BigAngBlack , 1 month ago #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
#BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
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
#BlackFriday #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
Taj Mahal Sugar Ray Leonard
BigAngBlack OP , 1 month ago 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 #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon
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