5 iconic moments of 2014

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Best moments in 2014</span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2014 has been one heck of a year, so I thought I'd share with you what I believe to be the most iconic moments in 2014.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9l6wD4H9g4N52InkYa219HujNcnDNIIK_iLUAgboZxtrxb-7XF7O3c3HCK5EIn9OGtF-kyOYQ74UcsLQnfcbWJVp_TYD2_cOwOndqnebxjU_zkPFaFy4iB5aUtGxUlif40Njco-mr15c/s1600/top_5_moments_2014.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9l6wD4H9g4N52InkYa219HujNcnDNIIK_iLUAgboZxtrxb-7XF7O3c3HCK5EIn9OGtF-kyOYQ74UcsLQnfcbWJVp_TYD2_cOwOndqnebxjU_zkPFaFy4iB5aUtGxUlif40Njco-mr15c/s1600/top_5_moments_2014.PNG" width="320" /></a></div> </span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> </h2> <h4> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. <b>Luptia</b> <b>Nyong'o</b> <b>made Hollywood realise Black is beautiful. </b></span></h4> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This lady is killing the game! In 2014 she  </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">won <i>Critics Choice </i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Awards Best Supporting Actress award</i>, </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">s</span>he scored the <a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20360857_20809145_30141652,00.html">cover</a> of People's "<i>Most Beautiful</i>" issue making her the second black woman (after Beyonce in 2012) to appear on the front cover of the magazine, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="font-size: 17.7777786254883px;"> at the Essence</i> magazine Black Woman in Hollywood <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/lupita-nyongo-essence-speech-black-beauty" style="font-size: 17.7777786254883px;">Breakthrough Award</a> And delivered <a href="http://urbanbeautysaid.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/top-5-inspirational-women-of-2014.html" target="_blank">an amazing speech</a> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">about how long it took her to realise the beauty of her own skin . This lady has changed the destiny for many women of colour and i look forward to seeign what else she'll be achieving in years to come.</span></span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWywNi6bCOfvvn-6ANf7wxRyfpfGRwX3YETtgeH_Anm5_pZFg78p_ETcaOEe2oaeuQP550Y381bI7WHBUCLRyhqu-qoGhFUlIiZocr4b2ptC7yy57Vbfcnm0gFXAS6nar8c6cH6dZI4uc/s1600/vrDSTIB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWywNi6bCOfvvn-6ANf7wxRyfpfGRwX3YETtgeH_Anm5_pZFg78p_ETcaOEe2oaeuQP550Y381bI7WHBUCLRyhqu-qoGhFUlIiZocr4b2ptC7yy57Vbfcnm0gFXAS6nar8c6cH6dZI4uc/s1600/vrDSTIB.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Luptia Nyong'o - 5 iconic moments</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. A Black James Bond</span></b><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rumours that <b>Idris Elba </b>could be the next James Bond made my year! Some of the Hollywood big wigs haven't reacted too well to the news, but its made me smile! There's even a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Want-Idris-Elba-for-James-Bond/239813472708882">Facebook Fan page</a> which has gathered over 32,000 likes. I'm a James Bond fab and Idris Elba fan so this would make the perfect combination.</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNFYNVvVumGtL4-H0f52ftOTLkA6350qP6XhXXh2D8OdNyXNH5rUQk9ENntHhY_3z-xWdKsERtLMyn9a2r3ElL2zySfiM4RWCztGCYTvRcZglithwLbsEfxTSc8CxubVS0wLoqJ0gUh8/s1600/idrisElbaforJamesBond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNFYNVvVumGtL4-H0f52ftOTLkA6350qP6XhXXh2D8OdNyXNH5rUQk9ENntHhY_3z-xWdKsERtLMyn9a2r3ElL2zySfiM4RWCztGCYTvRcZglithwLbsEfxTSc8CxubVS0wLoqJ0gUh8/s1600/idrisElbaforJamesBond.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Idris as James Bond</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <h4> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The passing of an incon <a href="http://urbanbeautysaid.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/urban-beauty-of-week-great-late-mayo.html">Maya Angelou </a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></h4> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The amazing American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer passed away 28th May 2014. There was nothing this woman couldn't do,she was a civil rights activist, a poet, a singer and actress, a writer and so much more. Through who her <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/maya-angelou/still-i-rise/">beautiful poetry</a>, this woman taught me to love myself...</span><br /> <i><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"You may write me down in history <br />With your bitter, twisted lies, <br />You may tread me in the very dirt <br />But still, like dust, I'll rise."</span></i><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4w0yVM_GxzyMIaGC6cl5e7wWYraxIyxTExcHgvgq0JnRgMrXLUYbcmkMe82J7VCGTIE-ETJshgt1uxCYuidjlHQV5Khx3Dz8f5Jp68m8lU1coiRNhgT2rh_IrLsQ_PdOKH3NexM0wkXI/s1600/and-still-i-rise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4w0yVM_GxzyMIaGC6cl5e7wWYraxIyxTExcHgvgq0JnRgMrXLUYbcmkMe82J7VCGTIE-ETJshgt1uxCYuidjlHQV5Khx3Dz8f5Jp68m8lU1coiRNhgT2rh_IrLsQ_PdOKH3NexM0wkXI/s1600/and-still-i-rise.jpg" width="448" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maya Angelou - 2014 iconic moments</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h4> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>4. Malala Yousafzai is one young lady from who rocks! </b></span></h4> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now living in Birmingham (UK) she became the youngest person in the world in 2014 to recieve the <a href="http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/">Nobel Peace Prize</a>. She stood up to the Taliban by campaigning for the rights of all children to remain in education. But unfortuanetly was shot in the head by the Taliban for her campaigning work. She recieved the <a href="http://mic.com/articles/105102/the-39-most-iconic-feminist-moments-of-2014">Nobel Peace Prize for </a> all her hard work and autobiography "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Am-Malala-Stood-Education-Taliban/dp/031628663X">I Am Malala</a>" which was released last year.</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLYwhIJ5aqYVvo6WTjnbj_HZgveGSnL_7S6o29AvAESYuSUlOHjYFzDKK9h_A3NSvniKpMhVu-Se4oGsE7m1FjGOk_CCTtM_uQC43zbByUBJd2jaZ1Bm4__bauGiYAbB5On25l0sKBaY/s1600/malala-yousafzai-2014_iconic_moments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLYwhIJ5aqYVvo6WTjnbj_HZgveGSnL_7S6o29AvAESYuSUlOHjYFzDKK9h_A3NSvniKpMhVu-Se4oGsE7m1FjGOk_CCTtM_uQC43zbByUBJd2jaZ1Bm4__bauGiYAbB5On25l0sKBaY/s1600/malala-yousafzai-2014_iconic_moments.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <h4> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. <big><b>Celebrities, atheletes came together to take a stand </b></big></span></h4> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Innocent people have been dying at the hands of police brutality  for years, but following the increased number of unarmed black men and boys getting killed by police during 2014, everyone had enough! </span><br /> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/15/ezell-ford-the-mentally-ill-black-man-killed-by-the-lapd-two-days-after-michael-browns-death/" target="_blank">Unarmed Ezell Ford</a> was fatally shot and killed by Cops during August 2014</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12 year old <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2014/nov/26/cleveland-video-tamir-rice-shooting-police" target="_blank">Tamir Rice</a> was fatally shot by cops November 2014 </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unarmed  <a href="http://hiphopwired.com/2014/12/02/cops-who-killed-unarmed-black-men/6/" target="_blank">John Crawford lll</a> was killed during August 2012</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unarmed black teenager called  <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ferguson-riots">Michael Brown in Ferguson,  was fatally killed</a></span> </li> <li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unarmed father of-six, Eric Garner was killed in July 2014</span></li> </ol> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm always complaning that celebrities could be using their influence to spread positive messages and In 2014 that happened. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Missouri police officer Darren Wilson</span></div> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many figures in music chose to use their influence to address the killings of unarmed black men by police officers.  Artists like Tyrese,  <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/1906433/talib-kweli-cnn-don-lemon-mike-brown-ferguson/" target="_blank">Talib Kweli</a>, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/1897370/jeezy-michael-brown-shooting/" target="_blank">Jeezy</a> and <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/1903610/j-cole-speaks-on-michael-brown-shooting/" target="_blank">J. Cole</a> went down to the city to assist residents in person, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/common/" target="_blank">Common</a> held a moment of silence at the VMAs and <a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/erykah-badu/" target="_blank">Erykah Badu</a> and many others <a href="https://twitter.com/fatbellybella/status/500455270527418368" target="_blank">voiced</a> their support over social media. I dont recall seeing this many celebrities coming to gether to spread one message  and echoed the importance of strength in numbers</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKqUNQJQkwTc7-fQNEI5JDuzPJ-O8IAZHc5QmePcodOfrpUTIw8XvQMtYO3jjAGgS7FJ6s7oFQQNCmPeICeZv5MGRZL0Hd2wrt7FVlALgKz0xgz-rqjxyJIj4MiigNpb-NjAO6dEyqu0/s1600/ferguson-protest2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKqUNQJQkwTc7-fQNEI5JDuzPJ-O8IAZHc5QmePcodOfrpUTIw8XvQMtYO3jjAGgS7FJ6s7oFQQNCmPeICeZv5MGRZL0Hd2wrt7FVlALgKz0xgz-rqjxyJIj4MiigNpb-NjAO6dEyqu0/s1600/ferguson-protest2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wale,Chris Brown, Nelly, LiL Mama and Bow Wow hold up their hands</span> in support of the protests</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGiVmdSXfMl9soe-Ro5byM4QhvFUiMmdT3Jwku8bl0caQ9ZHlIDgm6hgTRtMdzKgHuPrOzQ1QSmiqMPVD4i9QaCLUdJoRLMI6tMFE1ncrNjXT3t64r4Q5-S28jzbNtHiZ-S1jsa2sepk/s1600/Tyrese_protest1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGiVmdSXfMl9soe-Ro5byM4QhvFUiMmdT3Jwku8bl0caQ9ZHlIDgm6hgTRtMdzKgHuPrOzQ1QSmiqMPVD4i9QaCLUdJoRLMI6tMFE1ncrNjXT3t64r4Q5-S28jzbNtHiZ-S1jsa2sepk/s1600/Tyrese_protest1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tyrese with his daughter at a rally</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd love to know what do you think were the most inconic things to happen in 2014?</span></span></div>

5 iconic moments of 2014

Best moments in 2014 2014 has been one heck of a year, so I thought I'd share with you what I believe to be the most iconic moments i...