Caribbean Hall of Fame Contest
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The contest has 30 questions, one per day except June 15, which will have two questions. Participants who submit the most correct answers will be considered for the grand prize.
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JUNE 9: Garth Fagan was born May 3, 1940 in Kingston, Jamaica. His grandmother was Jewish, his Oxford-educated father, Jamaica's chief education officer. Garth discovered the world of dance through gymnastics, but it was a passion strongly discouraged by his father. Believing dance to be a waste of time, his father wanted him to follow in his academic footsteps. Despite his father's objections, however, Fagan could not stay away from dance. He studied and danced with Ivy Baxter and the Jamaican National Dance Company. In 1960, at the age of 20, Fagan left Jamaica for the United States and enrolled at Wayne State University in Detroit. There, seemingly still influenced by his father, he majored in psychology. He never abandoned his dancing, though, even during his undergraduate years. As part of his responsibilities at the university, Fagan taught at the SUNY-affiliated Educational Opportunities Center in downtown Rochester, helping to prepare "disadvantaged" students for college. He began teaching these completely untrained bodies to dance. Amazingly, from this most unlikely group of individuals emerged Mr. Fagan's dance company…for more please visit http://www.answers.com/topic/fagan-garth?cat=entertainment
JUNE 8: Monty Alexander... In a career that spans more than four decades, he has performed and/or recorded with artists from every corner of the musical universe: Frank Sinatra, Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Ernest Ranglin, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare and many more. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, he took his first piano lessons at age six. During his teen years, he enjoyed, among others, the performances of Louis Armstrong and Nat "King" Cole at the Carib Theater in Jamaica. He eventually formed a band called "Monty and the Cyclones," which landed several songs on the Jamaican music charts between 1958 and 1960. Alexander came to the United States in the end of 1961. Less than two years later, he'd landed a gig with Art Mooney's orchestra in Las Vegas, where he caught the eye of New York City club owner Jilly Rizzo and his friend, Frank Sinatra. Rizzo hired the young pianist to work in his club, where he accompanied many well-known performers, including Sinatra…for more please visit
http://montyalexander.com/bio.html
JUNE 7: Colin L. Powell was nominated by President Bush on December 16, 2000 as Secretary of State. After being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he was sworn in as the 65th Secretary of State on January 20, 2001. Prior to his appointment, Secretary Powell was the chairman of America’s Promise - The Alliance for Youth, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of young people. Secretary Powell was a professional soldier for 35 years, during which time he held myriad command and staff positions and rose to the rank of 4-star General. His last assignment, from October 1, 1989 to September 30, 1993, was as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the Department of Defense. During this time, he oversaw 28 crises, including Operation Desert Storm in the victorious 1991 Persian Gulf war.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/powell-bio.html
JUNE 6: Malcom X...Original name MALCOLM LITTLE, Muslim name EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ (b. May 19, 1925, Omaha, Neb., U.S.--d. Feb. 21, 1965, New York, N.Y.), black militant leader who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism. After his assassination, the widespread distribution of his life story made him an ideological hero. Malcolm saw his house burned down at the hands of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan. Two years later his father was murdered, and Malcolm's mother placed in a mental institution. In his early teens he moved to Boston to live with his sister. In 1946, while in prison for burglary, he was converted to the Black Muslim fait; this sect professed the superiority of black people and the inherent evil of whites. Malcolm X was sent on speaking tours around the country and soon became the most effective speaker and organizer for the Nation of Islam. Speaking with bitter eloquence against the white exploitation of black people, Malcolm developed a brilliant platform style, which soon won him a large and dedicated following.
http://www.malcolmxonline.com/malcolm-x-biography.html
JUNE 5: Cicily Tyson…African-American actress. Her parents came from the island of Nevis in the West Indies, but Cicely was born and raised in Harlem, New York. She was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine, and became a popular fashion model. Her first film was an uncredited role in Carib Gold in 1957, but she went on to do television - the celebrated series East Side/West Side and the long-running soap opera The Guiding Light. In 1967, she appeared in The Comedians, and the following year, had a featured role in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. In 1972, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the critically acclaimed Sounder. In 1974 she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. This resulted in her being first African American Actress to win an Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie. Tyson co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem…for more please visit http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/cicely_tyson/index.shtml
JUNE 4: Al Roker…Albert Lincoln Roker, born August 20, 1954 in Queens, New York, is an American television broadcaster, best known as the meteorologist for NBC's Today show. Later, he began his weathercasting career. Roker became the weekend weatherman for NBC News's Sunday Today show and Saturday Today show. He began to appear on the weekday Today show once a week in 1994. Up until that point, he had retained his duties at WNBC; with his expanded role on the Today show, he left WNBC's 6pm and 11pm newscasts, and WNBC's Live at Five broadcast. Alongside his duties as a weather presenter, Roker has hosted numerous events for NBC. In 2001 Roker had a knee operation. In 2002, in accordance with his late father's wish, Roker underwent gastric bypass surgery to lose weight. Eight months after the surgery, the New York Daily News reported he dropped 100 pounds (45 kg) off his 320-pound figure…for more please visit
http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/al_roker/index.shtml
JUNE 3: Sidney Poitier…A native of Cat Island, The Bahamas, (though born in Miami during a mainland visit by his parents), Poitier grew up in poverty as the son of a dirt farmer. He had little formal education and at the age of 15 was sent to Miami to live with his brother. At 18, he went to New York, did menial jobs and slept in a bus terminal toilet. An impulsive audition at the American Negro Theatre was rejected forcefully. On his second try, he was accepted. He was spotted in a rehearsal and given a bit part in a Broadway production of "Lysistrata," for which he got excellent reviews. One of the films, The Defiant Ones (1958), gave Poitier his first Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. Five years later, he won the Oscar for Lilies of the Field (1963), the first black to win for a leading role… for more please visit
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/bio
JUNE 2: Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 as Elaine Potter Richardson on the island of Antigua. She lived with her stepfather, a carpenter, and her mother until 1965 when she was sent to Westchester, New York to work as an au pair. In Antigua, she completed her secondary education under the British system due to Antigua's status as a British colony until 1967. She went on to study photography at the New York School for Social Research after leaving the family for which she worked, and also attended Franconia College in New Hampshire for a year. Her first writing experience involved a series of articles for Ingenue magazine. In 1973, she changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because her family disapproved of her writing. Through her writing, she befriended George W.S. Trow, a writer for the New Yorker, who began writing "Talk of the Town" pieces about her…for more please visit http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Kincaid.html