Posts by BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org
(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