It's the POU Family! I hope everyone has a great upcoming holiday week. This week's morning threads highlighted various African-American wrestlers. Continuing on with the theme, today's thread focuses on Thunderbolt Patterson. Claude Patterson (born July 8, 1941) is an American retired professional wrestler, ring nameThunderbolt Patterson. He began his career in 1964 and … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Wrestlers
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Friday Open Thread: African-American Wrestlers
It's Friday POU! Ready for the weekend and start of the holiday week? Onto the wrestlers... Cynthia Peretti (June 2, 1948 – May 8, 2009) was an American professional wrestler and trainer, better known by her ring name Princess Jasmine. In 1968, Peretti was trained by professional wrestlers Prince Pullins and Dick the Bruiser. Under the ring name Princess … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Wrestlers
Monday Open Thread: African-American Wrestlers
It's Monday, POU Family and lurkers! This week's threads will highlight various wrestlers. Ethel Blanche Hairston (néeWingo; May 14, 1935 – September 14, 2018) was an American professional wrestler whose ring name was Ethel Johnson. She debuted at age 16, becoming the first African-American women's wrestler. She was a fan … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Wrestlers
Friday Open Thread: African-American Centenarians
Happy Friday POU Family! Continuing the theme of this week's threads highlighting African-American Centenarians. James Whittico Jr. (November 18, 1915 – August 21, 2018) was an American physician from St. Louis, Missouri. He was the first African American named a full clinical professor at any medical school in St. Louis and was the fourth African American in St. Louis to … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Centenarians
Friday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Morris Nolton Turner[was an American cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. Turner was raised in Oakland, California, the youngest child of a Pullman porter father and a homemaker and nurse mother.[ He attended Cole Elementary School and McClymonds High School in Oakland and Berkeley High School. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists