BigAngBlack , 3 days ago to blackmastodon group #BlackFriday June 28, 2024 1770 Anthony Bennezet and the Quakers established school for black people in Philadelphia 1887 John Lewis Waller appointed deputy city attorney of Topeka KS 1928 Beatrice Morrow Cannady speaks at NAACP conference in LA 1964 Malcolm X founded Organization for Afro-American Unity 1965 'Charles Booker v The Board of Education of the City of Plainfield' decided @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon
#BlackFriday June 28, 2024
1770 Anthony Bennezet and the Quakers established school for black people in Philadelphia
1887 John Lewis Waller appointed deputy city attorney of Topeka KS
1928 Beatrice Morrow Cannady speaks at NAACP conference in LA
1964 Malcolm X founded Organization for Afro-American Unity
1965 'Charles Booker v The Board of Education of the City of Plainfield' decided
@blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon
BigAngBlack OP , 1 day ago 1839 Sengbe Pieh, ''Joseph Cinqué'' or ''Cinquez'' kidnapped and placed on slave ship La Amistad. Will lead slave revolt on ship, be tried for mutiny and found to rightfully defended against illegal slavery 1971 Tichina Arnold born Queens, NYC 1997 Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield's Ear #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
1839 Sengbe Pieh, ''Joseph Cinqué'' or ''Cinquez'' kidnapped and placed on slave ship La Amistad. Will lead slave revolt on ship, be tried for mutiny and found to rightfully defended against illegal slavery
1971 Tichina Arnold born Queens, NYC
1997 Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield's Ear
#BlackFriday #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
BigAngBlack , 10 days ago to blackmastodon group Hopefully your job ain't hosting some tone-deaf event Hopefully no one around you is using today to cosplay culture Hopefully you're learning AND being respectful Hope you have a great day whether you got the day off or not #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
Hopefully your job ain't hosting some tone-deaf event
Hopefully no one around you is using today to cosplay culture
Hopefully you're learning AND being respectful
Hope you have a great day whether you got the day off or not
#BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
BigAngBlack OP , 10 days ago #BlackFriday June 21, 2024 1915 Gunn V United States, nullified grandfather clauses in MD and OK 1964 Edgar Ray Killen found guilty of manslaughter of 3 civil rights workers 1974 Boston Busing Case, Morgan v Hennigan ruled against Boston School Committee 1990 Little Richard gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
#BlackFriday June 21, 2024
1915 Gunn V United States, nullified grandfather clauses in MD and OK
1964 Edgar Ray Killen found guilty of manslaughter of 3 civil rights workers
1974 Boston Busing Case, Morgan v Hennigan ruled against Boston School Committee
1990 Little Richard gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
BigAngBlack OP , 8 days ago Does anyone know Pete Rock's middle name? 1832 Joseph Hayne Rainey born Georgetown SC 1859 Henry Ossawa Tanner born Pittsburgh PA 1927 Carl Burton Stokes born Cleveland OH 1942 Togo Dennis West Jr born Winston-Salem NC 1946 Brenda Holloway born Atascadero CA 1954 Horace Michael Swaby ''Augustus Pablo'' born St Andrew Jamaica 1971 Peter O Phillips ''Pete Rock'' born Bronx NYC #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1st African American elected to US House of Representatives Brenda Holloway Augustus Pablo
1832 Joseph Hayne Rainey born Georgetown SC
1859 Henry Ossawa Tanner born Pittsburgh PA
1927 Carl Burton Stokes born Cleveland OH
1942 Togo Dennis West Jr born Winston-Salem NC
1946 Brenda Holloway born Atascadero CA
1954 Horace Michael Swaby ''Augustus Pablo'' born St Andrew Jamaica
1971 Peter O Phillips ''Pete Rock'' born Bronx NYC
Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1st African American elected to US House of Representatives Brenda Holloway Augustus Pablo
BigAngBlack , 17 days ago to blackmastodon group #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
BigAngBlack OP , 15 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 , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group #BlackFriday May 31, 2024 1870 Congress passed 1st Enforcement Act, penalties for public officials against civil rights and suffrage 1881 Booker T Washington recommended for principalship by General Armstrong 1909 The Negro National Committee (NAACP) held 1st conference in NY 1910 Union of South Africa formed 1955 SCOTUS ordered school integration ''with all deliberate speed'' 1979 Zimbabwe proclaimed independent #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
#BlackFriday May 31, 2024
1870 Congress passed 1st Enforcement Act, penalties for public officials against civil rights and suffrage
1881 Booker T Washington recommended for principalship by General Armstrong
1909 The Negro National Committee (NAACP) held 1st conference in NY
1910 Union of South Africa formed
1955 SCOTUS ordered school integration ''with all deliberate speed''
1979 Zimbabwe proclaimed independent
BigAngBlack OP , 29 days ago 1891 Jesse Dwight Locker born College Hill Cincinnatti, OH 1924 Patricia Roberts Harris born Mattoon, IL 1964 Darrell ''D.M.C.'' Matthew McDaniels born Harley, NYC @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday
1891 Jesse Dwight Locker born College Hill Cincinnatti, OH
1924 Patricia Roberts Harris born Mattoon, IL
1964 Darrell ''D.M.C.'' Matthew McDaniels born Harley, NYC
BigAngBlack , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group #BlackFriday May 24, 2024 1854 Celebrated fugitive slave Anthony Burns arrested Lincoln University, PA founded, 1st college-degree granting HBCU 1887 E. McCpoy patents lubricator 1910 Walter M Hard patents device to improve trolley car service 1966 Leontyne Price opens Metropolitan Opera Season 1991 Hal McRae named manager of Kansas City Royals, 1 of 2 serving in MLB 1993 Eritrea achieves independence #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
#BlackFriday May 24, 2024
1854 Celebrated fugitive slave Anthony Burns arrested
Lincoln University, PA founded, 1st college-degree granting HBCU
1887 E. McCpoy patents lubricator
1910 Walter M Hard patents device to improve trolley car service
1966 Leontyne Price opens Metropolitan Opera Season
1991 Hal McRae named manager of Kansas City Royals, 1 of 2 serving in MLB
1993 Eritrea achieves independence
blkstarseed , 1 month ago to AcademicsUnite group the sun was so good to me in Denver, so good that it just might be faculty photo-worthy. #FineFemmeFriday #Genderqueer #BlackFriday #BlackFedi #Disabled #AcademicMastodon @academicsunite @blackmastodon @blackfedi
the sun was so good to me in Denver, so good that it just might be faculty photo-worthy.
#FineFemmeFriday #Genderqueer #BlackFriday #BlackFedi #Disabled #AcademicMastodon
@academicsunite @blackmastodon @blackfedi
BigAngBlack , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group #BlackFriday May, 17, 2024 1838 Sara T Smith addressed 2nd Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women 1875 1st meeting of Kentucky Derby won by Oliver Lewis 1881 Frederick Douglas appointed recorder of deeds for DC 1954 SCOTUS ruled on Brown v. Board of Education 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage in DC, largest civil rights demonstration to date #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
#BlackFriday May, 17, 2024
1838 Sara T Smith addressed 2nd Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women
1875 1st meeting of Kentucky Derby won by Oliver Lewis
1881 Frederick Douglas appointed recorder of deeds for DC
1954 SCOTUS ruled on Brown v. Board of Education
1957 Prayer Pilgrimage in DC, largest civil rights demonstration to date
BigAngBlack OP , 1 month ago 1864 John William ''Blind'' Boone born Miami, MO 1893 Fred Jones born Covington, KY 1942 Henry Saint Clair Fredericks ''Taj Mahal'' born Harlem NYC 1956 Ray Charles ''Sugar Ray'' Leonard born Wilmington, NC 1982 William Anthony ''Tony'' Parker born Bruges, Belgium #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon Taj Mahal Sugar Ray Leonard
1864 John William ''Blind'' Boone born Miami, MO
1893 Fred Jones born Covington, KY
1942 Henry Saint Clair Fredericks ''Taj Mahal'' born Harlem NYC
1956 Ray Charles ''Sugar Ray'' Leonard born Wilmington, NC
1982 William Anthony ''Tony'' Parker born Bruges, Belgium
Taj Mahal Sugar Ray Leonard
BigAngBlack , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group Which Cartoons Characters Are Invited To "The Cookout?" | Smartypants Presentation, Demi Adejuyigbe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64SoFWJHSd8 #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
Which Cartoons Characters Are Invited To "The Cookout?" | Smartypants Presentation, Demi Adejuyigbe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64SoFWJHSd8
BigAngBlack , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group #BlackFriday May 10, 2024 1652 John Johnson imported 11 people, granted 550 acres Northampton, VA 1930 National Pan-Hellenic Council formed at Howard Uni 1950 Jackie Robinson 1St African American cover of Life Magazine Chuck Cooper 1St Black player drafted to NBA (Celtics) 1994 Nelson Mandela 1St democratically elected State President South Africa 2013 Recognition of African Americans and Hispanics helped restore Phillips Chapel CME Chuch #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
#BlackFriday May 10, 2024
1652 John Johnson imported 11 people, granted 550 acres Northampton, VA
1930 National Pan-Hellenic Council formed at Howard Uni
1950 Jackie Robinson 1St African American cover of Life Magazine
Chuck Cooper 1St Black player drafted to NBA (Celtics)
1994 Nelson Mandela 1St democratically elected State President South Africa
2013 Recognition of African Americans and Hispanics helped restore Phillips Chapel CME Chuch
BigAngBlack OP , 1 month ago 1943 Judith Jamison born Philadelphia, PA 1960 Merlene Ottey born Cold Spring, Hanover, Jamaica (8 time Olypmic Medalist) 1967 ''Young MC'' Marvin Young born London, England 1978 Kenan Thompson born Atlanta, GA @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday Merlene Ottey, black and white photo, sitting on train looking at camera threw window Young MC Kenan Thompson
1943 Judith Jamison born Philadelphia, PA
1960 Merlene Ottey born Cold Spring, Hanover, Jamaica (8 time Olypmic Medalist)
1967 ''Young MC'' Marvin Young born London, England
1978 Kenan Thompson born Atlanta, GA
Merlene Ottey, black and white photo, sitting on train looking at camera threw window Young MC Kenan Thompson
BigAngBlack , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group #BlackFriday May 3, 2024 1845 Macon B Allen admitted to bar, passed exam at Worchester, MA 1887 Edward Lewis patented spring gun 1917 Bismarck Tribune announced, “The second Baptist church (or colored church) is now a reality in Bismarck.” (North Dakota) 1948 SCOTUS ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer 1961 Executive order 10965 1967 Black students seize finance building at Northwestern Uni, demand Black-Oreinted curriculum #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
#BlackFriday May 3, 2024
1845 Macon B Allen admitted to bar, passed exam at Worchester, MA
1887 Edward Lewis patented spring gun
1917 Bismarck Tribune announced, “The second Baptist church (or colored church) is now a reality in Bismarck.” (North Dakota)
1948 SCOTUS ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer
1961 Executive order 10965
1967 Black students seize finance building at Northwestern Uni, demand Black-Oreinted curriculum
BigAngBlack OP , 1 month ago What's you fav image of The Godfather of Soul? 1921 ''Sugar Ray Robinson'', Walker Smith Junior born Ailey, GA 1933 James Brown born Barnwell, SC 1975 Karim Dulé Hill born Orange, NJ @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday James Brown Karim Dulé Hill
1921 ''Sugar Ray Robinson'', Walker Smith Junior born Ailey, GA
1933 James Brown born Barnwell, SC
1975 Karim Dulé Hill born Orange, NJ
James Brown Karim Dulé Hill