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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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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

BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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June 7, 2024

1863
The Battle of Milliken's Bend

1868
Marie Laveau ''Queen of The Voodoos'' retired

1930
NYT agreed to use ''Negro'' with a capital N

1953
Mary Church Terrell wins battle to end segregation in D.C. restaurants

1966
RFK ''Day of Affirmation'' address addressing apartheid in South Africa

1986
Both Jackson drafted by KC Royals MLB

1987
Lloyd Richards wins Tony as Best Director for ''Fences''


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BigAngBlack OP ,
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1917
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks born Topeka KS

1943
Nikki Giovanni Knoxville TN

1956
Antonio Marquis ''L.A.'' Reid born Cincinnati OH

1958
Prince Rogers Nelson born Minneapolis MN


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Legendary Poet Nikki Giovanni (B&W) Young woman with Afro slightly squinting
L.A. Reid clean shaven and bald, smiling, glasses, Navy suit jacket and pink shirt-top unbuttoned, no tie
Prince performing, hand in air while singing, holding guitar, everything tinted purple

BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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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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BigAngBlack OP ,
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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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BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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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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BigAngBlack OP ,
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What's your favorite Heavy D or Patti LaBelle songs?

1918
Coleman A Young, 1st Black Mayor of Detroit born Tuscaloosa, AL

1943
Victor O Frazier born Virgin Islands

1944
Patti LaBelle, Patricia Louise Holte born Philadelphia, PA

1967
Heavy D, Dwight Arrington Myers born Mandeville, Jamaica

1982
DaMarcus Beasley born Fort Wayne, Indiana

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the sun was so good to me in Denver, so good that it just might be faculty photo-worthy.

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BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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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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BigAngBlack OP ,
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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
Sugar Ray Leonard

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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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BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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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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BigAngBlack OP ,
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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

BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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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

1967
Black students seize finance building at Northwestern Uni, demand Black-Oreinted curriculum


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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

BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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April 26, 2024

1844
Jim Beckwourth discovered path through Sierra Nevada Mtns

1888
Sarah Boone patents ironing board

1898
J.A. Joyce patents ore bucket

1968
Student seize Ohio State Uni administration building to protest racial inequality

1991
Maryann Bishop Coffey named 1st woman & 1st African American co-chair of National Conference of Christians & Jews

1994
1st All-Race elections in South after abolishing apartheid Africa


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1864
Caetano da Costa Alegre born, São Tomé, Portuguese Africa—died April 18, 1890, Alcobaça, Port
1st significant black African poet writing in Portuguese dealing with the theme of blackness

1886
Gertrude ''Ma'' Rainey born Columbus, GA

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BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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April 19, 2024

Republic Day - Sierra Leone

1866
Celebration of Abolition of Slavery in Washington DC

1837
Cheyney University founded as The Institute for Colored Youth, Cheyney, PA

1841
Pierre Calliste Landry 1st elected mayor of a town in US

1910 National Urban League formed NYC

1947
Jackie Robinson 1st African American Major League player

1968
Operation Equity - city council passes open housing act, Seattle


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1965
Marion "Suge" Knight Jr born Compton, CA

1775
First integrated army fought in the War for Independence. African American troops assembled in Lexington and Concord to defend Boston

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1885
Lambert Lucien-Leon Guillaume's award winning (Rossini Concours Prize) composition Prométhée Enchaîné (Prometheus Bound) was performed by Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in Paris
Awarded in 1882

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BigAngBlack OP ,
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2002
Jarome Iginla 1st Black man to win scoring title NHL
Maurice Richard Trophy
Art Ross Trophy

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BigAngBlack , to blackmastodon
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April 12, 2024

1869
North Carolina legislature passed anti-Klan law

1983
Harold Washington becomes 1St Black Mayor of Chicago

2023
Justin Pearson quickly reinstated in TN House of Rep


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1898
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC born Colliston, Governement Hill, St. Michael, Barbados
Inaugural Premier of Barbados and 1St and only Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation, Founder of Barbados Labor Party

1940
Herbie Hancock born Chicago

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Damson Idris Covers ESSENCE’s Inaugural ‘Sexiest Men Of The Moment’ Issue

https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/damson-idris-covers-essence-sexiest-men-of-the-moment-issue-1234868549/

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