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It’s Famous Friday!

Susan Graham2023-01-22T00:50:59+00:00January 22nd, 2023|

BOB MARLEY This week's famous Friday is about Bob Marley. He was born on February 6, 1945 to Norval Marley (his father) and Cedella Malcom (his mother). Norval Marley was from East Sussex, England and was a captain of the Royal Marines. Cedella Malcolm was an Afro-Jamaican. Bob Marley went to Stepney Primary School and Stepney Junior High School. In 1955 his father passed at the age of 70 from a heart attack. Later his mother remarried and gave birth to two boys (Marley’s half brothers) named Richard and [...]

It’s Famous Friday!

multiracial2018-09-07T06:30:07+00:00September 7th, 2018|

Bob Marley “My father was white and my mother black, you know. Them call me half-caste, or whatever. Well, me don’t dip on nobody’s side. Me don’t dip on the black man’s side nor the white man’s side. Me dip on God’s side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white, who give me this talent.” Bob Marley-1975 Nesta Robert Marley more commonly known as Bob Marley was born February 6, 1945 in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. He would grow to become the most [...]