#blackfirsts — Public Fediverse posts

Benedict Wallet Vilakazi (6 January 1906 – 26 October 1947) was a South African novelist, linguist, a descendant of the Zulu royal family, and a radically innovative poet who created a combination of traditional and Romantic poetry in the Zulu language

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The Richard Pryor Show | The First Black President | 1977 | Richard Pryor President

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‪@debbiemoon.bsky.social‬ shared:

"Until now, the first [Black] voter in [britain] was thought to be the composer Charles Ignatius Sancho. But a chance discovery at the [british] Library by Dr Gillian Williamson, a historian researching lodgers in Georgian London, reveals a [Black Man] voted in an election 25 years earlier."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/24/britains-first-black-voter-was-in-1749-25-years-earlier-than-thought-and-ran-a-pub

#blackhistory #blackbritish #blackmastodon #blackfirsts

Her work is known for incorporating themes relating to Black [People] and indigenous peoples of the Americas into Neoclassical-style sculpture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia_Lewis

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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 18 September 1976), mononymously known as Ronaldo, is [an Afro] Brazilian

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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

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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Michaela Mabinty DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura; January 6, 1995 –

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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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Chadwick Boseman

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Robert Lee Trice (August 28, 1926 – September 16, 1988)

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Quvenzhané Wallis (born August 28, 2003)

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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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Linton Kwesi Johnson CD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, [british]-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the

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Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972)

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackjamaican #blacktivists #blackfirsts #blackleaders #blackmastodon #blackhistory

Edric Esclus Connor (2 Aug 1913 – 13 Oct 1968)

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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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Warrant Officer Class 2 Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC, COG (born 26 July 1979), is a [british] Army soldier who, on 18 March 2005, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in

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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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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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@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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Patrice Émery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister

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Kwame Ture (born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998)

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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.

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Via AL

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Here is my alarm:

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J3lwZjHenA

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Prince would have been 67 on Saturday
Lance Reddick would have been 63 Saturday
Muammar Al-Gaddafi would have been 82 Saturday

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"Urban renewal means negro removal"

- James Baldwin

#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackwriters #blackauthors #blacktivists #blackessayists #blackplaywrights #blackorators #blackfirsts #blackgay #blackhomosexuals #blacklgbtq #blackhistory #blackconsciousness #blackmastodon