3 New Elizabethans

Michael Jackson know as the 'King of Pop' is one of my new Elizabethans to me as he has changed the music industry in so many ways. He is a inspiration to so many singers such as Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Mariah Carey, Sean Paul, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Kanye West and many many more. His main inspiration was Diana Ross whom he looked to up as a mother figure as well as a close friend. Michael Jackson has a multiple Guinness World Records, 13 Grammy Awards, A Grammy Legend Award and has estimated to have sold 400 million records world wide. Hes has been to court being accused of commiting child abuse and I think it's hard for someone in the industry to be accused of such a act and I find it amazing that he still managed to carry on making music and having amazing career after being accused for such a thing. He also has influenced dance by his dance moves 'The Moonwalk' and 'Robot' these have started a whole new genre of Hip Hop and RnB. Some of his songs such as 'Black and White' and 'Beat it' have been part of breaking down racial barriers and I think that's why he's such a inspiration to so many.

Rosa Parks was a African-American Civil right activists also know as 'The first lady of civil Rights'. She is well known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger after the white section was filled. She was arrested on the 1st December. After this act of defiance it become a large and important symbol to the civil rights movement. I think Rosa Parks is a new Elizabethan as she changed history in such a strong way she was a symbol of hope among African-American people.

Mark Zuckerberg is known for being the founder of facebook and he is estimated to be worth 16.8 billion pounds. Zuckerberg launched facebook in 2004 in his harvard dorms. Intially he created a page called facemash in which you choose who is hotter out of two people. Facemash had become so popular over one night that it got shut down. In 2007 at age 23 Zuckerberg had become a billionaire and by 2012 facebook had 1 billion people using it. I think Mark Zuckerberg is a new Elizabethan because he is one of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world. He has managed to create a site that is used by 1/7th of the population that is astronomical.