"The holiday season is no longer black Friday or bust, " he wrote, "it's really becoming Black November" as retailers shovel out deep discounts in anticipation of black Friday.
You know how in karate, you start out as a white belt and work your way to becoming a black belt?
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As a footballer, Mr Tull joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1909, becoming the first black professional outfield footballer.
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Tull joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1909, becoming the first black professional outfield footballer, but suffered racial abuse so moved onto Northampton the following year.
Vilane has been a member of the "Seven Summits" club since 2008 after reaching the top of the highest mountains on seven continents, becoming the first black African to join the elite club.
But Barack Obama captured the open Senate seat in Illinois for the Democrats, becoming only the fifth black ever to sit in the upper chamber.
Ms Onwurah said Dr King's words were a revelation, that "people would have laughed at the idea of a black woman becoming an MP", but he made that possibility very real by visiting her home town.
I'm not sure I ever thought of stoves coming in a shade other than grey or white, but full marks to the PR for ingenuity and for compelling me to write about a color I have had a burgeoning appreciation for since becoming a refugee from black some three years ago.
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Simon Woolley, head of Operation Black Vote, a non-partisan group, says that black Africans are becoming more politically engaged, although they still lag far behind other minority ethnic groups.
Prior to becoming Auditor General, Mr Black was a local authority chief executive for ten years, first with Stirling District and then with Tayside Regional Council until just before its abolition in 1996.
Mandela endured 27 years in prison before becoming the country's first black president in 1994.
But later, after meeting drummer Max Roach and becoming immersed in the struggles of black people around the world, she earned a reputation for being a warrior.
The once lily-white Midwest and the once black-and-white South are becoming prime places for immigrants (eight of the ten states with the biggest growth in the foreign-born Mexican population are in the South, for instance).
Now, it is becoming a consciously-chosen layer of identity, especially among immigrants, from British Muslims to black Britons and beyond.
Among the devices to get a makeover is the N80, becoming the recently-released N80 Internet Edition with a slightly revised software bundle and two fantabulous color choices: black and bronze.
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