BLACK FRIDAY

Sept. 24, 1869, in U.S. history, day of financial panic. In 1869 a small group of American financial speculators, including Jay Gould and James Fisk, sought the support of federal officials of the Grant administration in a drive to corner the gold market. The attempt failed when government gold was released for sale. The drive culminated on a Friday, when thousands were ruined—the day is popularly called Black Friday. There was great indignation against the perpetrators. Several other days of financial panic have also been occasionally referred to as Black Friday.

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books on: Black Friday  - 22840 results

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Black Friday: The Story of the Eyemouth Disaster
Book by Peter Aitchison; Birlinn, 2006
Subjects: Eyemouth (Scotland)--History, Fisheries--Scotland--Eyemouth--History, Marine Accidents--Scotland--History--19th Century
Black Friday The Story of the Eyemouth Disaster...and reverential tones by townsfolk as Black Friday: the day when the heart and hope of Eyemouth...tormented. And it was the human stories of Black Friday which drew me to write down this detailed...
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Black Elk DeSersa: Conversations with the Black Elk Family
Book by Esther Black Elk Desersa, Olivia Black Elk Fourier, Aaron Desersa Jr., Clifton Desersa, Hilda Neihardt, Lori Utecht; University of Nebraska Press, 2000
Subjects: Black Elk Desersa, Esther, Black Elk--1863-1950--Family, Oglala Indians--Genealogy, Oglala Indians--Interviews, Oglala Indians--Kinship
...to school, I went in, and it was on a Friday. I dont remember which nun it was, but she said, Well, today is Friday; you have to go downstairs and go to...my brother died. My dad went to the Black Hills on horseback to mourn, and I even...
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One Man's Stand for Freedom: Mr. Justice Black and the Bill of Rights a Collection of His Supreme Court Opinions
Book by Irving Dilliard, Hugo Black; Knopf, 1963
Subjects: Black, Hugo Lafayette--1886-1971, Judicial Opinions--United States
...MAN'S STAND FOR FREEDOM Mr. JUSTICE BLACK and the Bill of Rights A COLLECTION...States of America. As this man, Hugo L. Black, is a Justice of our people's Supreme...the innocent. They are red and brown and black and yellow and white. Because this book...
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Death on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross
Book by Richard John Neuhaus; Basic Books, 2000
Subjects: Good Friday--Meditations, Jesus Christ--Seven Last Words--Meditations
...American Experiment As Revelation Death on a Friday Afternoon Richard John Neuhaus BASIC...of the Perseus Books Group Death on a Friday Afternoon Meditations on the Last...Data Neuhaus, Richard John. Death on a Friday afternoon: meditations on the last words...
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Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism
Book by Yvonne Chireau, Nathaniel Deutsch; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: African Americans--Relations With Jews, African Americans--Religion, Black Hebrews, Black Muslims, Judaism--Relations--Christianity
...But although she felt a strong sense of connection with the black community, her strict faith made it difficult to maintain regular...requirement that restricted her to a few sections of town. And on Friday nights and Saturdays-prime time for socializing -- she was...
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Ebonics Is Not Black English
Journal article by Ernie Smith, Karen Crozier; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects: Black English--Evaluation, English language--Dialects, Oakland, California--Social policy
...depressing; gloomy. 8. Angered; sullen. 9. Sometimes capital B. Attended with disaster; calamitous: the stock-market crash on Black Friday. 10. Of or designating a form of humor dealing with the abnormal and grotesque aspects of life and society and evoking...
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Ethnicity, Modernity, and Retention in the Garifuna Punta
Journal article by Oliver N. Greene Jr.; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 22, 2002
Subjects: Black music--History, Black music--Performances, Garifunas--History, Music, Black--History, Music, Black--Performances
...to themselves as Karifouna, whereas the Black Caribs of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize...speaking Garifuna (the language). The term Black Caribs was first used by European explorers...the deportation: "By October 1796, 4,338 Black Caribs plus 44 slaves said to belong to...
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the Challenge of Teacher Licensure Tests
Journal article by Reginald Nnazor, Jo Sloan, Patricia Higgins; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 28, 2004
Subjects: African American universities and colleges--Human resource management, College faculty--Licensing, certification and accreditation, College teachers--Licensing, certification and accreditation, College teaching--Laws, regulations and rules, College teaching--Standards, Employment tests--Evaluation, Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998, Historically black colleges and universities--Human resource management
...1999-2000 indicate that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs...both schools meet on the first Friday of each month to discuss issues...2), 264298. Ogbu, J. (2003). Black American Students in an Affluent...Teacher Testing and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Atlanta...
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"Strange Fruit": Black suffering/White Revelation
Journal article by Christopher Pramuk; Theological Studies, Vol. 67, 2006
Subjects: Black-white relations--Analysis, Black-white relations--Religious aspects, Catholic theology--Analysis, Theology, Catholic--Analysis
...and Catholics in the United States. Black bodies swinging in the southern trees...lynching site, just as in the darkness of Good Friday, we behold in fear and trembling the historical...of witnesses"? For at least four decades Black theologians have been asking their White...
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The Need to Speak: Tom Dent and the Shaping of a Black Aesthetic
Journal article by Lorenzo Thomas; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: African American authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American authors--Works, African American writers--Criticism and interpretation, African American writers--Works, Black aesthetic movement--Criticism and interpretation, Dent, Tom--Criticism and interpretation, Dent, Tom--Works
...independent exploration of earlier black writers and their understanding...On any particular Friday...significant contributions of black writers to the gathering forces...79-80). By 1965 the regular Friday night meetings of the Umbra...
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After "Black Friday" Comes "CyberMonday"
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, December 2006
Subjects: Christmas business--Forecasts and trends, Online shopping--Economic aspects, Online shopping--Forecasts and trends, Retail industry--Industry sales and revenue, Retail trade--Industry sales and revenue
After "Black Friday" Comes "CyberMonday". With gas prices...shopping lexicon: "CyberMonday" now joins "Black Friday," the traditional start of the holiday shopping season on the Friday after Thanksgiving. CyberMonday is the...
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Lift High the Cross: Joining the Savior on Good Friday
Magazine article by John Shekelton; Commonweal, Vol. 125, March 27, 1998
Subjects: Good Friday--Religious aspects
...chic white coat battling cancer? Was the black man next to me tired of racism and cultural...me that most of us were there on Good Friday, saddened that our arms cannot embrace...clouded. Like Jesus, we suffer. And on Good Friday we celebrate that mysterious link between...
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Reaching the Silver Screen: There Are Plenty of Films. the Problem Is Getting Them Shown. Black Filmmakers Are Finally Taking on the Distribution Challenge
Magazine article by George Alexander; Black Enterprise, Vol. 32, December 2001
Subjects: Black business enterprises--Analysis, Filmmakers--Race relations
...An entrepreneur, Friday had launched the 6-year-old Acapulco Black Film Festival with...organization that supports black independents. After...passed on the film, Friday struck a deal with...to carry the film, Friday employed guerrilla...micro-cinema" arm, Black Cinema Cafe (BCC...
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Boys from the Black Stuff: What Lies beneath the Regimented Identity of These Scottish Soldiers?
Magazine article by Andrew Billen; New Statesman, Vol. 137, July 14, 2008
Subjects: Black Watch (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
Boys from the Black Stuff: What Lies beneath the...splendid prospects for a summers Friday night. Cooping yourself up...National Theatre of Scotlands Black Watch has become a phenomenon...platoon from the Scottish Black Watch regiment as it moves...
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Black Religion and Black Radicalism
Magazine article by Gayraud S. Wilmore; Monthly Review, Vol. 36, July 1984
Subjects: African American churches--Influence, African American leadership--Influence, Black Religion and Black Radicalism, an Interpretation of the Religious History of Afro-American People (book)--Excerpts
...become the church of the Sermon on the Mount and the Good Friday crucifixion? It is no wonder that Harold Cruse could write that "the historically true, native American radicalism is black radicalism." But what Cruse has not understood is that this...
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BLACK FRIDAY ON SALE; Retailers Go Back to Basics to Lure Holiday Shoppers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 24, 2008
BLACK FRIDAY ON SALE; Retailers Go Back to Basics to...until the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday. People really start thinking about the...what retailers have up their sleeves for Black Friday weekend, she said. Malls and shopping...
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Black Friday Clerks Brace for the Holiday Shopping Frenzy
Newspaper article by Diane Oltman Ayers; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 24, 2006
Black Friday Clerks Brace for the Holiday Shopping...Daily Herald Correspondent They call it Black Friday - the biggest shopping day of the year...We dont get to see the sun all day." On Black Friday, shoppers are already lined up when she...
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Getting Head Start on Black Friday; Millions of Shoppers across U.S.Hit Stores Early for Deep Discounts
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 25, 2006
Getting Head Start on Black Friday; Millions of Shoppers across U...Corner Premium Outlets started Black Friday at midnight, so did they. Armed...the country. Retailers look at Black Friday, named after the day retailers...
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Shoppers Fill Stores Early, Ready to Spend; 'Black Friday' Sales Look Bright
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 29, 2003
Subjects: National Retail Federation
...fill stores early, ready to spend; Black Friday sales look bright. Byline...of Americans planned to shop on "Black Friday," according to the 2003 American...receiver she found on sale. The Black Friday veteran said she gathered all the...
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`Black Friday' Isn't So Rosy: Discounters Get Crowds; Mall Traffic's Uneventful
Newspaper article by Eric Fisher, Heather Skale; The Washington Times, November 28, 1998
`Black Friday isnt so rosy: Discounters get crowds...posted the biggest wins yesterday as Black Friday drew thousands of focused, value-conscious...waits to find a parking spot common. Black Friday, once the single busiest shopping day...
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encyclopedia articles on: Black Friday  - 6 results

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Black Friday
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BLACK FRIDAY Sept. 24, 1869, in U.S. history, day...were ruined the day is popularly called Black Friday. There was great indignation against the...also been occasionally referred to as Black Friday. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Gould, Jay
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...interest and that of his group, including "Boss" Tweed . The Gould-Fisk scheme to corner gold in 1869 caused the Black Friday panic. Public protest forced the Gould group out of the Erie, ending with Goulds expulsion in 1872. He then bought...
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Fisk, James
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...themselves but wreck the road. They also engineered the attempt to corner the gold market in 1869, causing the famous Black Friday scandal. Other raids by Fisk and his associates upset markets and aroused public indignation. Fisk controlled the Fall...
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Boutwell, George Sewall
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...neglected more important problems. His release of government gold defeated the famous attempt to corner the gold market on Black Friday , Sept. 24, 1869, but the conspiracy need never have proceeded so far had he acted more promptly. He was a U.S. Senator...
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Panic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...panic struck it affected both Europe and the United States. In 1869 stock manipulations brought on the panic known as Black Friday . In 1873 there was a financial crisis in Vienna, as well as an American panic marking the bitter contest between agrarians...
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