Biography of Denzel Washington

DENZEL&WASHINTON& & Date of birth, place of birth and date of death if the person is now deceased. Denzel Washington was born on December 28 in 1954 at the Mount Vernon. (New York) Today he still alive and he is 62 years old. What is the person known for? He is well known for his career as an Afro American Actor, director and producer. Denzel&Washington&has&earned&popular& and&critical&acclaim&for&his&roles&in&an&array&of&feature&films,& including&'Glory,'&'Malcolm&X,'&'Training&Day,'&'American&Gangster'& and&'Flight.&He&is&a&frequent&collaborator&of&Spike&lee,&an&& important&Afro&American&personality&too.&& He&became&the&2nd&Afro&American&actor&after&Sydney&Poitier&who& received&the&award&of&the&Best&Actor&for&his&role&as&a&corrupt&cop& in&the&crime&thriller&Training&Day&in&2001.& During&his&career,&he&has&received&3&golden&globe&awards:&a&Tony& award&and&Two&academic&awards&including&the&best&actor&award& but&also&the&Best&Supporting&actor&thanks&to&the&historical&war& Drama&film&called&Glory&in&1989.& Provide background details. When he was young, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University, to intent on a career in journalism. This University is a private university who knew changments in the 70Õs because students stormed the main administration building, occupying it for several weeks, and set fire to the Rose Hill faculty lounge. It was during this period of activism that one of the first black studies departments in the nation was founded. While political activism has diminished considerably at the Rose Hill campus, it remains strong at the Lincoln Center campus, where students frequently organize protests and events in support of various political causes. By the way, nowadays-black universities still present even if their number have been decreased. We can say that we have approximately 100 blacks universities nowadays in US. However, he caught the acting bug while appearing in student drama productions and, upon graduation, he moved to San Francisco and enrolled at the American Conservatory Theater. Key dates related to the person. - He begins his career with his first role in Wings of the Morning in 1976, which is about the founding of the colony of the Maryland State. - Then he made his screen acting debut in the 1977 madefor-television film Wilma& - His&first&Hollywood&appearance&was&in&the&1981&with&the& Carbon&Copy&film& - Thought&the&1990’s,&he&played&in&important&film&as& Philadelphia&in&1993&but&also&Malcolm&X&in&1992&where&he& plays&the&role&of&a&human&right&activist.& - In&20’s&he&still&playing&important&roles&and&still&making&good& film&like&in&Out&of&time&in&2003&or&Man&of&fire&in&2004.& Washington&also&headlined&the&book&of&Eli&in&2010,&a&postApocalyptic&drama,&Next&In&2012;&he&starred&in&Flight&for& which&he&was&nominated&for&an&Academy&Award&for&Best& Actor&and&after&that&he&starred&in&2&guns&in&2013.&& - Recently&In&2016,&he&directed&Fences&and&was&selected&as&the& recipient&for&the&Cecil&B.&De&Mille&Lifetime&Achievement& Award&at&the&73rd&Golden&Globe&Awards.& If a University, why was there a Black University and what was its aim? Are there more [Black Universities] in the USA, nowadays? Say in a few words what AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH is and when did it begin, who was the founder, and finally, why did he/she found it? To conclude IÕm going to explain in a few word what AfricanAmerican history month is so Concerning that , itÕs an annual observance celebrated in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in order to pay tribute to important people of the African diaspora and recognize their achievements. Firstly, that was Carter G Woodson who created the Black History week in 1926 because his will was to teaching the Afro American History. He chose the February month because of the coincidence with the Birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and the Birthday of Frederick Douglass on February 14. Then the black History week became the black history month in February 1969 under the initiative of the leaders of the Black United Students at Kent State University. That was celebrated for the first time in 1970. A few years later, the black history month has been expended in UK in 1987 and In Canada In 1995. &