BigAngBlack , 18 days ago #BlackFriday June 14 2024 1927 George Washington Carver received patent for producing paints & stains 1939 Ethel Waters show, 1st time African American appears on TV 1952 Dr Harold D West named president of Meharry Medical College 1970 Cheryl Adrienne Brown wins Miss Iowa pageant, becomes 1st African American competing in Miss America pageant @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon
#BlackFriday June 14 2024
1927 George Washington Carver received patent for producing paints & stains
1939 Ethel Waters show, 1st time African American appears on TV
1952 Dr Harold D West named president of Meharry Medical College
1970 Cheryl Adrienne Brown wins Miss Iowa pageant, becomes 1st African American competing in Miss America pageant
@blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon
BigAngBlack OP , 16 days ago 1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe born Litchfield, CT 1918 Timothy Mofolorunso Aluko born Ilesga, Nigeria (Author) 1932 Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson born Manhattan, NYC (composer/conductor) 1941 John Edgar Wideman born DC (Rhodes Scholar) 1946 Marla Gibbs born Chicago, IL 1949 Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba ''Papa Wemba'' born Lubefu, Kasai, Belgian Congo 1969 Lorenzo Jerald Patterson ''MC Ren'' born Comptom, CA @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday John Edgar Wideman Marla Gibbs MC Ren
1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe born Litchfield, CT
1918 Timothy Mofolorunso Aluko born Ilesga, Nigeria (Author)
1932 Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson born Manhattan, NYC (composer/conductor)
1941 John Edgar Wideman born DC (Rhodes Scholar)
1946 Marla Gibbs born Chicago, IL
1949 Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba ''Papa Wemba'' born Lubefu, Kasai, Belgian Congo
1969 Lorenzo Jerald Patterson ''MC Ren'' born Comptom, CA
@blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday
John Edgar Wideman Marla Gibbs MC Ren
BigAngBlack OP , 18 days ago 1988 B.B. King dubbed official Ambassador of Music to represent US at World Expo in Lisbon 1989 Rep. William Gray elected Dem Whip in US House, highest position held by African American in US Congress @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon
1988 B.B. King dubbed official Ambassador of Music to represent US at World Expo in Lisbon
1989 Rep. William Gray elected Dem Whip in US House, highest position held by African American in US Congress