Twins....It's great that his father is still living.
Rare and very interesting photos
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Millie and Christine McKoy (also spelled McCoy; July 11, 1851 – October 8, 1912) were African-American pygopagus conjoined twins who went by the stage names "The United African Twins"[1]: 125 "The Carolina Twins", "The Two-Headed Nightingale" and "The Eighth Wonder of the World". The twins traveled throughout the world performing song and dance for entertainment, overcoming years of slavery, forced medical observations, and forced participation in fairs and freak shows.
Thomas Fuller, often called “the Virginia Calculator,” was born in 1710, somewhere between the “Slave Coast” of West Africa (present-day Liberia) and the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin). When the pre-colonial scramble for slaves replaced the earlier trade in gold, Fuller was snatched from his native land, sold as a slave, and brought to Colonial America in 1724, at age 14.
Although considered “illiterate” because he could not read and write in English, he consistently demonstrated an unusual talent for solving complex math problems in his head. Northern Virginia planters, Presley and Elizabeth Cox, both of whom were also “illiterate,” quickly recognized his surprising abilities and put them to use in every phase of the management of their 232-acre plantation farm, about four miles from Alexandria, Virginia.
Working as a field slave for most of his adult life, it was generally believed that Fuller must have taught himself how to calculate early in life probably as a child in West Africa. In an environment where slaves were forbidden to learn to read and write, he explained his skill as coming from experimental applications around the farm such as counting the hairs in a cow’s tail or counting grains in bushels of wheat or flax seed. Allegedly, he also figured out a new way of multiplying how far apart objects were, wading into complex astronomy-related computations, now carried out by computer. Not surprisingly his owners refused numerous offers to purchase Fuller because they had come to depend on his amazing abilities to measure things with his mind, alone.
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+ What to know about the black man dubbed "mental calculator" Thomas Fuller, often called “the Virginia Calculator,” was born in 1710, somewhere between the “Slave Coast” of West Africa (present-day Liberia) and the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin). When the pre-colonial scramble for...
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Halle Berry came in second place to Miss Texas....so she didn't win in 1986.Halle Berry's Miss Ohio shortly before she won first place in the Miss USA pageant, 1986
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But in an odd practice, the First-Runner Up would be sent to compete in the World Competition along with the winner who was Miss Texas....
so Miss Texas came in second in the Miss World competition....
however the winner of Miss World 1986 was Giselle Laronde of Trinidad & Tobago
and
she became good friends with Halle, here they are together:
But in an odd practice, the First-Runner Up would be sent to compete in the World Competition along with the winner who was Miss Texas....
so Miss Texas came in second in the Miss World competition....
however the winner of Miss World 1986 was Giselle Laronde of Trinidad & Tobago
and
she became good friends with Halle, here they are together:
Portrait of members of the Dandy Duffers golf club, including Clarence Doak (kneeling, second left), as they pose with putters and golf balls on the grass, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca 1959.
In 1896, three women petitioned Edward Bigelow, the city of Pittsburgh’s public works director, to establish a nine-hole golf course on 60 acres in Schenley Park. An 18-hole course was built in 1903.
By 1906, city residents began complaining that wealthy members of the private Pittsburgh Golf Club, which maintained the course, exercised “undue influence” over which members of the public could play, according to a 2006 doctoral dissertation by W. Curtis Miner, senior history curator for the State Museum of Pennsylvania. The dissertation title is “Level Playing Fields: The Democratization of Amateur Sport in Pennsylvania.”
Middle-class taxpayers kept complaining that the city’s plutocrats had appropriated a public golf course for their private use. By 1910, the City of Pittsburgh took over operating the golf course.
Two years later, during 1912 dedication ceremonies for a new clubhouse, city public works director Joseph Armstrong spoke to his audience, saying, “Now the links are yours and I want you to make use of them.”
Enoch Rauh, a City Council member, emphasized that the course was for everyone, telling the crowd, “...the man who makes $2 a day is just as welcome here as any millionaire.’’
Long before professional athletes such as Tiger Woods appeared on the greens, Pittsburgh’s amateur golfers included the Dandy Duffers and the Green Link Golf Club members. The gifted photographer, Charles “Teenie” Harris, captured the amateur competitors at Schenley Golf Course.
By 1922, the sport had grown so popular that players were required to register for tee times at Schenley Golf Course rather than just showing up and starting to play.
In 1896, three women petitioned Edward Bigelow, the city of Pittsburgh’s public works director, to establish a nine-hole golf course on 60 acres in Schenley Park. An 18-hole course was built in 1903.
By 1906, city residents began complaining that wealthy members of the private Pittsburgh Golf Club, which maintained the course, exercised “undue influence” over which members of the public could play, according to a 2006 doctoral dissertation by W. Curtis Miner, senior history curator for the State Museum of Pennsylvania. The dissertation title is “Level Playing Fields: The Democratization of Amateur Sport in Pennsylvania.”
Middle-class taxpayers kept complaining that the city’s plutocrats had appropriated a public golf course for their private use. By 1910, the City of Pittsburgh took over operating the golf course.
Two years later, during 1912 dedication ceremonies for a new clubhouse, city public works director Joseph Armstrong spoke to his audience, saying, “Now the links are yours and I want you to make use of them.”
Enoch Rauh, a City Council member, emphasized that the course was for everyone, telling the crowd, “...the man who makes $2 a day is just as welcome here as any millionaire.’’
Long before professional athletes such as Tiger Woods appeared on the greens, Pittsburgh’s amateur golfers included the Dandy Duffers and the Green Link Golf Club members. The gifted photographer, Charles “Teenie” Harris, captured the amateur competitors at Schenley Golf Course.
By 1922, the sport had grown so popular that players were required to register for tee times at Schenley Golf Course rather than just showing up and starting to play.
I beleive the picture on the right is a young frederick Douglas.
Thomas Fuller, often called “the Virginia Calculator,” was born in 1710, somewhere between the “Slave Coast” of West Africa (present-day Liberia) and the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin). When the pre-colonial scramble for slaves replaced the earlier trade in gold, Fuller was snatched from his native land, sold as a slave, and brought to Colonial America in 1724, at age 14.
Although considered “illiterate” because he could not read and write in English, he consistently demonstrated an unusual talent for solving complex math problems in his head. Northern Virginia planters, Presley and Elizabeth Cox, both of whom were also “illiterate,” quickly recognized his surprising abilities and put them to use in every phase of the management of their 232-acre plantation farm, about four miles from Alexandria, Virginia.
Working as a field slave for most of his adult life, it was generally believed that Fuller must have taught himself how to calculate early in life probably as a child in West Africa. In an environment where slaves were forbidden to learn to read and write, he explained his skill as coming from experimental applications around the farm such as counting the hairs in a cow’s tail or counting grains in bushels of wheat or flax seed. Allegedly, he also figured out a new way of multiplying how far apart objects were, wading into complex astronomy-related computations, now carried out by computer. Not surprisingly his owners refused numerous offers to purchase Fuller because they had come to depend on his amazing abilities to measure things with his mind, alone.
Thomas Fuller: Tales Of An Enslaved African Renowned For His Mathematical Abilities - Platformsafrica
+ What to know about the black man dubbed "mental calculator" Thomas Fuller, often called “the Virginia Calculator,” was born in 1710, somewhere between the “Slave Coast” of West Africa (present-day Liberia) and the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin). When the pre-colonial scramble for...
Damn, I remember when channel one got introduced. Must've been in like 5th or 6th grade.In 1990, Channel One News, a daily news program broadcast to classrooms across the United States, launched. Students were able to watch the newscast on mounted Magnavox television sets, which were provided to schools by Channel One
Elizabeth Eckford, right, is turned away by Arkansas National Guardsmen as she approaches Little Rock Central High September 4, 1957. The guardsmen were instructed by Gov. Orval Faubus not to allow nine black students to enter the school, despite federal court orders.
These are slaves that have been intercepted and released by the Royal Navy in 1882. They are on HMS London, a depot ship based in Zanzibar (which is why it has house-like structures built over the deck)
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What You Need to Know About the Libyan Slave Trade
A video of men appearing to be sold at auction in Libya has shocked the world
A young Michael Jackson holding a camera, 1972.
The Jackson Five (from left, Michael, Marlon, Tito, Jermaine, and Jackie) and their parents, Joseph and Katherine Jackson, surrounded by the group’s awards and accolades at home in Encino, 1971.
Michael Jackson and his brothers, Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, and Marlon, play basketball in the driveway at home, 1972.
The Jackson Five (from left, Michael, Marlon, Tito, Jermaine, and Jackie) and their parents, Joseph and Katherine Jackson, surrounded by the group’s awards and accolades at home in Encino, 1971.
Michael Jackson and his brothers, Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, and Marlon, play basketball in the driveway at home, 1972.
Took some strong kids with strong families to deal with that shit.Elizabeth Eckford, right, is turned away by Arkansas National Guardsmen as she approaches Little Rock Central High September 4, 1957. The guardsmen were instructed by Gov. Orval Faubus not to allow nine black students to enter the school, despite federal court orders.
That was a great generation.
When she won the first national spelling bee, Marie C. Bolden dealt a blow to racism
Bolden's win was a national sensation
Boleden's win was dramatic and unprecedented: Cleveland's team was trailing in a field that included teams from New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Erie, Pa., near the end of the contest, according to contemporary accounts. But then Bolden vaulted her team to the top prize.She never showed off the gold medal she won — in fact, her family isn't sure what became of it — but in interviews after her win, Bolden told reporters she had studied hard for the competition, saying she wanted to help her city win, and that her mother and father wanted her to win.
