Topics: Black History Month, Chaka Khan, Car Wash (film), What's Happening! (TV). (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)

1976 1. Snap Shots 2. General News 3. Gerald Ford is President 4. Apr - Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. 5. Jul - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing 1 and seriously wounding another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorize the city for the next year. 6. Jul - U.S. track and field athlete Bruce Jenner (@ age 27) won the gold medal for decathlon, setting a world record of 8,634 points. 7. Nov - U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War. 8. Misc.: VHS released, and eventually won the war with Betamax tapes, although most agree it was an inferior product. 9. Open Comments 10. Money Snapshots 11. Min. wage = $2.30hr (+.20) / $92wk / $4,600k yrly - 2018 = $20,408yrly 12. Avg. Income per year - $16,095 13. Avg. Cost of new house - $43,340 14. Avg. Rent - $220 15. Avg. Cost new car - $4,557 16. Unemployment 7.8% vs Black unemployment 12% 17. Open Comments 18. Black Snapshots 19. Jul - Sugar Ray Leonard (@ age 20), Leon Spinks (@ age 23), Michael Spinks (@ age 20) won gold medals in boxing. 20. Jul - Twenty-year-old Morehouse College student Edwin Moses sets a new world record in the 400m hurdles, 21. Aug - Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (@ age 55) is published. in 1976. (Forty-six weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List, w/ twenty-two weeks at number one.) (TV mini-series already in production) 22. Open Comments 23. Music Snapshots 24. Record of the Year: "This Masquerade" - George Benson (artist) & Tommy LiPuma (producer) 25. Album of the Year: Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder (artist) & Stevie Wonder (producer) 26. Song of the Year: "I Write the Songs" - Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (for performed by Barry Manilow) 27. Best New Artist: Starland Vocal Band 28. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976 1. "Silly Love Songs", Wings 2. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Elton John & Kiki Dee 3. "Disco Lady", Johnnie Taylor 29. Open Comments 30. Movie Snapshots 31. Highest-grossing films 1. Rocky 2. To Fly! - *(Weird documentary film about the history of flight) 3. A Star Is Born 4. All the President's Men 32. Open Comments 33. TV Snapshots 34. To Shows 1. - Happy Days 2. - Laverne & Shirley 3. - M*A*S*H 35. Debuts: 36. Aug - What's Happening!! 37. Open Comments 38. Social Scene 39. What: Black History Month 40. Why: First year of national recognition 41. Key Person(s): Carter G. Woodson, the "father of black history" (d. 1950), historian, author, and journalist. 42. Short Story: 43. Started as Negro History Week (1926) 44. Woodson (@ age 51) announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week" because it covered the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Woodson said teaching black history was essential to ensure physical and 45. intellectual survival. - "If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. The American Indian left no continuous record. He did not appreciate the value of 46. tradition; and where is he today? The Hebrew keenly appreciated the value of tradition, as is attested by the Bible itself. Despite worldwide persecution, therefore, he is a great factor in our civilization." 47. The push for Black History Month (1970 -76) 48. BHM was first proposed at Kent State University in February 1969. The first celebration happened in 1970. Six years later, President Gerald Ford recognized BHM during the Bicentennial celebration. - "[Americans should] seize the opportunity to honor the 49. too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history". 50. Open Comments 51. Question 1: Is BH "M" to