Notices by B. A. Balackus (bigangblack@fosstodon.org)

You know how Outlaws in the Old West felt like legends when they bounty was real high...

Do crimes

#BlackFriday January 31 2025

I don't stick to one month. I can do Black History all year. Every Friday

1865
US Congress passed Thirteenth Amendment

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#BlackFriday January 24 2025

1962
Jackie Robinson 1st Black player inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame

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#BlackFriday January 17 2025

1942
Muhammed Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr Loiusville KY

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#BlackFriday January 10 2025

1866
Georgia Equal Rights Association organized

1870
Georgia legislature reconvened and admitted Black Rep & Sen

1888
A B Blackburn patents railway signal #375,362

1957
Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded New Orleans LA

2017
Barack Obama Farewell Address

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1867
Centenary Biblical Institute chartered, Morgan State Uni

1966
Robert Clayton Henry 1st African American mayor in US

1969
Shirley Anita St Hill Chisolm began term 1st African American woman US congress

Louis C Stokes sworn in 1st African American congressman Ohio

1979
Dr Melvin Herbert Evans sworn in 1st elected govenor Virgin Islands

1989
Arsenio Hall Show Premieres

2008
Barack Obama 1st African American candidate to win Presidential Primary

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#BlackFriday January 3 2024

1624
1st African American child born in America, William Tucker

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#BlackFriday December 27 2004

1895
1st African American intercollegiate football game

1904
The Negro Year Book

1941
Dr Charles Drew established pioneer blood bank NYC

1949
Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity at 35th Annual Convention Washington D.C.

1956
Spingarn medal awarded to Jackie Robinson

Segregation Outlawed on public buses Tallahasee FL

1986
"Thats What Friends Are For" voted 'most popular single' 1986 Billboard

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"I am for negro suffrage in every rebel state. If it be just, it should not be denied; if it be necessary, it should be adopted; if it be a punishment to traitors, they deserve it"
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1867
Thaddeus Stevens "Reconstruction" speech in front of US House

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1912
Lovie Louise Yancey born Bastrop TX

1950
Rev Dr Katie Cannon born Kannapolis NC

1955
William "Willy" Theodore Ribbs, 1st African American Formula One driver born San Jose CA

1958
Marc Haydel Morial born New Orleans LA

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#BlackFriday December 13 2024

Pagara Estafette celebrated in Paramaribo Suriname yearly

1774
Wentworth Cheswell rode with Paul Revere Portsmouth New Hampshire

1944
1st African American women complete officer training for WAVES (Women's Auxiliary Volunteers for Emergency Service)

2021
Kristen Nicole Hayden 1st African American female win an American national diving championship

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#BlackFriday December 6, 2024

1865
United States Constitution Amendment XIII ratified

1932
Richard Bowie Spikes patents automatic gearshift

1936
Richard Francis Jones 1st African American certified in urology

1997
Lee P Brown elected 1st African American mayor of Houston

2015
Berta de los Angeles Soler Fernandez organizes ”Todos Marchamos" in Havana

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#BlackFriday December 20, 2024

1858
John Brown’s Christmas Raid into Missouri

1956
Montgomery Bus Boycotts end

1981
The Broadway musical "Dream Girls" opens NYC

1998
Beth Anne Brown 1st African American woman to earn Ph.D. astronomy from University of Michigan

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#BlackFriday November 29, 2024

Be a good day to find and shout-out some black businesses in your area since folx doing all this shopping today
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1780
Black slaves welcomed into American Army

1955
Alice Childress becomes 1st African American woman to receive Obie Award

1978
Vivian Alexander Anderson 1st black football player for England

2018
Ivy Lawson opens Ivyees Everything Honey, 1st black-owned business in Boston's North End

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#BlackFriday November 22, 2024

1884
Philadelphia Tribune founded

New York Freeman renamed from New York Globe

1922
'Liza' by Maceo Pinkard opened Daly’s 63rd St Theatre NYC, 172 shows

1930
Elijah Muhammed establishes Nation of Islam

1986
George Branham 1st African American to win Professional Bowling Association title

Mike Tyson youngest heavyweight champion in history

1989 Col Frederick Drew Gregory 1st African American to lead space mission

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#BlackFriday November 1, 2024

1787
African Free School opened in NYC

1898
Allen C W patents self-leveling table

1901
Grambling State University founded

1910
"Crisis" begins publication by WEB Dubois

1942
1st issue of Negro Digest published

1945
1st issue Ebony Magazine published

1951
Jet Magazine founded

1954
Algeria rebellion begins

1995
South Africans voted in 1st all-race elections

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1763
John Chavis born, 1st African American to graduate College/Uni in United States

1850
Joseph Auguste Anténor Firmin born Cap-Haitien

1912
Philibert Tsiranana born Ambarikorano Sofia Region Madagascar

1917
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie born Cheraw SC

1919
Camilla Williams born Danville VA

1926
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry born San Jose CA

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#BlackFriday October 18, 2024

1945
Actor, singer, athlete and activist Paul Robeson receives Spingarn Medal

1946
Rassemblement Démocratique Africain

1953
William ‘Willie the Pro” Thrower became 1st African American to play QB in NFL

2011
Susan Page confirmed 1st U.S. Ambassador to newly formed South Sudan

2019
Alexandria VA Circuit Court finally dismissed all charges against the Alexandria Library sit-in participants

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#BlackFriday September 20, 2024

1830
1st National Black Convention opened for public meetings, Bethem AME Church Philadelphia PA

1984
Alfre Woodward wins Emmy Outstanding Guest Performance "LA Law"

"Cosby Show" premeires on NBC

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