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Comfortably #Black. Escaped the South, currently enduring the #PNW. Just out here chillin trying to be a little less dumb every day

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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

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1968
Aretha Franklin appeared on cover of Time magazine

1969
Marsha Pay-It-No-Mind Johnson and The Stonewall Uprising

1971
SCOTUS overturned conviction of Muhammad Ali for evading military draft of Vietnam war

1978
SCOTUS ordered Uni of California Med School to admit Allan P Bakke in ''reverse discrimination'' suit

1st Reggae Sunsplash music festival continued until 1996

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1991
Thurgood Marshall announces retirement

1993
'Shaw v Reno' decided

2007
'Community Schools v Seattle School District NO 1' decided

2012
SCOTUS upheld major provisions of ACA including mandate for health coverage

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1999
Vere Cornwall Bird died

2008
Douglas Dollarhide died

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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



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@mike805
So many KOs
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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


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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


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2001
John Lee Hooker dies


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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



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Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1st African American elected to US House of Representatives
Brenda Holloway
Augustus Pablo

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Black Futures Farm addresses gaps in ’s food systems

https://www.streetroots.org/news/2024/06/13/black-futures-farm-addresses-current-day-problem


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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

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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

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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

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John Edgar Wideman
Marla Gibbs
MC Ren

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disproportionately cited people of color for ‘’ in 2023, mirroring racist enforcement nationwide

https://www.oregonlive.com/reckon/2024/05/nypd-disproportionately-cited-people-of-color-for-jaywalking-in-2023-mirroring-racist-enforcement-nationwide.html

> “Walking while Black” laws, first created in California in 1925 as a safety measure and lobbied by the automobile industry, are controversial due to racist enforcement and because they shame pedestrians while giving more protections to cars on the road


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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


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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

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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


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More than half of US Black women aged 15-49 live under abortion bans – report

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/black-women-abortion-bans

> Study finds 57% of Black women of reproductive age live in the 26 states with bans or restrictions


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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


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1969
Rev Thomas Kilgore elected Pres of American Baptist Convention

1988
Dr. Patricia Bath received patent(no. 4,744,360), method for removing cataract lenses, 1st African American woman doctor to receive patent for medical invention

1997
Democratic Republic of the Congo founded


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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



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Taj Mahal
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'Our space is open to all': Portland's first Somali-owned late night coffee shop in Old Town

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portlan-first-somali-owned-late-night-coffee-shop-old-town/283-93d1e4c1-b7f8-4ed3-8f39-d7d28c9031de

> Three second-generation immigrants are creating Portland’s first Somali-owned late night coffee shop, Above Grnd in the Old Town neighborhood



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Confronting the audience and breaking the fourth wall: why drama is getting meta | Television | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/06/black-metafiction-american-fiction-strange-loop-dreaming-whilst-black

> On stage and screen, self-referential dramas such as A Strange Loop and American Fiction are on the rise, with playful postmodernism a potent weapon in the fight against inequality


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Which Cartoons Characters Are Invited To "The Cookout?" | Smartypants Presentation, Demi Adejuyigbe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64SoFWJHSd8



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@fulanigirl
And Skeeter
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@clayrivers
He did leave out a lot of obvious ones tho
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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


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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

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Merlene Ottey, black and white photo, sitting on train looking at camera threw window
Young MC
Kenan Thompson

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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


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1924
James A Roston died, key organizer for African American labor movement in Seattle

1940
Henry Ossian Flipper dies, 1St African American graduate of Military Academy at West Point

1993
Sun Ra/Le Sony'r Ra died Birmingham, AL

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1964
Frederick O'Neal 1st Black President or Actor's Equity Association

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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

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James Brown
Karim Dulé Hill

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