My sister sent this to my email... frankly, I didn't think it was all that funny but she thought it was hilarious... judge for yourselves...
The Top Ten Lesser Known Moments In Black History
10. Jebediah "Cooter" Jenkins, the first Negro to put hydraulics on a Model T Ford (circa 1910) and simultaneously creating some of the first 'playa-hatin' in Negro History!
9. Earline Wallace....the first Black woman to get her ear burnt from Madame CJ Walker's straightening comb.
8. The great,great grandson of Chicken George, young mister RJ Wallace started a small chain of restaurants in Harlem ..and in 1976 "Roscoe's' Chicken & Waffles" opened it's greasy, yet oh-so delicious doors, changing the after-clubbin' dining experience forever.
7. Born the humble son of a share cropper, Cornelius "Mandingo" Walker...The first Black porn actor.
6. Cleotis Stubbs, furthering the genius of George Washington Carver, invented the peanut butter and crackers snack, only to have it stolen by his business partner ......Bartholomew J.Nabisco!
5. Donnell Bass, first Black man to get a speeding ticket for running the red light invented by Garrett A. Morgan( Donnell is unknowingly credited as the creator of "CPT" as well)
4. Leroy R. Waters, a known ladies man, pool hustler and 1st Sunday deacon is uncredited as the first Negro on the moon....( shortly after being caught cheating by his wife the very beautiful and very large Mrs.Shirley" Boom-Boom" Waters)
3. Quinella Turner, a school teacher and proud mother of 3 who was sitting right in FRONT of Rosa Parks on that bus.... but on account of her girdle itching, she stood up...and well, the rest is history as they say.
2. Saarte' "Sissy" Jefferson is on record as the very first "chicken-head" for fighting three of her sisters over the same field hand who was transferred to the Big House... only to start sleeping with the Missy! ( thus starting an unfortunate trend with many Black men and paving the way for O.J.,Charles Barkley and Cuba Gooding to name a few!)
...and the number one moment in our"Top Ten List Of Lesser Known Moments In Negro History" (drum role please......) Shaka Demus Ekanum ; An Nigerian goat herder and wannabee' promoter who sold tickets to everyone in his village plus two others on a love cruise called "The New World ..Your One Way, Middle Passage To Paradise".....and they, or 'we' ain't been back since!
Pretty eh right? Yeah, I know...
Now this forward that Quett sent me... pure comedy: "Encouraging words: TOMORROW is not PROMISED. So punch the bitch you hate TODAY because you might not catch that bitch tomorrow."
Dragons, Magic and Superheroes: Black Fans’ Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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