Creative Artistry

Romeo Barnes

This legendary Great Romeo Barnes was born and raised in Cleveland Ohio. From a very early age Romeo knew what direction he wanted to take with his life and that was owning his own business, being his own boss. He had no idea that he would also have one of the most successful youth programs in the city.

In 2012 he began a community cleanup in Cleveland’s St Clair/Superior area with a group of youth and from this...Youth & Unity Stop the Violence was created. From 2012 till today he has never stopped running for our youth. Romeo has hosted over 100 events, programs and trips for children across the state and no family has ever had to pay. Through Romeo’s tireless dedication he has kept his program going through out the years. Youth & Unity does not have a 501c3 and is funded through Romeo’s hands on diligence and with the help of devoted supporters across the city like all of the areas salons and barbershops that constantly support. To each individual, group organization or club that has ever given he is grateful and wants to say THANK YOU for the support. In 2019 Romeo was able to open his first Youth and Unity Classroom, offering finance, entrepreneurship, mentorship, etiquette and more. Romeo is a successful entrepreneur that wants to give back to his community, the youth and help entrepreneurs succeed. In 2016 Romeo launched Youth & Unity Water with a Cause which is a purified bottled water with a portion of the proceeds donated to Cancer Research. In that same year he launched his Own line of wine called LAVISH Wine. He is a successful promoter and has ran his own shoe store LAVISH Heelz

This legendary Great continues to invest in the youth and the community and today has a new Wine Foxy by LAVISH Wine and is the publisher of Cleveland AMPS Magazine.

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Roosevelt Wright (Ro Wright), he uses Reaux Fareal as his moniker because it connects him to his Louisiana roots and reminds him to always be himself… unapologetically. Reaux has publicly stated his greatest honor is being the father of three sons. Cadence, Ethan, and Caleb, the Godson that he always claims as his own.

Reaux played a role on the HBO series, Treme, and he has also been featured on Fox Sports, MTV, TBN, and Congo TV Network. He wrote, directed, and starred in Get The Ring, now playing on Amazon Prime.

“I feel I am more effective using my gifts to bridge racial gaps, empowering others through my books, and connecting people through my music and many creative abilities.” Page 16

Katherine Johnson

This legendary Great was born on August 26, 1918 and became one of the women of color who helped get man into space. Katherine discovered math came easy to her, but she worked hard on geometry and algebra. She started high school when she was just 10 years old and graduated from college at the age of 18. For a time she was a teacher but left the field when she got married and started a family.

When she was 34 she learned of a job which would later become NASA who was looking for African American women with math skills. She was one of those women that was hired and used as human computers. These human computers were given all of the complicated task of configuring the calculations of space flight. Katherine along with the other women in her group, calculated the trajectory, or path, of the country’s first human spaceflight in 1961, to ensure astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., had a safe and successful trip. She then helped figure out John Glenn’s orbit of the earth. Then in 1969, she calculated the trajectories of Neil Armstrong’s historic mission to the moon on Apollo 11.

It was until the movie “Hidden Figures” were Katherine and the other women in her group were finally given accolades or credit they deserved for their part in space travel.

Katherine’s career with NASA spanned 33 years and her expertise was important to the launch of the Space Shuttle Program. Over the years she received many awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama, The Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress and was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Katherine Johnson was also the first African American woman scientist at NASA.

This Legendary Great lived to be 101 she passed away February 24, 2020. In her honor, NASA had dedicated the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility at the Langley Research Center.

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