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  1. Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was [a Black] American gospel singer. With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in [Black] churches throughout the U.S.

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    #blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers

  2. Gaylon Alcaraz (born October 26, 1966) is an American community organizer and human rights activist in Chicago, Illinois. She is the former executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund.

    Career

    In 1997, Alcaraz became a founding board member of Affinity Community Services, an organization dedicated to developing leadership skills for black lesbian and bisexual women.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylon_A

    #blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackLGBTQ #blactivists #blackcommunityorganizers

  3. constructed a type of crude but working and properly tuned harpsichord out of junk in his back yard, since his family lacked the money to buy or rent a piano. On this contraption young Tony was able to reproduce hymns he heard in church;

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackmastodon #blackpianists #blacksingers #blackcomposers

  4. Overton Vertis Wright (October 9, 1939 – November 16, 1980) was an American singer who is generally regarded as a blues artist by African-American fans in the Deep South; he is also regarded as one of Southern soul's most authoritative and individual artists.

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers

  5. Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was [a Black] American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first [Black Woman] publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada.

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    #blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blactivists #blackjournalists #blackpublishers #blackteachers #blacklawyers #blackmastodon

  6. Elgin Gay Baylor (September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was [a Black] American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackfirsts #blackbasketballplayers #blackcoaches #blackexecutives #blackmastodon

  7. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by becoming the first track and

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackathletes #blackfirsts #blackhistory #blackmastodon

  8. Harold Alonza Franklin Sr. (November 2, 1932 – September 9, 2021) was [a Black] American academic who became the first [Black] student to attend Auburn University in 1964 after

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackacademics #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackhistory #blackmastodon

  9. Eddie Steven Glaude Jr. (born September 4, 1968) is [a Black] American academic, author, and pundit. He is James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackacademics #blackauthors #blackpundits #blackmastodon

  10. Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950) was [a Black] American lawyer. He was the dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP first special counsel.

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacklawyers #blacksoldiers #blackfirsts #blackleaders #blackmastodon

  11. Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor.

    …he landed his breakthrough role as baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013). He continued to portray

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackactors #blackfirsts #blackmastodon

  12. Shaun Shiller Fequiere (August 10, 1966 – December 18, 2021), known by his stage name Kangol Kid, was an American hip hop producer, songwriter, break dancer,

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackhiphopproducers #blacksongwriters #blackbreakdancers #blackemcees #blackmastodon

  13. Dorothea Towles Church (born Dorthy Mae Towles; July 26, 1922 – July 7, 2006) was the first successful [Black] fashion model in Paris…

    Racial barriers
    Church recalled her experience

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    #blackwomen #blackhistory #blackamerican #blackfashionmodels #blackmodels #blackfirsts #blackmastodon

  14. Erik Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962), professionally known as Eriq La Salle, is an American actor, director, writer and producer. La Salle is known for his performance as

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackactors #blackdirectors #blackwriters #blackproducers #blackmastodon

  15. William Henry Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, and media personality.

    Trial, conviction, and conviction overturn
    …On April 26, 2018,

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackcomedians #blackactor #blackmediapersonalities #blackfirsts #blackmastodon

  16. Hamilton E. Holmes (8 July, 1941 – 26 October, 1995) was an American orthopedic physician. He and Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students admitted

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackorthopedicphysicians #blackdoctors #blackfirsts #blackmastodon

  17. @dr.jeanetterichards, a Black Goddess wrote:

    In the early hours of July 3rd, 1848, Black [People] on St Croix heard conch shells being blown and understood the code.

    9000 Black [People] took machetes and

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    #blackhistory #blackfirsts #blackcaribbean #blackamerican #blackmastodon

  18. George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959) was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left his native Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the US, where he also joined the Communist Party.

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackpanafricanists #blackjournalists #blackauthors #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blackhistory

  19. When Black performers, including [Lena] Horne, faced racism from white neighbors in Hollywood, “’Felix Young, a white man, signed for the house

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    #blackwomen #blackactors #blacksingers #blackdancers #blacktivists #blackpeople #blackamerican #whitepeople #blackmastodon

  20. Shirley Chisholm became the first Black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

    #blackwomen #blackpeople #blackhistory #blackamerican #blackpoliticians #blackfirsts #blackmastodon