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(DIR) Post #AlV3f53jT6nTsTC9E8 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-07-31T16:51:31Z
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#BlackAugust-#BlackFriday Aug 2, 20241920William Leidesdorff launches first steamboat in San Francisco bayMarcus Garvey presents ''Back to Africa'' program1951(posthumously awarded)William Henry Thompson 1st African American to earn Medal of Honor in Korean War1966Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science postgraduate medical school chartered in LA#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe@BlackMastodon@chirp.social
(DIR) Post #AlV3f5kGuwpC0P67X6 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-07T17:11:44Z
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#BlackFriday August 9, 2024#BlackAugust1918AFM Local 458 Union, Seattle WA1936Jesse Owens 1st African American to win total 4 Gold Medals at Olympics, Berlin1961James B Parsons 1st black person appointed to Federal District Court1970protest in London led to ''Mangrove Nine'' Trial1987Beatrice Foods acquired by Reginald Lewis, largest acquisition ever by an Africa American1995International Day of Worlds Indigenous Peoples@blackmastodon#BlackMastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3f6UM9bgiJKevMe by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-14T17:00:50Z
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#BlackFriday August 16, 2024#BlackAugust1934US ends occupation of Haiti1964Protest of Foremost Liquor Store by Black residents of Dixmoor IL1965Joe Frazier makes professional boxing debut, KOs Woody Goss19631st US postage stamp designed by a Black artist, Georg Olden, on sale2001Stephanie Ready 1st woman to coach professional men's league team, asst coach of Greenville Grove, NBA development league2014DeRay McKesson visited Ferguson MS#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3f6pcsWhZNIbuW8 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-02T16:59:36Z
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100 yrs ago today, James Arthur Baldwin was born Harlem NYC-1931Philippa Duke Schulyer born Harlem NYhttps://youtu.be/t0wCjJuIKtA1970Zelma Davis born Liberiahttps://youtu.be/XF2ayWcJfxo@blackmastodon#BlackMastodon#BlackFriday
(DIR) Post #AlV3f7NepzvL4qX5Yu by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-07-31T16:51:32Z
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1980Thomas 'Hit Man' Yearns wins WBA Welterweight title, 1/5 weightclasses he won making him 1st African American to win 52012Gabrielle 'Gabby' Douglas wins Gold in gymnastics individual all around
(DIR) Post #AlV3f7h9fVWI3Jeex6 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-21T17:01:11Z
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#BlackFriday August 23, 2024#BlackAugustWhat about #BlackJobs & Black businesses1900Booker T Washington founded the National Negro Business League Boston MA-1875John Wesley Cromwell ''Address on Difficulties of the Colored Youth in Obtaining an Education in the Virginias''Richmond VA1962Fannie Lou Hammer volunteers to organize for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee in Mississippi2014Thousands peacefully protest the murder or Eric Garner NYC#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3f7ntGSuKOCo2S0 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-09T18:25:27Z
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1963Happy Birthday Whitney Elizabeth Houston, East Orange NJ-1835William Lewis Eagleson born St Louis MI1865Janie Porter Barrett born Athens GA1869Annie Turnbo Malone born Metropolis IL1877Abner Leonard Howell born LA1884Daisy Lampkin born Reading PA1893Richard Benjamin Moore born Hastings, Christ Church, Barbados1898Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr born Orangeburg SC1902Mary Lucille Perkins Bankhead born Salt Lake City UT@blackmastodon#BlackMastodon#BlackFriday
(DIR) Post #AlV3f8mrblgFRJKjUO by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-07T17:11:44Z
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2000Marian Wright Edelman awarded Medal of Freedom2004Jimmy Winkfield inducted to National Museum of Racing HOF@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3f9LFXvBb9xQC5Q by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-28T17:15:27Z
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#BlackFriday August 30, 2024#BlackAugust18381st African American magazine begins publication, ''Mirror of Freedom''1854John C Freemont issued proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels1881WS Campbell patents improved animal trap1966Constance Baker Motley confirmed US district judge 1st Black Woman on federal bench1983Lt Col Yukon S Bluford Jr enters space, 1st Black astronaut@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AlV3f9RHBW0TSeF0To by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-14T17:00:50Z
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1816Peter Salem dies1940Horace Roscoe Cayton dies1987Charles Harris Wesley dies1995Christopher L Taylor diesRobert Louis ''Bobby'' DeBarge Jr dies1998Dorothy West dies2007Maxwell Lemuel Roach dies2018Aretha Franklin dies@blackmastodon#BlackMastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3f9svWi7mqPB5Zw by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-16T17:49:48Z
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1902Wallace Henry Thurman born SLC UT1928Wyatt Tee Walker born Brockton MA1922Louis Emanuel Lomax born Valdosta GA1939Carolyn Jean Purnell born Memphis TN@blackmastodon#BlackMastodon#BlackFriday
(DIR) Post #AlV3fAdMk3GtAQuAxk by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-30T17:38:03Z
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1967Thurgood Marshall confirmed to SCOTUS1972Rosemary Brown elected to Vancouver BC legislative assembly1974Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi "Towards Black Fulfillment" speech at University of Zululand2020MTV Video Music Awards dedicated to Chadwick Boseman#BlackFriday#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AlV3fApQ1EudloXnkW by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-07-31T16:51:32Z
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1887Joseph Hayne Rainey dies1997Fela Aníkúlápó Kúti dies
(DIR) Post #AlV3fBS3hZoxheceye by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-30T17:38:04Z
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2004Grant Reynolds dies2014Victoria Santa Cruz (Victoria Eugene Santa Cruz Gamarra) dies@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AlV3fBse6j5X273tQ0 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-23T20:18:16Z
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1755Jean Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy born1954Philip Emeagwali born in Akure Nigeria1978Kobe Bean Bryant born Philadelphia PA@blackmastodon#BlackMastodon#BlackFriday
(DIR) Post #AlV3fBti2lwH5PYk4m by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-21T17:01:11Z
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1997Eric Gairy dies2003Robert Nix Jr dies2007Justice William Eugene McAnulty Jr dies2016Rasheed Linway Storey dies2018George Theophilia Walker dies@blackmastodon#blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3fC1VZmB3TbCyES by chog9@cum.salon
2024-08-30T17:48:35.307219Z
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@BigAngBlack @blackmastodon idc about nigger death
(DIR) Post #AlV3fC5PLHIRfh25JI by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-09T18:25:30Z
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1912Anne Wiggins Brown born Baltimore MD1931Gene ''Big Daddy'' Lipscomb born Uniontown AL1943Ken Howard Norton born Jacksonville IL1947Barbara ''Lady Love'' Mason born Philadelphia PA1955Douglas Lee ''Doug'' Williams born Zachary LA#BlackFriday#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3fCjov1cfh1wMIi by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-07T17:11:45Z
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1884Robert Brown Elliott dies2008Bernie Mack dies@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3fE2I5pzXibacjI by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-16T17:49:55Z
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1947Carol Moseley Braun born Chicago ILFerdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born NYC1950Basely Joachim Crawford born San Fernando, Trinidad and Tabago1953James ''JT'' Warren Taylor born Laurens SChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ1XwGDcA4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3iZLl1stiI1955Dr Camara Phyllis Jones born SF CAHelene Doris Gayle born Buffalo NY1958Angela Evelyn Bassett born NY NY1986Ursain St Leo Bolt born Trelawny, Jamaica@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AlV3fE8fi7602OZifw by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-08-09T18:25:33Z
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1959Kurtis Walker ''Kurtis Blow'' born Harlem NYC1967Darryl Gibson ''Positive K/+K'' born Bronx NYCDeion Luwynn Sander ''Prime Time'' born Fort Myers FL1970Patrick Lavon Mahones Sr born Bryan Texas1971Derrick D'Mon Rolison ''Mack 10'' born Inglewood1974Derrick Lamar Fisher born Little Rock AK1977Adwele Ogunleye born Brooklyn NYC#BlackFriday#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AslN7WwC6WLMIUQAOu by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-04T16:57:17Z
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#BlackFriday September 6, 20241781Jordan Freeman kills Major William Montgomery before also dying1826John Browne Russwurn "The Condition of the Prospects of Haiti" commencement address at Bowdoin Collegehttps://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1826-john-b-russwurm-condition-and-prospects-haiti/1892George "Little Chocolate" Dixon wins featherweight title in New Orleans1967Walter E Washington named commisioner and unofficial Mayor of D.C.@blackmastodon@blackvoices#blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AslN7XyMFxfVVURPPc by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-11T16:58:53Z
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#BlackFriday September 13, 20241867Gen Edward Richard Spring Canby ordered South Carolina courts to impanel black jurors1881Louis Latimer patents electric lamp with carbon filament1886Alexander Crummell sermon challenging ideas about importance of classical education1948Henry A Wallace radio address calling for end of segregation1971Attica Prison Riot#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7YCtNvIKEZF14C by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-11T16:58:54Z
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1972Johnny Lawrence Ford (Tuskeegee) and Algernon Johnson Cooper (Prichard) elected mayors in AL1998Andrw Braugher wins Emmy for Lead Actor role in "Homicide: Life on the Street"@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7YYs4CsLKjWZKC by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-11T16:58:54Z
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1996Rest in Power Tupac Shakur@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7Z3iDXXssNxCOe by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-13T19:00:58Z
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16631st documentened slave rebellion in Colonial American, Glouceater County VA-1885Alian LeRoy Locke born Philadelphia PA1947Elmer "Geronimo Ji-Jaga" Pratt born Morgan City LA1948Nell Ruth Carter born Birmingham ALhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kONFkc1PwCc1953Rhonda Eva Harris, "Iyanla Vanzant" born Brooklyn NYC1964Tavis Smiley born Gulfport MS1967Michael Duana Johnson born Dallas TX1969Emmitt "Tyler" Perry Jr born New Orleans LA#BlackFriday#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7ZPKv8qJxS4T6O by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-18T16:58:58Z
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#BlackFriday September 20, 202418301st National Black Convention opened for public meetings, Bethem AME Church Philadelphia PA1984Alfre Woodward wins Emmy Outstanding Guest Performance "LA Law""Cosby Show" premeires on NBC@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7a1ybTkdtI9KKW by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-27T20:04:24Z
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#BlackFriday September 27, 202418621st Louisiana Native Guard organized1867Louisiana voters endorsed Constitutional Convention1875Branch Norm College open in Pine Bluff AK1876Edward Mitchell Bannister wins bronze medal at American Centennial Convention for painting "Under the Oaks"1877John Mercer named minister of Haiti1912WC Handy publishes "Memphis Blues"1915Xavier University opens in New Orleans@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7aNxHlKezSQsaW by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-02T16:59:01Z
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#BlackFriday October 4, 2024What's Yalls Fav Black Horror Movies-1962Ahmadu Bello University founded Zaria Kaduna Nigeria1966Basutoland became independent nation Kingdom of Lesotho1986Reginald Martinez Jackson final game@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7afKFBE7rKYkfA by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-10T18:53:13Z
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#BlackFriday October 11, 20241865Paul Bogle leads march to Morant Bay Courthouse, Jamiaca1887Granville T. Woods patents Telephone system apparatus (#371,241)Alexander Miles patents elevator doors(#317,207)Kentucky State University opened1898Charles Orren Bailiff patents Shampoo Headrest (#612,008)1910Richard Spikes patents self-locking billiards rack(#972,277)The National Urban League formed1939NAACP organizes Education Fund & Legal Defense@blackmastodon @blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7bFU4k9NfTTd1U by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-17T17:42:04Z
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#BlackFriday October 18, 20241945Actor, singer, athlete and activist Paul Robeson receives Spingarn Medal1946Rassemblement Démocratique Africain1953William ‘Willie the Pro” Thrower became 1st African American to play QB in NFL 2011Susan Page confirmed 1st U.S. Ambassador to newly formed South Sudan2019Alexandria VA Circuit Court finally dismissed all charges against the Alexandria Library sit-in participants@blackmastodon @blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7bRBNFVYFkwyG0 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-18T18:18:48Z
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1763John Chavis born, 1st African American to graduate College/Uni in United States1850Joseph Auguste Anténor Firmin born Cap-Haitien1912Philibert Tsiranana born Ambarikorano Sofia Region Madagascar1917John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie born Cheraw SC1919Camilla Williams born Danville VA1926Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry born San Jose CA#BlackFriday@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7c98jofaS5W4m0 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-04T16:57:18Z
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1955Emmett Louis Till buried at Burr Oak Cementery Alsip IL1980Hale Aspacio Woodruff dies2019Robert Gabriel Mugabe dies@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7cAYeXnuWUBCz2 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-25T18:08:24Z
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#BlackFriday October 25, 20241892Lincoln Fremont Brown patents bridle bit, #484,9941940Benjamin Oliver Davis 1st Black general in US ArmyNNPA (National Newspaper Publishers Association) Black newspaper owners group founded195810000 students in Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington. Led by1976Clarence "Willie" Norris granted full pardon, last known survivor of 9 "Scottsboro Boys"#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community@blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7ckMVQRaJWvnn6 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-01T00:59:44Z
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#BlackFriday November 1, 20241787African Free School opened in NYC1898Allen C W patents self-leveling table1901Grambling State University founded1910"Crisis" begins publication by WEB Dubois19421st issue of Negro Digest published19451st issue Ebony Magazine published1951Jet Magazine founded1954Algeria rebellion begins1995South Africans voted in 1st all-race elections@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7czbakdZ4o3yYC by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-08T21:47:14Z
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#BlackFriday November 8, 20241932Robert Russa Moton awarded Spingarn medal1938Crystal Bird Faucet 1st Black woman to serve in state legislature, state rep PA1960Otis Smith 1st Black politician to win statewide election since reconstruction, auditor general1966Edward William Brooke 1st African American elected to US Senate2016Kamala Harris 1st Africa American Sebator from California2022Wes Moore 1st African American governor of Maryland@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7dNi97v4HZLE7k by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-15T18:08:33Z
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#BlackFriday November 15, 20241865Zion Baptist Church was founded Denver CO1866Pilgrim Baptist Church named officially, St Paul MN, oldest black church MNCathay Williams became only African American Woman to serve Regular US Army 19th Cent, disguised as male "William Cathey"1881Payton Johnson patents swinging chair1887Granville Tailer Woods patents the Synchronous Multiplier Railway Teelgraph1897Langston University founded Langston OK@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7deN9BFN7F8X5s by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-22T17:31:11Z
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#BlackFriday November 22, 20241884Philadelphia Tribune foundedNew York Freeman renamed from New York Globe1922'Liza' by Maceo Pinkard opened Daly’s 63rd St Theatre NYC, 172 shows1930Elijah Muhammed establishes Nation of Islam1986George Branham 1st African American to win Professional Bowling Association titleMike Tyson youngest heavyweight champion in history1989 Col Frederick Drew Gregory 1st African American to lead space mission@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7eC37yBYngtQaO by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-29T18:45:27Z
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#BlackFriday November 29, 2024Be a good day to find and shout-out some black businesses in your area since folx doing all this shopping today-1780Black slaves welcomed into American Army1955Alice Childress becomes 1st African American woman to receive Obie Award1978Vivian Alexander Anderson 1st black football player for England2018Ivy Lawson opens Ivyees Everything Honey, 1st black-owned business in Boston's North End@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7eWbtWdFpSVqdM by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-12-06T19:04:43Z
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#BlackFriday December 6, 20241865United States Constitution Amendment XIII ratified1932Richard Bowie Spikes patents automatic gearshift1936Richard Francis Jones 1st African American certified in urology1997Lee P Brown elected 1st African American mayor of Houston2015Berta de los Angeles Soler Fernandez organizes ”Todos Marchamos" in Havana@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7fGL9VDC7HuMue by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-12-20T18:10:57Z
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#BlackFriday December 13 2024Pagara Estafette celebrated in Paramaribo Suriname yearly1774Wentworth Cheswell rode with Paul Revere Portsmouth New Hampshire19441st African American women complete officer training for WAVES (Women's Auxiliary Volunteers for Emergency Service)2021Kristen Nicole Hayden 1st African American female win an American national diving championship@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7fQGYb9Sc4YINs by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-12-20T20:22:01Z
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#BlackFriday December 20, 20241858John Brown’s Christmas Raid into Missouri1956Montgomery Bus Boycotts end1981The Broadway musical "Dream Girls" opens NYC1998Beth Anne Brown 1st African American woman to earn Ph.D. astronomy from University of Michigan@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7frCwQhbxd9oNU by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-06T17:09:03Z
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1877Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden born New Orleans LAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbkkSN_sSfc1883Joel Augustus Rogers born Negril Jamaica1889Claude Albert Barbett born Sanford FL1902Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio born Lome Togoland1903Cornelius Robinson Coffey born Newport AK1909Katherine Mary Duhnam born Glen Ellyn IL1917Richard Isadore Durham born Raymond MS1919Lee Andrew Archer Jr born Yonkers NYC@blackmastodon@blackvoices#BlackFriday#BlackMastodon
(DIR) Post #AslN7g1UKCvSTVy1Oy by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-12-27T18:46:56Z
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#BlackFriday December 27 200418951st African American intercollegiate football game1904The Negro Year Book1941Dr Charles Drew established pioneer blood bank NYC1949Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity at 35th Annual Convention Washington D.C.1956Spingarn medal awarded to Jackie RobinsonSegregation Outlawed on public buses Tallahasee FL1986"Thats What Friends Are For" voted 'most popular single' 1986 Billboard@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community@blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7golN0LCwL1NCq by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-03T20:02:30Z
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#BlackFriday January 3 202516241st African American child born in America, William Tucker@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7gwCvKIPJQVJoG by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-20T18:27:56Z
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1819Théodore Chassériau born El Limón Samaná Dominican Republic1885Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe "Jelly Roll Morton" born New Orleans LAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIbeg-N09_w1910Dorothy Johnson Vaughan born Kansas City MO1911George Metcalfe born Franklin LA1930Claudia Bonds Thomas born Shannon NC1939Floyd Leroy Williams born Kansas City MO1958Ursula M Burns born Manhattan NYC#BlackFriday#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7hbKSRBnMxk9uC by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-27T20:04:24Z
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1916Empress Zweditu crowned queen of kings of Ethiopia1950Gwendolyn Brooks 1st African American to win Pullitzer Prize for "Annie Allen"Charles H Houston awarded Spingarn Medal for NCAAP legal campaignRalph J Bunche awarded Nobel Peace prizeEzzard Mack Charles "Cincinnati Cobra" becomes undisputed world heavyweight champion1954School integration begins, DC & Baltimore MD public schools1966Hunter's Point Uprising, San Francisco@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7hc2PnkxPA4j0i by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-10T17:16:09Z
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#BlackFriday January 10 20251866Georgia Equal Rights Association organized1870Georgia legislature reconvened and admitted Black Rep & Sen1888A B Blackburn patents railway signal #375,3621957Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded New Orleans LA2017Barack Obama Farewell Address@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7i8eSXqP2JKlqS by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-17T21:44:07Z
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#BlackFriday January 17 20251942Muhammed Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr Loiusville KY@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7igKRKmail5fKy by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-06T16:43:09Z
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1966Charles DeLesline Foster 1st African American enrolled in Citadel Corps of Cadets1968Swaziland Independence Day@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7iopvhaX994SbA by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-24T17:28:18Z
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#BlackFriday January 24 20251962Jackie Robinson 1st Black player inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7jeEqahliZ7Via by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-31T18:05:51Z
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#BlackFriday January 31 2025I don't stick to one month. I can do Black History all year. Every Friday1865US Congress passed Thirteenth Amendment@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7jnoH0MSCFb9dY by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-02-07T18:14:52Z
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#BlackFriday February 719261st day of Negro History Week, created by Carter G Woodson, expanded to #BlackHistoryMonth in 1976@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7kUhhWfkLHfPUm by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-02-15T01:33:55Z
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#BlackFriday February 141867Moorehouse College organized Augusta GA1936National Negro college organized Chicago IL1957Southern Christian Leadership conference established at meeting New Orleans LA1997Dr Lonnie George Johnson patents SuperSoaker@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7kwi1P4dk8lm9A by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-02-21T18:49:40Z
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#BlackFriday February 211965Malcolm X assassinated-1865North Carolina Legislature adjourns to mark death of Frederick Douglass1883John H Smyth speech "The African in Africa and the African in America"1961Otis Boykin patents Electrical Resistor1987Black Rebellion Tampa FL@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7lP4Jxl7A62QLo by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-02-28T18:53:44Z
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#BlackFriday February 281879Exodus of 1879, Exoduster Movement-1704Elias Neau opened school for Blacks in NYC1708Slave revolt Newton Long Island NY1932Richard Spikes invented/patented automatic gear shiftUS patent 1,889,8141967Private First Class James Anderson Jr dies1984Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys1990Philip Emeagwali awarded Gordon Bell Prize@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7m85cZltPj6NWa by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-10T18:53:25Z
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1963Malcolm X "Racial Separation" speech at University of California Berkeley1975Kappa Alpha Psi Theta Iota Chapter founded MIT2009George Gibbs Elementary School opened Rochester, Minnesota@blackmastodon @blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7mXy4MTIhzD2rQ by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-03-07T20:22:33Z
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#BlackFriday March 71965Bloody SundayCivil Rights MarchSelma-Montgomery Alabama-@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7mYg1j2SkBXbxw by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-18T18:18:49Z
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1941Lt Gen Robert Earl Gray born Algoma WVa1948Ntozake Shange, Paulette Linda Williams born Trenton NJ1951Terry McMillan born Port Huron MI1953Vickie Winans, Viviane Bowman born Southfield MI1958Leticia Ann James born Brooklyn NYC1961Wynton Learson Marsalis born New Orleans LA1984Esperanza Emily Spalding born Portland OR1990Brittney Yvette Griner born Houston TX@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN7moH5jW1WYq4HI by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-03-14T20:31:56Z
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#BlackFriday March 141838Protest of the Pennsylvania Reform Convention of 1837, Philadelphia PA1917First training camp for colored officers established by U.S. Army Des Moines, Iowa@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7nCNe6nWjK7Jqq by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-03-21T17:22:54Z
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#BlackFriday March 211965Alabama Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AslN7ncG5tUw1aDzBg by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-25T18:10:12Z
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1988Ku Klux Klan ordered to pay $1 Mil to African Americans attacked during brotherhood rally in Forsythe County GA1992Cito Gaston 1st African American to manage team to the World Series, Toronto Blue Jays1997Million Woman March Philadelpia PADenis Sassou-Nguesso sworn in President of Republic of Congo2014Amelia Robinson Jones receives Tuskegee Airmen red jacket& Congressional Medal for service at Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum Pooler GA@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7o4yN8SzSdeuwa by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-03-28T16:34:42Z
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#BlackFriday1870Jonathan S Wright 1st Black state Supreme Court Justice in South Carolina1966Bill Russell becomes 1st African American coach of NBA team, Boston Celtics19722 surviving Soledad Bros found not guilty by all White jury@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AslN7oPX8gugUPHKzY by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-08T23:18:00Z
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1836Severiano de Heredia born Havana Cuba1900Willie Melton born Fort Bend TX1920Ester Elizabeth Rolle born Pompano Beach FL1942Ricardo Paulo Chibanga born Lourenço MarquesJerome Louis " J.J." Jackson born Brooklyn NYChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nArs2W783Us1947Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph born Chicago ILhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I3UTG1dSTc1952Alfre Ette Woodard born Tulsa OK1956Roy Franklin Simmons born Savannah GA@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7oTmssJehbGjce by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-04T17:14:18Z
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#BlackFriday1968Dr Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AslN7paCmV2m7nHNGS by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-04T17:22:06Z
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1915McKinley Morganfield Muddy Waters born Rolling Fork MS1928Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou born St Louis MO1968Republic of Senegal Independence Day#BlackFriday@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AslN7qrxzwqU7Ab4aW by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-15T18:09:00Z
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1897Voorhees College founded Denmark SC1898Lyda Newman patents easy cleaning detachable hair brush1950Arthur Dorrington the 1st Black to play organized hockey1979Rosa Parks Awarded The Spingarn MedalProfessor Arthur Lewis 1st Black awarded Nobel prize in economics1990US Golf Association bans racial/gender discrimination@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7rgIyn6ydI9H3A by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-22T17:54:32Z
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1861Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar born Princess Razafindrahety in Amparibe, Manjakazafy, Madagascar1893Alrutheus Ambush Taylor born DC1908Frank Calvin Mann born Houston TX1941Hugh Bernard Price born DC1942Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr born Philadelphia PA1962Cleo Fields born Baton Rouge LA1966Michael Kenneth Williams born Greeleyville SC1972Dorothy Smith, "Patra" born Kingston Jamaicahttps://youtu.be/6YZhmWbel8A?si=mnqPMZVeLjtczl5N#BlackFriday @blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7t4RoW18wSS4Js by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-29T20:31:13Z
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1859Camille Mortenol born Pointe-à-Pitre Gaudeloupe1894Lucille Hegiman born Macon GAhttps://youtu.be/uLK0Mc5txeI?si=QTWMWbboiU-tiTxc1895William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman born Harper Liberia1908Adam Clayton Powell Jr New Haven CN1915Billy Thomas Strayhorn born Dayton OHhttps://youtu.be/Znf6DYfaLpM?si=jyU5G2HbRE_aylUe1919Pearl Primus born Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago1941D’Army Bailey born Memphis TN1951Roger Troutman Jr born Hamilton OHhttps://youtu.be/6HKw6pUjWjg?si=JPRNfqSH8PTqAdbD#BlackFriday@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7v6IGcgNElKZTU by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-12-06T19:18:41Z
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1892Theodore Kenneth Lawless born Thibodeaux LA1897Jesse B Blayton born Fallis OK#BlackFriday@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7w6KXyJ2LAM7Ae by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-12-20T18:12:37Z
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1882Jane Edna Hunter born Pendleton SC1903Ella Josephine Baker born Norfolk VA1913"Old Mongoose”, Archibald Wright born Benoit MS1923Wiley Austin Branton Sr born Pine Bluff AKLawrence Eugene “Larry” Doby born Camden SC1932Myra Atwell McDaniel born Philadelphia PA1933Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango born Douala in Cameroon1939Roy Leslie Austin born Kingstown St. Vincent Grenadines1956Morris Eugene Day born Springfield IL1967Eric Marlon Bishop, Jamie Foxx born Terrell TX
(DIR) Post #AslN7x9uc8lVcZ2UOO by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-12-20T20:22:18Z
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1809William Johnson born enslaved Mississippi Territory1912Ernest Frederick Morrison born New Orleans LA1948Abdulrazk Gurnah born Zanzibar Tanzania1956Anita Ward born Memphis TN1959Trent Tucker born Tarboro NC@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN7ySNmx8Ne8gkoy by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-06T17:09:18Z
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1938Barbara Ann Rowan born Manhattan NYC1946Shirley Mahaley Malcolm born Birmingham AL1969Cecelia Veronica "CeCe" Peniston born Dayton OHNatalie Renee McIntyre "Macy Gray" born Canton OHhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHaz1foH1cc1948Sylvester James Jr born Watts LA CAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6cPE2BHic1972Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba born London England1978Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand "Foxxy Brown" born Brooklyn NYChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK0VILnHDRA@blackmastodon@blackvoices#BlackFriday#BlackMastodon
(DIR) Post #AslN7ztMS8JC66JoVk by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-12-27T18:52:37Z
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1857Henry Plummer Cheatham born Henderson NC1873William A Harper born Cayuga Ontario CA1883Andrew Jackson Smitherman born Childersburg AL1891Henry Binga Dismond born Richmond VA1931Ruth Carol Taylor born Boston MA1939John Allen Amos Jr born Newark NJ1949ISola Jones born Chicago IL1964Theresa Ellen Randle born LA CA#BlackFriday@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN81EfSOwiGTILMO by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-03T20:33:05Z
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1867Centenary Biblical Institute chartered, Morgan State Uni1966Robert Clayton Henry 1st African American mayor in US1969Shirley Anita St Hill Chisolm began term 1st African American woman US congressLouis C Stokes sworn in 1st African American congressman Ohio1979Dr Melvin Herbert Evans sworn in 1st elected govenor Virgin Islands1989Arsenio Hall Show Premieres2008Barack Obama 1st African American candidate to win Presidential Primary@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN82Od8qVdrexoWm by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-27T21:37:20Z
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1827Hiram Rhodes Revels born Fayettevill NC1832John Sella Martin born Charlotte NC1919Herbert Eugene Carter born Amory MS1934Francis Gregory Alan 'Greg' Morris born Cleveland OH1935Mamie Lee "Peanut" Johnson born Ridgeway SC1936Donald Cortez 'Don' Cornelius born Chicago ILhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB8PPhQglwo1966Stephanie Diana Wilson born Boston MA1982DeWayne Michael Carter Jr " Lil Wayne" born New Orleans@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN84uFoEzfeJm664 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-10T17:16:09Z
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1769James Varick, 1st AME Zion Bishop born1864George Washington Carver born Missouri1910Chester Arthur Burnett "Howlin Wolf" born White Station MS1915Dean Dixon born Harlem NYC1924Max Roach born NYC1938Willie Lee McCovey born Mobile AL@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN85CKj1SIYOEXHE by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-17T21:48:19Z
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1778Free African Society formed Philadelphia1923Spingarn Medal awarded to George Washington Carver1966Martin Luther King Jr opened campaign in Chicago@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN87xuR6hT8WVYi8 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-31T18:05:52Z
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1934Etta Moten 1st Black star to perform at White House1962Lt Comdr Samuel Lee Gravely 1st Black US warship commander1963James Baldwin collection of essays "The Fire Next Time" published1986"Fences" opens Chicago Goodman Theatre1988Douglas Lee Williams 1st Black Superbowl MVP1st Black QB start/win SuperbowlBroke Superbowl passing record & 1st QB throw 4 TDs in single quarter in Superbowl@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN89awNTW2BrmFBg by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-24T17:35:08Z
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1977Howard T Ward Georgia's 1st Black Superior court judge1885Martin Delaney dies1993Thurgood Mashall dies@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8ApVmmlW1LbOXQ by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-02-07T18:17:51Z
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1958The Shirelles 1st single recorded"I Met Him On A Sunday"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ5eIjYzZdM2008Dean Oliver Barrow elected 1st Black Prime Minister of BelizeMonument honoring Nick Gabaldon and the "Inkwell", Bay Street & Oceanfront Walk, Santa Monica CAhttps://smconservancy.org/event/nick-gabaldon-day-4/2023LeBron James became NBA all-time leadind scorer (38388 points)@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8B0r6bq6aWuSDg by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-02-21T19:08:02Z
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Lot of important Birthdays today-1924Robert Gabriel Mugabe born Kutama, Southern Rodesia (Zimbabwe)1933Eunice Waymon, Nina Simome born Tryon NC1936Barbara Jordan born Houston TX1940John Robert Lewis born Pike County AL1963"Ranking" Roger Charlery born Birmingham England1979Jordan Haworth Peele born NYC1989Corbin Bleu born Brooklyn NYC@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8DZfa8sMX5DHlI by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-02-28T19:11:25Z
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1877"Professor Maharaja/The King of Hypnotists" Wilmont A. Barclayborn St Andrew Parrish Jamaica1945Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith born Beaumont TXhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgzvGLwFo0I1961Rae Dawn Chong born Edmonton Alberta1971Tasha Smith born Camden NJ@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8GSKrrn9TCnyFM by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-03-14T20:32:00Z
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1914Abdias do Nascimento born São Paulo Brazi1933Quincy Delight Jones Jr born Chicago IL1946Westley Sissel Unseld born Louisville K1962Robin Davis Gibran Kelley born NYC1969Channing Nicole Dungey born Sacramento CA1988Wardell Stephen Curry II born Akron OH1997Simone Arianne Biles born Columbus OH@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8H0io1IVBqtQqO by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-03-21T18:27:42Z
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@blackmastodon1947James Baskett wins Academy Award1960Lunch counters integrated San Antonio TX1990Namibia gain Independence
(DIR) Post #AslN8JvrwWCMFfe6CG by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-25T18:10:57Z
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2020Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory 1st African American Cardinal for the Catholic Church@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8MJh4uRbe8o9bs by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-03-07T20:40:21Z
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1529Estavancio Dorantes leeds expedition to North America searching for El Dorado1870North Carolina denounces Klan violence1927SCOTUS struck down Texas law banning Blacls voting in white primaries19421st cadets graduate from flying school in Tuskeegee1979State of Georgia issued formal alon apology to Ray Charles@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8N0wU72ToH2h1M by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-15T18:40:16Z
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1849Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes born New Orleans LA1869William Decker Johnson born Glasgow, Thomas County GA1930Whitman Blount Mayo Jr born NYC1937William Edward "Little Willie" John born Cullendale AK1939Frederick Samuel, Yaphet Kotto born NYC1967Earl Tywone Stevens Sr "E-40" born Vallejo CAhttps://youtu.be/K0GUiehaLzg?si=pQJcAya8h1_Sw-_s1968Russell Tyrone Jones "Ol' Dirty Bastard" born Brooklyn NYChttps://youtu.be/o5nioF1NyRg?si=62tsKAwEFOL4g4jZ1986Winston Duke born Argyle, Tobago1996Vanessa Nakate born Kampala Uganda
(DIR) Post #AslN8NJNNZmgjRfPkm by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-08T23:18:59Z
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It's AlrightJ. J. Jacksonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nArs2W783Us@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social#BlackFriday
(DIR) Post #AslN8PZ30HVZid0xSS by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-29T22:31:42Z
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1955Hassan Sheikh Mohamud born Jalalaqsi, Hiran provincem Somalia1964Don Frank Cheadle Jr born Kansas City MO1976Chadwick Aaron Boseman born Anderson SC1979Jayceon Terrell Taylor "The Game" born LA1988Russell Carrington Wilson born Cincinnati OH#BlackFriday@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8RB10bTOifmnHE by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-03T20:33:06Z
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1912Lovie Louise Yancey born Bastrop TX1950Rev Dr Katie Cannon born Kannapolis NC1955William "Willy" Theodore Ribbs, 1st African American Formula One driver born San Jose CA 1958Marc Haydel Morial born New Orleans LA@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8SJCndcQEMcqgK by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-17T21:59:29Z
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1759Paul Cuffee born Cuttyhunk Island, Gosnold MA1766Pierre Toussaint born Saint-Marc Haiti1927Eartha Mae Kitt born North SC1931Lawrence Douglas Wilder born Richmond VAJames Earl Jones born Arkabutla, Tate County MS1982Dwayne Tyrone Wade Jr born Chicago IL@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8U4OFgxLgzi2ro by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-09-27T21:58:14Z
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2011Chaka Khan inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame@blackmastodon@blackvoices
(DIR) Post #AslN8WoC4MmcBd9eXQ by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-24T17:46:58Z
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1871Arturo "Arthur" Alfonso Schomburg born Santurce Puerto Rico1949Aaron Joseph Neville born New Orleans LA1979Tatyana Marisol Ali born Long Island NY@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8XWVPcEEP3t2bg by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-02-07T20:24:53Z
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1882Emma Rochelle Wheeler born Gainesville FL1883James Herbert "Eubie" Blake born Baltimore MDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKbo3VovRtw1925Oscar William Adams Jr born Birmingham AL1926Erma Mozelle Duffy Lewis born Fort Worth TX1943Ronald Elbert Mickens born Petersburg VA1965Christopher Julius Rock III born Andrews SC1987Sandra Annette Bland born Naperville IL@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8YkMrYuYCLNcqu by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-10-25T18:19:53Z
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1769Wladyslaw Franciszek Jablonowski born Gdansk Poland1827William Dominick Matthews born free, eastern shore Maryland1900Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Olufela Folorunso Thomas, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti born Abeokuta, Nigeria1901Louis Lorenzo Redding born Alexandria VA1925Emmett Chappelle born Pheonix AZ1968Todd Thomas "Speech" born Milwaukee WI1975Sadie 'Zadie' Smith born Brent London UK1985Ciara Princess Harris/Wilson born Austin TX@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8Yx8677SpvLokC by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-31T18:05:52Z
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2006Coretta Scott King dies@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8bvp1Qr84jlJce by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-03-07T21:54:11Z
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1759Agrippa Hull born Northampton MA1917Janet Faye Collins born New Orleans LA1929Dan Jaconson born Johannesburg South Africa1945Anthony Bonair born Trinidad and Tobago1950Franco Harris born Fort Dix NJ1964Wanda Yvette Sykes born Portsmouth VA@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8cGjlfaP7bY1Ds by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2024-11-15T22:04:20Z
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Little Willie JohnFeverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvum85H5N3U#BlackFriday
(DIR) Post #AslN8dd6hz4fLH1OjI by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-03T20:39:20Z
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"I am for negro suffrage in every rebel state. If it be just, it should not be denied; if it be necessary, it should be adopted; if it be a punishment to traitors, they deserve it"-1867Thaddeus Stevens "Reconstruction" speech in front of US Househttps://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1867-thaddeus-stevens-reconstruction/@blackmastodon@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AslN8dgIW7ctVAVwhc by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-01-31T19:47:22Z
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1919Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson born Cairo GA1931Ernest "Ernie" Banks, "Mr Cub/Mr Sunshine" born Dallas TX1977Kerry Marisa Washington born Bronx NYC@blackmastodon @blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social
(DIR) Post #AthXLhqXzIgW50ZOt6 by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-11T17:01:06Z
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#BlackFriday April 111881Spellman College open Atlanta Ga@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AthXLipALvAr70voNE by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-18T17:08:05Z
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#BlackFriday April 181877The American Nicodemus Town Company founded by six African American settlers in northwestern Kansas1966Bill Russell 1st Black coach in NBA, Boston Celtics1977Alex Haley wins Pulitzer Prize ''Roots''1983Alice Walker 1st African-American woman winner Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1980Independence Day Zimbabwe, Bob Marley performs at celebration@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AthXLjvEGrcOW6mASm by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-25T17:09:33Z
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#BlackFriday April 251944United Negro College Fund foundedTuskegee Institute President Frederick Patterson letter in 1943 as a catalyst1950Charles ''Chuck'' Cooper 1st Black player drafted to NBA@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AthXLlGBIRyKfNaPlA by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-05-03T01:02:04Z
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#BlackFriday May 21920Inaugural game of National Negro Baseball League1844Inventor Elijah J McCoy born Colchester Ontario Canada''The Real.McCoy''1961Etta James 3rd Billboard Hot 100 single ''All I Could Do Was Cry''1845Marcus Allen 1st African-American admitted to bar in Massachusetts1968Poor People's March led by Ralph Abernathu1924Theodore Bikel born Vienna Austria19631000 Black children peacefully protest Segregation Birmingham AL@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AthXLmgS0GZz58suLQ by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-11T17:23:35Z
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1948Jackie Robinson signed contract, 1st African American in Major League Baseball1966Emmett Ashford 1st Black umpire in Major Leave Baseball1967Harlem NYC voters re-elect Adam Clayton Powell Jr after Congress unconstitutional expelled him1968President Johnson signed 1968 Housing Act1972Benjamin L. Hooks becomes 1st African American in Federal Communications Commission1988Willie Davis Burton becomes 1st African American Oscar winner for sound (Bird)#BlackFriday@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AthXLotdmCJnwd4TBI by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-25T17:25:12Z
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1917Ella Jane Fitzgerald born Newport News VAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZRgiuAXRAs@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AthXLruoYI2XJ8dwvY by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-11T17:23:36Z
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1990Idaho became 47th state to recognize Jan. 15 as Martin Luther King, Jr Day1997Museum of African American History opens Detroit MI#BlackFriday@blackmastodon
(DIR) Post #AthXLxP890GEKbrjNI by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
2025-04-11T17:37:09Z
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1899Percy Lavon Julian born Montgomery AL1908Jane Matilda Bolin born Poughpkeepsie NY1933William Anthony ''Tony'' Brown born Charleston WVa@blackmastodon