• Wilbury Primary School
• Year 6

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Gandhi

• Gandhi was born in 1869 to Hindu parents in the
  state of Gujarat.
• He had an arranged marriage.
• After marriage he lived in southern Africa.

3
Thierry Henry

• Thierry Henry was born in les Ulis, Essonne,
  France on the 17th of August 1977.
• His nationality is French.
• He plays in the attack position.
• He's current club is Arsenal FC since 1999.
• He has earned awards like European champion, top
  scorer in England in 2002in that year he scored
  22 goals.

4
Muhammad Ali

• In 1954 in Louisville, Kentucky,12-year-old
  Cassius Marcellus clays bike was stolen while he
  and a friend were at the Columbia Auditorium.
• Muhammad Ali was named a united nations messenger
  of peace.
• His mother would sometimes call him GG (nick
  name) too because they were the first syllables
  he had spoken

5
Serena Williams

• Serena was born in Saginaw, Michigan, United
  states on September 26, 1981.
• Serenas father was very keen for his daughters
  to become professional tennis players.

6
Kelly Holmes

• Britain's Olympic Champ has come up against the
  very best runners in the toughest competitions.
• Holmes was given the honour of carrying the flag
  for great Britain at the closing ceremony.

7
Nelson Mandela

• Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei,
  South Africa on July 18, 1918.
• His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu
  Tribe.
• Mandela himself was educated at University
  College of Fort Hare and the University of
  Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942.

8
Mary Seacole

• Mary Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in
  1805.
• Her father was a Scottish army officer and her
  mother a free black woman who ran a boarding
  house in Kingston.