Famous modern day people to celebrate in Black History week

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Famous modern day people to celebrate in Black
History week!!
Beyonce
Lewis Hamilton
Sir Trevor McDonald
Leona Lewis
Lenny Henry
Kanye West
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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton was born on 7
January 1985. He is a British Formula One racing
driver from England and is currently racing for
the McLaren Mercedes team. Hes currently on
course to win the Formula One World Championship.
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Beyonce
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born September 4,
1981 in Houston, Texas. She rose to fame in the
late 1990s as the lead singer of girl group
Destinys child, the best-selling girl group of
all time. She is now a solo performer and is
about to release her third album.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961.
He is currently in the running to be the next
President of the United States of America.
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Sir Trevor McDonald
Sir Trevor McDonald OBE was born George McDonald
on 16 August 1939, in Trinidad. He is known for
being a British journalist and television
presenter. He is still a presenter on the ITN 10
oclock news and is notable for being the first
black news reader in the UK.
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Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis was born on 3 April 1985. She
is a British pop and RB singer-songwriter, and
the winner of the third series of the UK
television talent show The X Factor. Her UK debut
single, A Moment Like This, broke a world
record after it was downloaded over 50,000 times
within 30 minutes!
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Lenny Henry
Lenworth George Henry CBE was born on 29 August
1958 in Dudley, West Midlands. He is a British
writer, comedian and actor. He is well known for
his charity work for Comic Relief. He is a
supporter of West Bromwich Albion football club.
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Kanye West
Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977 in
Atlanta, Georgia. He is a ten-time Granny
Award-winning American rapper, Record producer
and singer.
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Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith was born on born
September 25, 1968. He is an American actor, film
producer and rapper. He is known for his roles in
Men in Black, I Robot, Bad Boys, Independence
Day, Mohammed Ali, The Pursuit of Happiness, I am
Legend and Hancock.