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The Real Black Friday Then, the Viral Myth Now
A special episode. Marcus and Denise check the receipts on Black Friday: the viral claim that the name comes from discount sales of enslaved people has no documentary evidence behind it, while the record shows an 1869 gold-market crash, a 1951 sick-day joke, Philadelphia police dreading the post-Thanksgiving gridlock, and a 1980s retail makeover — and the documented story keeps losing to the myth every November. 📚 From the 'Left Out of the History Books' series by Carlos L. Young Sr. — https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheDigitalBlackVoice
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