Conquer Club

Timminz wrote:22 correct. Well, 21 if you factor in that I forgot to use Chuck D's real name.

It shouldn't matter. Chuck D is his stage name and the name he is most widely known by, in the same way that Malcolm Little is better known as Malcolm X and Tupac is recognised by just his first name instead of Tupac Amaru Shakur.

Tripitaka wrote:

Timminz wrote:22 correct. Well, 21 if you factor in that I forgot to use Chuck D's real name.

It shouldn't matter. Chuck D is his stage name and the name he is most widely known by, in the same way that Malcolm Little is better known as Malcolm X and Tupac is recognised by just his first name instead of Tupac Amaru Shakur.

I used "Chuck D" as my answer too.

demonfork wrote:

Tripitaka wrote:

Timminz wrote:22 correct. Well, 21 if you factor in that I forgot to use Chuck D's real name.

It shouldn't matter. Chuck D is his stage name and the name he is most widely known by, in the same way that Malcolm Little is better known as Malcolm X and Tupac is recognised by just his first name instead of Tupac Amaru Shakur.

I used "Chuck D" as my answer too.

I can't remember if I did on my submission, or not, but on my list at home, I just wrote "self". I was planning to use everyone's full, birth-names in my final submission, but my first one, ended-up being my only one, as I didn't figure out any more after that.

Timminz wrote:

demonfork wrote:

Tripitaka wrote:

Timminz wrote:22 correct. Well, 21 if you factor in that I forgot to use Chuck D's real name.

It shouldn't matter. Chuck D is his stage name and the name he is most widely known by, in the same way that Malcolm Little is better known as Malcolm X and Tupac is recognised by just his first name instead of Tupac Amaru Shakur.

I used "Chuck D" as my answer too.

I can't remember if I did on my submission, or not, but on my list at home, I just wrote "self". I was planning to use everyone's full, birth-names in my final submission, but my first one, ended-up being my only one, as I didn't figure out any more after that.

Same here!

I was ken foree, the guy from the original Dawn of the Dead... my favorite movie!

Nice contest... even with the omission of Barbara Jordan.

oVo wrote:Nice contest... even with the omission of Barbara Jordan.

Oh, there are many omitted ones who deserve to be here, believe me...

well, we were limited by the amount of BpBs

Zemljanin wrote:

oVo wrote:Nice contest... even with the omission of Barbara Jordan.

Oh, there are many omitted ones who deserve to be here, believe me...

yeah, the problem is, we are a small clan of people/friends that actually know each other. choosing under
30 prominent people was hard to do, and each member got to make their own decision. it is very interesting
how it broke down along the ages and geographical locations of the members. i would gather that barbara
jordan had very little chance, once i didn't choose her (since she is bigger in texas than in the rest of the
country/world)...-0

Zemljanin wrote:

oVo wrote:Nice contest... even with the omission of Barbara Jordan.

Oh, there are many omitted ones who deserve to be here, believe me...

I was actually surprised that W.E.B. DuBois was also omitted.

That said, I think that 90% of the choices were well selected.

The biggest surprise omission, in my opinion, is Nelson Mandela.

Also, Robert Mugabe? Really?

Timminz wrote:Also, Robert Mugabe? Really?

As the president of Zimbabwe, and a leader on the world stage, I would certainly think that Robert Mugabe qualifies as a "prominent member of the black community" per the contest's description.

squishyg wrote:

Timminz wrote:Also, Robert Mugabe? Really?

As the president of Zimbabwe, and a leader on the world stage, I would certainly think that Robert Mugabe qualifies as a "prominent member of the black community" per the contest's description.

Indeed you are correct, the word is prominent, not famous for being good. However, It must be said that some were chosen with tongue in cheek.

Fruitcake wrote:

squishyg wrote:

Timminz wrote:Also, Robert Mugabe? Really?

As the president of Zimbabwe, and a leader on the world stage, I would certainly think that Robert Mugabe qualifies as a "prominent member of the black community" per the contest's description.

Indeed you are correct, the word is prominent, not famous for being good. However, It must be said that some were chosen with tongue in cheek.

Quite obviously.

"Celebrating Black History Month"

It's difficult to find reason to celebrate Mr. Mugabe's contributions to the world.
Let me rephrase that.
The things he has done that might deserve celebration could be seen to be outweighed heavily by the "pattern of human rights abuses" he has become better-known for.

Regardless of that, the contest succeeded in getting people to learn more about black history (good and bad), and I, for one, am a more knowledgeable person for it. Kudos on a successful campaign, Bandits.

Timminz wrote:

Fruitcake wrote:

squishyg wrote:

Timminz wrote:Also, Robert Mugabe? Really?

As the president of Zimbabwe, and a leader on the world stage, I would certainly think that Robert Mugabe qualifies as a "prominent member of the black community" per the contest's description.

Indeed you are correct, the word is prominent, not famous for being good. However, It must be said that some were chosen with tongue in cheek.

Quite obviously.

"Celebrating Black History Month"

It's difficult to find reason to celebrate Mr. Mugabe's contributions to the world.
Let me rephrase that.
The things he has done that might deserve celebration could be seen to be outweighed heavily by the "pattern of human rights abuses" he has become better-known for.

Regardless of that, the contest succeeded in getting people to learn more about black history (good and bad), and I, for one, am a more knowledgeable person for it. Kudos on a successful campaign, Bandits.

says the man that still rocks his OJ throwback jersey...-0

owenshooter wrote:

Zemljanin wrote:

oVo wrote:Nice contest... even with the omission of Barbara Jordan.

Oh, there are many omitted ones who deserve to be here, believe me...

yeah, the problem is, we are a small clan of people/friends that actually know each other. choosing under
30 prominent people was hard to do, and each member got to make their own decision. it is very interesting
how it broke down along the ages and geographical locations of the members. i would gather that barbara
jordan had very little chance, once i didn't choose her (since she is bigger in texas than in the rest of the
country/world)...-0

Indeed. I don't even know who Barbara Jordan is. Good thing there is still Google.

AndyDufresne wrote:

nagerous wrote:I can tell you that Fruitcakes is Booker T. Washington, very famous pro-segregation African American and first African American to be invited to the White House.

Wasn't Frederick Douglass one of the fist African American's invited to the White House? I seem to recall this from one of his autobiographies.

But that aside! I'm looking forward to see how everyone did.


--Andy

Sorry, Andy you're wrong.. Here is a quote from Booker T Washington's wikipedia article:
Up from Slavery an invitation to the White House

In an effort to inspire the "commercial, agricultural, educational, and industrial advancement" of African Americans, Washington founded the National Negro Business League (NNBL) in 1900.[21]

When Washington's autobiography, Up From Slavery, was published in 1901, it became a bestseller and had a major impact on the African American community, and its friends and allies. Washington in 1901 was the first African-American ever invited to the White House as the guest of President Theodore Roosevelt.

----
Also, no-one say you can't trust wikipedia, as I learnt this also when I studied African American history as part of my degree

I'm still rather positive Frederick Douglass was the first, I do believe it was in his Autobiography. But that aside,

I'm glad to see the competition went well!


--Andy

I was thinking of accomplished women who might fit this contest
and be obscure enough to challenge the competition...

Barbara Jordan of Texas came to mind as the first southern black woman elected
to the House of Representatives. Another would be Shirley Chisholm of New York
who was the first black woman elected to Congress and also made an unprecidented
bid for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.

and even more obscure

for simple sleuthing her ID is in the URL

AndyDufresne wrote:I'm still rather positive Frederick Douglass was the first, I do believe it was in his Autobiography. But that aside,

I'm glad to see the competition went well!


--Andy

Well, I don't know if he was first... but he was definitely before Booker T.

"Nearly a year later on August 19, 1864, Douglass returned to the White House at the President's request."

nagerous wrote:Washington in 1901 was the first African-American ever invited to the White House as the guest of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Are you sure that quote doesn't mean that he was the first invited to the White House by Teddy Roosevelt?


edit: After further research, it looks like Booker T. was the first invited to a formal dinner at the White House as a guest. Frederick Douglass was invited as an adviser to President Lincoln.

So who won anyway? Sorry if that was covered already.

squishyg wrote:So who won anyway? Sorry if that was covered already.

it hasn't been!!! almost done!!! sorry!!!-0

owenshooter wrote:

squishyg wrote:So who won anyway? Sorry if that was covered already.

it hasn't been!!! almost done!!! sorry!!!-0

No rush! Just curious. Thanks for doing all this!

owenshooter wrote:

squishyg wrote:So who won anyway? Sorry if that was covered already.

it hasn't been!!! almost done!!! sorry!!!-0

It's obviously way too difficult...
Why don't you just discard all 24-ers and solve the problem with remaining of submitters?

congrats Zemljanin!!! thank you all for your participation!!-0