Productive Citizens?

LeBron Ramone James was born in Akron, Ohio and is the only player in NBA history to average at least 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists for his career

In 2008, James donated $20,000 to a committee to elect Barack Obama and gathered almost 20,000 people at the Quicken Loans Arena for a viewing of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's 30-minute American Stories, American Solutions television advertisement

In response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, James sent $200,000 in supplies to evacuees in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, donated 1,000 backpacks and school supplies to students in Akron and Cleveland, distributed basketballs to every recreation center in Akron and Cleveland and paid for the renovation of the Women's Health Center at Summa Health System

He also participated in numerous programs with the Cavaliers and through the Make-A-Wish Foundation

LeBron James

George Clooney• Academy Award-winning

actor, director, producer• Clooney's humanitarian

work includes his advocacy of finding a resolution for the Darfur conflict, raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2004 Tsunami and 9/11 victims, and creating documentaries such as Sand and Sorrow to raise awareness about international crises

On January 18, 2008, the United Nations announced Clooney's appointment as a United Nations messenger of peace, effective from January 31

Clooney conceived of and initiated the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) after an October 2010 trip to South SudanSSP aims to monitor armed activity for signs of

renewed civil war between Sudan and South Sudan, and to detect and deter mass atrocities along the border regions there

George Clooney

Commanding General of the Confederate Army during the Civil

WarSon of an American Revolutionary

war HeroGraduated top of his class from West

Point Military AcademyServed in the American Army for 32 yearsLee asked to be pardoned, and to regain his

citizenship; this did not officially happen until 1975

Robert E. Lee

Pro tennis athlete, entrepreneur in fashion and interior design, part owner of the Miami Dolphins

Winner of 21 Grand Slam TitlesFirst African-American woman

to own an NFL FranchiseFirst black woman to be ranked

#1 in Professional TennisAdvocated for equal prize money

for women in championship tournaments

Venus Williams

Academy Award-winning actress, and humanitarian

In her teens and twenties, she suffered from suicidal depression and abused drugs

Angelina Jolie

A Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesVisiting Darfur, Chad,

Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and others to raise awareness for refugees and landmine removal

Established several charitable organizations and has donated millions of dollars

Angelina Jolie

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and was a civil rights activist

On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger and her action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott that desegregated the city’s buses

She was not the first African American to refuse to give up her seat, nor was that the first time she got involved in the Civil Rights Movement

Rosa Parks

Rapper, record producer, and businessmanNet worth of over $450 million, winner of 13

Grammys, creator of Rocawear clothing line, and part owner of the New Jersey Nets

Donated 1 million dollars to American Red Cross to assist with Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief

Jay-Z

Actively involved in politics since 2008. Encouraged people to register and vote.Arrested and plead guilty for stabbing a record producer in 1999, 3 years

probation, also brought on charges for Gun Possession.

Worked with the UN to raise awareness for clean water throughout the

World. He was made aware of the issue during a visit to Africa.

Jay-Z

T.I., born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.., is a rapper who has had multiple #1 hit singles

Sentenced to a year and a day of prison in relation to his arrest in 2007, when he was caught trying to buy an arsenal of guns from an undercover FBI agent

Active with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts

Worked with troubled youths at Paulding Detention Center in Atlanta, provided scholarships for single parent families at Boys and Girls Clubs

Had TV show T.I.’s Road to Redemption to help troubled teens

T.I.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City and was First Lady to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945

When African American opera singer Marian Anderson was not allowed to play a concert in Constitution Hall, Eleanor helped her put on a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

She was the 1st ever US delegate (representative) to the United Nations and became chairman of the UN Commission on Human Rights

Under President Kennedy, she was chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women

While her husband Franklin had an affair with his secretary, Eleanor likely had a relationship with a female journalist (historians disagree over whether it was sexual)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Enrique Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain and is a Spanish- and English-language pop singer in the US and has sold over 100 million albums worldwide

He moved to Miami, Florida when he was 10 and went to the University of Miami for a business degree

Performed for soldiers at Help for Heroes concert

He pays his taxes

Enrique Iglesias

Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in Barbados and moved to the US at 16 to become a singer

She is the youngest artist ever to have 10 of her singles go to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100

She started the Believe Foundation in 2006 to help terminally ill children and has worked with Fashion Against AIDS, Stand Up to Cancer, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and multiple other charities

She speaks out on behalf of women who have been beaten by their partners

While not a citizen, she has a green card to live and work in the US

Rihanna

4th President of the United States 1809- 1817

Called the “Father of the Constitution” because he was the primary author of the Constitution, He is also known as the Great

Compromiser, for his ability to bring together ideas at the Constitutional Convention.

He also authored the Bill of Rights

James Madison