#blackfriday

#BlackFriday May 16

1826
John Russwurm 1st African American college graduate in recorded history, Bowdoin College, Maine

1927
William Harry Barnes 1st African American certified by an American surgical board

1929
John Conyers Jr born Highland Park MI

Lillie Mae Jones ''Betty Carter'' born Flint MI
Also known as Lorene Carter, Lorraine Carter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seOG_5SGww

1966
Janet Damita Jo Jackson born Gary IN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b_KfAGiglc

Thurman Lee Thomas born Houston TX

RoundSparrow @RoundSparrow@mastodon.social

Betty Carter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seOG_5SGww

Janet Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b_KfAGiglc

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**RoundSparrow** @RoundSparrow@mastodon.social · May 12

May 12

"New Meaning to Black Friday" #BlackFriday

NEW MEANING? "It's time to pay the price / You better step back son / Give the man some whackin' space / You know this might get messy" - #MyCivicDitty "My Civic Ditty"

#TradeWarOpera ++ #OperasByRoundSparrow
#BlackFridayOpera ++ #TimFinneganFuneral /\

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZ7BlqSPUg

YouTubeBlack FridayBy Steely Dan - Topic

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · May 9

May 9

#BlackFriday May 9

1994
Nelson Mandela chosen South Africa's 1st Black president

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · May 3

May 3

#BlackFriday May 2

1920
Inaugural game of National Negro Baseball League

1844
Inventor Elijah J McCoy born Colchester Ontario Canada
''The Real.McCoy''

1961
Etta James 3rd Billboard Hot 100 single ''All I Could Do Was Cry''

1845
Marcus Allen 1st African-American admitted to bar in Massachusetts

1968
Poor People's March led by Ralph Abernathu

1924
Theodore Bikel born Vienna Austria

1963
1000 Black children peacefully protest Segregation Birmingham AL

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Apr 25

Apr 25

#BlackFriday April 25

1944
United Negro College Fund founded
Tuskegee Institute President Frederick Patterson letter in 1943 as a catalyst

1950
Charles ''Chuck'' Cooper 1st Black player drafted to NBA

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Apr 18

Apr 18

#BlackFriday April 18

1877
The American Nicodemus Town Company founded by six African American settlers in northwestern Kansas

1966
Bill Russell 1st Black coach in NBA, Boston Celtics

1977
Alex Haley wins Pulitzer Prize ''Roots''

1983
Alice Walker 1st African-American woman winner Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

1980
Independence Day Zimbabwe, Bob Marley performs at celebration

Cover of ''Roots'' by Alex Haley

Roots
The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Apr 11

#BlackFriday
@blackmastodon

1990
Idaho became 47th state to recognize Jan. 15 as Martin Luther King, Jr Day

1997
Museum of African American History opens Detroit MI

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Apr 11

#BlackFriday
@blackmastodon

1948
Jackie Robinson signed contract, 1st African American in Major League Baseball

1966
Emmett Ashford 1st Black umpire in Major Leave Baseball

1967
Harlem NYC voters re-elect Adam Clayton Powell Jr after Congress unconstitutional expelled him

1968
President Johnson signed 1968 Housing Act

1972
Benjamin L. Hooks becomes 1st African American in Federal Communications Commission

1988
Willie Davis Burton becomes 1st African American Oscar winner for sound (Bird)

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Apr 11

#BlackFriday April 11

1881
Spellman College open Atlanta Ga

Spellman College 1881
Our Whole School For Christ

Spellman College
Women Who Serve

Spelman College was founded in 1881. The National Alumnae Association of Spelman College (NAASC) was organized by Clara Howard in May 1892. Miss Howard, a member of the first graduating class (1887), served as association president.

Spelman alumnae have served humanity in home and foreign missions, education, government, the arts, law, the sciences and religion, with a major emphasis on community service. Spelman alumnae are the living college

**Retro Librarian** @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io · Apr 11

Retro Librarian @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io

1992 McDonald’s advertisement
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#mcdonalds #Advertisement #Retro #Vintage #BlackFriday #BlackFetty #BlackMastodon

McDonald's Dream Team Introducing McDonald's 1993 Black History Makers of Tomorrow. Meet this year's starting line-up...ten talented young people whose dreams have earned them each a place among our "Black History Makers of Tomorrow." Selected from high schools across the country for their outstanding scholarship, leadership and community service, these students showed exceptional insight when asked to write an essay entitled, "How I Plan To Make An Impact On Black History." McDonald's is proud to honor these young stars. It's because they dream today that we can all look forward to a brighter tomorrow.” Many smiling faces are spread across the lower portion of this advertisement. Just to look up a few of these names showed some of these people became very successful.

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Apr 4

Apr 4

#BlackFriday
@blackmastodon

1915
McKinley Morganfield Muddy Waters born Rolling Fork MS

1928
Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou born St Louis MO

1968
Republic of Senegal Independence Day

**Retro Librarian** @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io · Apr 4

Apr 4

Retro Librarian @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io

Donnie's Curl Activator 1986
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#HairCare #HealthBeauty #Advertisement #Retro #Vintage #BlackFriday #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon

A bodybuilder shows off his muscles next to a bottle of the curl activator. He’s got a lot of gold jewelry.

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Mar 28

Mar 28

#BlackFriday

1870
Jonathan S Wright 1st Black state Supreme Court Justice in South Carolina

1966
Bill Russell becomes 1st African American coach of NBA team, Boston Celtics

1972
2 surviving Soledad Bros found not guilty by all White jury

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Mar 21

Mar 21

#BlackFriday March 21

1965
Alabama Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery

Alabama Freedom March

3200 protesters led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr from Selma to Montgomery

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Mar 14

Mar 14

@blackmastodon
@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social

#BlackFriday March 14

1838
Protest of the Pennsylvania Reform Convention of 1837, Philadelphia PA

1917
First training camp for colored officers established by U.S. Army Des Moines, Iowa

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Mar 7 *

Mar 7 *

@blackmastodon
@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social

#BlackFriday March 7

1965
Bloody Sunday
Civil Rights March
Selma-Montgomery Alabama
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Protesters peacefully marching for Civil Rights from Selma to Montgomery

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Feb 28

Feb 28

@blackmastodon
@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social

#BlackFriday February 28

1879
Exodus of 1879, Exoduster Movement
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1704
Elias Neau opened school for Blacks in NYC

1708
Slave revolt Newton Long Island NY

1932
Richard Spikes invented/patented automatic gear shift
US patent 1,889,814

1967
Private First Class James Anderson Jr dies

1984
Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys

1990
Philip Emeagwali awarded Gordon Bell Prize

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**B. A. Balackus** @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org · Feb 21 *

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