BLACK HISTORY MONTH ESSAY CONTEST
WEDR.com and Burger King are recognizing kids who are making history in their community! Send in your essays about your Black History Month memory.

The grand prize winner will be awarded KING or QUEEN FOR DAY and win a laptop from Burger King, $50 in BK Crown Cards, and be a guest on the TAKEOVER SHOW with DJ KHALED!

Plus there will be prizes for 1st runner up ($30 BK Crown Cards & new ipod), and 2nd runner up ($20 BK Crown Cards)...courtesy of your Miami area Burger King...Have It Your Way.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURES WEEK 4

• Michael Burton: GM Director of Design
• Ed Welburn: 6th Design King in the history of General Motors
• Crystal Windham: GM Director of Passenger Car Design

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURES WEEK 3

• Jackie Robinson: First African-American Major League Baseball Player
• Doug Williams: First Black QB
• John Johnson: First Black World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• Chuck Cooper: First Black NBA Player
• Willie O'Ree: First Black National Hockey League Player
• William Heffelfinger: First Black Professional Football Player
• Charlie Sifford: First African-American to Gain PGA Membership
• Arthur Ashe: First African-American Male Tennis Player to Win Grand Slam
• Nathaniel Moore: Former Miami Dolphin

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURES WEEK 2

• Robert Lawrence & Guion Bluford: First African American Astronauts
• Barack Obama: First African-American President of the United States
• Dr Martin Luther King Jr: Civil Rights Pioneer
• First Black Mayors in America
• Rev Joseph Lowery: The Dean of the Civil Rights Movement
• Colin Powell: Secretary Of State
• Dr Mae Jemison: First African-American Woman in Space
• Hiram Revels: First African American Sentaor
• Dr James Cleveland: The King of Gospel Music
• Mahalia Jackson: The Pinnacle of Gospel Music
• BB King: The Beale Street Blues Boy
• Run D.M.C.: Greatest Hip Hop Artist of All Time

101 Fast Facts about Black History
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURES WEEK 1

• Esther Rolle: Good Times
• Andre Dawson: Baseball Hall of Famer
• Marcia Cooke: First Black Female Federal Judge
• Maurice Kemp: First Black Fire Chief in Miami
• Dr James S Franklin Sistrunk
• Daytona Normal & Industrial Institute
• Virginia Beach, Miami
• Representative Carrie Meek
• Charity Stewart
• Florida State Normal & Industrial School Class of 1904
• Supreme Court Justice Joseph Hatchett
• Judge James Dean / Monroe County
• Miami Police Officer John Milledge
• George Carson Slave Quarters
• Old Slave Quarters, Fort George Island

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