Buena Vista Burgers

09/04/2023

Please join me and wishing my lovely beloved,heaven living, Auntie Betty Ann Smith
Happy Birthday today
She walks with the angels but I miss her everyday.

09/01/2023

1158 likes, 43 comments. “Five lesser known black inventors”

08/27/2023

Texas teen was told girls of color couldn't do well. She's graduating college at 14. Alena McQuarter isn’t like other teenagers.

She graduated from high school at 12 years old, made national headlines as the youngest person to intern at NASA, and is the youngest Black person to get accepted to medical school.

Now, she's just a few months away from graduating from college at the age of 14.

08/27/2023

Awesome! Shania Muhammad, a 16-year-old girl from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma who already has three college degrees, has become America’s youngest full-time salaried teacher. She is currently teaching the third grade at a school in her hometown.

08/27/2023

Come on down you are the next contestant on the Price is Right! Legendary TV personality Bob Barker, who hosted the famed game show "The Price Is Right," has died, his publicist says. He was 99.

08/17/2023

08/17/2023

Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Known For: Being a popular poet and writer
Hughes was first published at the age of 24. He became a well-known poet, playwright and novelist. Much of his work incorporated African-American subject matter which is why he is considered to be a major part of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s.

08/16/2023

The Wilson 5 (+1) 2023 Training Camp. Family first.

08/16/2023

The first all-Black professional basketball team was organized on Feb. 13, 1923.

The New York Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s. The team's founder was Robert L. Douglas, whose primary objective was to give New York City's male, Black athletes opportunities to better themselves. In February 1923, Douglas struck an agreement with William Roach, a Harlem-based real estate developer who owned the New Renaissance Ballroom and Casino, and the Rens were born.

With Black players barred from professional basketball leagues, the Rens barnstormed throughout the country, often competing against all-white teams.

08/16/2023

1929 Rolls Royce Phantom Cabriolet

08/16/2023

Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor and singer, known for his role as Benson DuBois in the ABC television series Soap and its spin-off Benson, as well as for voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and related media thereof. In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage, television and film. For his efforts he was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, and twice won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of the character Benson DuBois, once in 1979 on Soap and in 1985 on Benson. He also won a Grammy Award in 1995 for his spoken word performance of an audiobook version of The Lion King. He was also in the 1989 movie Lean on Me as Dr. Frank Napier.

He studied at Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the United States Army in 1945, where he served until 1947.

After leaving university, Guillaume joined the Karamu Players in Cleveland and performed in musical comedies and opera. In 1964, he portrayed Sportin' Life in a revival of Porgy and Bess at New York City Center. He adopted the surname Guillaume (French for William) as his stage name. His other stage appearances included Golden Boy (with Sammy Davis Jr.), Tambourines to Glory, Guys and Dolls, for which he received a Tony Award nomination, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Purlie! His additional roles included Katherine Dunham's Bambouche and in Fly The Blackbird.

Guillaume was a member of the Robert de Cormier Singers, performing in concerts and on television. He recorded an LP album, Columbia CS9033, titled Just Arrived as a member of The Pilgrims, a folk trio, with Angeline Butler and Millard Williams. Columbia records producer, Tom Wilson, had set out to create the Pilgrims as an answer to the popular folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary.

By early 1964, the Pilgrims had recorded a handful of songs and Wilson was looking for the right song for the group's debut single when then unknown singer/songwriter named Paul Simon arrived for a meeting with Wilson and eventually pitched his new composition, "The Sound of Silence".

Later in his stage career, he was cast in the lead role in the Los Angeles production of The Phantom of the Opera, replacing Michael Crawford.

Guillaume made several guest appearances on sitcoms, including Good Times, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Saved By The Bell: The College Years and in the 1990s sitcoms The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and A Different World. Guillaume also played Dr. Franklin in season 6, episode 6 ("Chain Letter") of the series All in the Family, in which he coyly referenced Marcus Welby, M.D., a TV series in which he had guest-starred in 1970.

08/12/2023

Newell here's some goodies

08/08/2023

Junius G. Groves 1859 - 1925.
Farmer, landowner, and businessman Junius G. Groves was one of the wealthiest African Americans of the early 20th century. Born a slave in Green County, Kentucky, Groves was later liberated and joined other freedmen in the “Great Exodus” to Kansas in 1879, eventually finding work as a farmhand. Impressed with his strong work ethic and production, Groves’ employer offered him nine acres of land to farm on shares. By 1884, he and his wife Matilda had saved enough to purchase 80 acres of land near Edwardsville, Kansas. So successful was their venture that, just four years later, they had acquired a total of 2,000 acres and replaced their one-room shanty with a 22-room mansion. Groves made a name for himself as a potato grower, producing as many as 721,500 bushels in one year – far and away more than any other farmer – and earning the title of “Potato King of the World.” He also operated a general store, maintained several orchards, and had investments in various mining and banking interests. Groves worked the farm until his death in 1925. He attributed his success to the endless hard work and devotion of his wife and 12 children.

08/08/2023

Ralph Lauren in his 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK Count Trossi

08/08/2023

Ella Williams, who went by the showbiz name of "Mme Abomah" was once the world’s tallest lady in the late 19th and early 2○th centuries, reportedly 7 feet 6 inches tall. Accounts says she was born in Dahomey (now Republic of Benin).

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08/08/2023

Benjamin F. Hardy (July 25, 1921-1994) was an African-American custom motorcycle builder who made the Captain America and Billy choppers for the 1969 Peter Fonda road movie Easy Rider.
The Captain America bike, made from a then 20-year-old, heavily customized Harley-Davidson panhead is considered one of the most iconic motorcycles ever built.
Working with another Black motorcycle builder, coordinator Cliff Vaughs, Hardy built two 'Billy' bikes and three 'Captain Americas', one of which was destroyed in the making of the movie, the rest of which were stolen. Each bike had a backup to make sure that shooting could continue in case one of the old machines failed or got wrecked accidentally. The 'Billy' bike was typical of the custom motorcycles Black bikers were riding at the time.
Hardy and Vaughs remained largely unknown and uncredited for 25 years as they were not accepted due to being African-Americans, and were not welcomed into the mainstream motorcycle world in the USA.
Known locally as "Benny" and "King of Bikes" Ben Hardy's Motorcycle Service was located at 1168 E. Florence in Los Angeles. He was a mentor to many of the local motorcyclists in South Central, Los Angeles.
His work was featured in the “Black Chrome” exhibition at the California African American Museum.

08/08/2023

Legendary English engineer Walter Owen Bentley in his 1927 Bentley 4½ Litre

08/08/2023

On July 7, 1911, an African-American man named Nathaniel Alexander of Lynchburg, Virginia patented a folding chair. According to his patent, Nathaniel Alexander designed his chair to be used in schools, churches, and other auditoriums. His design included a book rest that was usable for the person sitting in the seat behind and was ideal for church or choir use.

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08/07/2023

This is cruel, inhumane and barbaric.

The red card given to her is not punishable enough.