It seems to be indispensable to the national self-esteem that the Negro be considered either as a kind of ward ( in which case we are told how many Negroes, comparatively, bought Cadillacs last year and how few, comparatively, were lynched ), or as a victim ( in which case we are promised that he will never vote in our assemblies or go to school with our kids ).

We were all just supposed to go out and buy red Cadillacs.

" Honky Tonk Man ", a remake of the Johnny Horton song, and " Guitars, Cadillacs " were hit singles.

With the exception of the Eldorado Brougham, 1959 Cadillacs were famous for high tailfins with double tail lights in mid-fin.

Fog lamps were new for 1938 Cadillacs, and their 1954 " Autronic Eye " system automated the selection of high and low beams.

The Cadillacs, The Flamingos and The Angels were the other three.

Early Sevilles produced between April 1975 ( a total of 16, 355 ) to the close of the 1976 model year were the first Cadillacs to use the smaller GM wheel bolt pattern ( 5 lugs with a bolt circle ; the 2003 – 2009 XLR also uses this pattern ).

The 1974-76 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight ( as well as all full-size Oldsmobiles, Buicks and Cadillacs ) also were among the first US production cars to offer an air bag option (" Air Cushion Restraint System ") beginning in 1974.

Allanté's 4. 1 liter V8 was shared with other Cadillacs across the line, but when specified to the Allanté, several changes were made.

As this was the largest Chrysler model available, ( and combined with a badly botched downsizing of the large Cadillacs, Buicks and Oldsmobiles ) sales took off, especially during 1985-86, when over 100, 000 were made each year.

Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, U. S. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm, and it consists of what were ( when originally installed during 1974 ) either older running used or junk Cadillac automobiles, representing a number of evolutions of the car line ( most notably the birth and death of the defining feature of mid twentieth century Cadillacs ; the tailfin ) from 1949 to 1963, half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle corresponding to that of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.

From at least 1936 through 1958, GM used at least four different designations for various bodyshells / platforms including the A-body for Chevrolet, most Pontiacs, and the Oldsmobile Series F and Series 60, the B-body for the Pontiac Streamliner Torpedo and Streamliner, the Oldsmobile Series L, Series 70 and Series 88, the Buick Special and Century, the LaSalle Series 50, and the Cadillac Series 60, Series 61 and Series 63, and the C-body for the Pontiac Series 24 / 29 Torpedo, Oldsmobile 90, the Buick Roadmaster, Super and 1958 Limited, the LaSalle Series 52, and all remaining Cadillacs except for the Series 90, Series 85 and the Series 75 which were built on the D-body, along with all remaining Buick Limiteds.

There were 2 Peace Mission auto-motive care garages that serviced a fleet of Peace Mission buses, taxis and Cadillacs that were made available for the communally living Peace Mission members.

On one occasion the " Ermines " participated in a talent show at PS 143 ( Public School 143 ), at which another group, " The Cadillacs " were guests.

In 1941, the LaSalle nameplate was phased out along with the, and Cadillacs, all powered, were available with the new Hydramatic automatic transmission which debuted in Oldsmobile the previous year.

From at least 1936 through 1958, GM used at least four different designations for various bodyshells / platforms including the A-body for Chevrolet, most Pontiacs, and the Oldsmobile Series F and Series 60, the B-body for the Pontiac Streamliner Torpedo and Streamliner, the Oldsmobile Series L, Series 70 and Series 88, the Buick Special and Century, the LaSalle Series 50 and the Cadillac Series 60, Series 61 and Series 63, and the C-body for the Pontiac Series 24 / 29 Torpedo, Oldsmobile 90, the Buick Roadmaster, Super and 1958 Limited, the LaSalle Series 52, and all remaining Cadillacs except for the Series 90, Series 85 and the Series 75 which were built on the D-body, along with all remaining Buick Limiteds.

Seven " special " Cadillacs were exhibited including, inter alia, a Series 61 coupe and a Series 62 sedan that were standard except for a special paint finish ; also shown were The Caribbean, the Embassy, and the Fleetwood Coupe de Ville, all built on the Series Sixty Special chassis.

As a result, Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs during the downtime were assembled with Buick's Dynaflow transmission, while Pontiacs used Chevrolet's Powerglide, both two-speed torque-converter units.

By the time the 1954 models debuted in late 1953, Hydramatic production had returned to normal levels and all ' 54 model Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs with automatic transmissions were once again equipped with Hydramatics.

The Cadillacs were back in 1970 with J. R. Bailey, Bobby Spencer, original member Bobby Phillips ( who had retired from Speedo's group during the split ), and new member Leroy Binns, of The Charts.

* November 2 – Earl Carroll, American lead vocalist for The Cadillacs

Thus, the Daddies avoided touring with swing bands, selecting Ozomatli and The Pietasters as support on their first headlining U. S. tour, and opening for Los Fabulosos Cadillacs on their 1998 North American run.

It mimicked the American fashion for giant tailfins, wrap-around windows and whitewall tyres but in an understated way compared to the Cadillacs and Buicks of the time.

* Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, an Argentine Latin rock group

Upon his return to New York in 1959, Lomax produced a concert, Folksong ' 59, in Carnegie Hall, featuring Arkansas singer Jimmy Driftwood ; the Selah Jubilee Singers and Drexel Singers ( gospel groups ); Muddy Waters and Memphis Slim ( blues ); Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys ( bluegrass ); Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger ( urban folk revival ); and The Cadillacs ( a rock and roll group ).

The Cadillacs, with their ska-rock with a heavy Latin infusion, turned instant rock stars across Latin America and eventually worldwide.

As 1988 began, with the most important Argentine bands ( Soda Stereo, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Enanitos Verdes, Rata Blanca, Charly García, Andres Calamaro, Miguel Mateos, Sumo, Virus ) on constant tour of Latin America, Europe, and even countries in Asia, the globalization of Argentine rock and pop was complete.

They along with Los Pericos and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs would be leaders in the tropical rock scene of ska, reggae and latin music.

Ska had Los Calzones and Kapanga, but by 2000 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs had called it quits to their internationally renowned career of rock with ska, rap, reggae, and Latin.

Ex-Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Vicentico and ex-Todos Tus Muertos Fidel Nadal are both well embarked in their solo careers with fusion rock.

Vasos Vacíos ( Spanish for Empty Glasses ) Released in 1993 is the eighth album and first compilation one by the Argentine rock Ska reggae band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.

Savage is also a fan of 1950s rock ' n ' roll and doo-wop music such as The Cadillacs, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, and The Flamingos which is played on his " Rock and Roll Friday.

* The Cadillacs, a vocal group from the United States

The group continued, and by the late 1990s featured Russell, Reese Palmer, Skip Mahoney, Larry Jordan and musical director Eddie Jones, who also works with The Cadillacs.

Pendergrass had been a former member of Philadelphia R & B group The Cadillacs ( not the New York group that had hits in the late 1950s ) and was promoted to lead singer when John Atkins quit the same year.

The category was originally known as the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock / Alternative Performance, and was first presented in 1998 to the Argentinian group Los Fabulosos Cadillacs for the album Fabulosos Calavera.

As the group moved into the recording studios, James " Poppa " Clark was added as a fifth member, and the name " The Cadillacs " was given to them.

One group was initially known as The Four Cadillacs, with current bass J. R. Bailey, former bass Lavern Drake, and new members Roland Martinez and Bobby Spencer.

* " El Matador ", a 1993 song by the Argentine group Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

While many older Soviet and European cars remain in service in Cuba, they are largely eclipsed by the island's great 1950s Cadillacs, Packards, De Sotos and similar products from one of the most ornate styling periods in U. S. auto history.

A number of band names are also drawn from cars ( The Edsels, The Cadillacs, The Fleetwoods, The Impalas, and Little Anthony & The Imperials ).

Wolf Vostell ’ s automobile-concrete-sculptures made from cars and concrete are to be found in Cologne Ruhender Verkehr ( Stationary traffic ) from 1969, in Berlin Beton Cadillacs ( Concrete Cadillacs ) from 1987 as well as VOAEX ( Viaje de Hormigón por la Alta Extremadura ) from 1976 in the Museo Vostell Malpartida at Malpartida de Cáceres, Spain and Concrete Traffic from 1970 in Chicago.

Walter F. Salter, the Society's former branch manager in Canada, wrote a public letter to Rutherford in 1937, the month he was expelled from the religion, claiming that Rutherford had exclusive use of " luxurious " and " expensive " residences ( in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Germany, and San Diego ), as well as two Cadillacs and alleged that on more than one occasion he had purchased for Rutherford cases of whiskey, brandy, beer and other liquors, and ' go from " drink to drink "'.

The series proved moderately successful, and under the more memorable title, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, the series spawned a cartoon series premiered on CBS, an arcade game from Capcom, a home video game from Rocket Science Games, action figures, trading cards, candy bars, and a Twilight 2000 system role-playing game.

The comic book reprints from Kitchen Sink and Marvel also used the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs title.

In response to the downsized Cadillacs, Lincoln began running a series of ads in late 1985 titled " The Valet " which depicted parking attendants having trouble distinguishing Cadillacs from lesser Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs, and even Chevrolets, with the question " Is that a Cadillac?

" Maharaj Ji's luxuries are gifts from a Western culture whose fruits are watches and Cadillacs ," a spokesman said.

Brinkley boasted a stable of a dozen Cadillacs, a greenhouse, a foaming fountain garden surrounded by 8, 000 bushes, exotic animals imported from the Galapagos Islands, and a swimming pool with a diving tower.

She teamed with Dwight Yoakam for a duet on " Bury Me ," from his 1986 debut, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

In 1961, a somewhat less complex, but also far less reliable three-speed Roto Hydramatic also dubbed the " Slim Jim " Hydramatic ( in which the " dump and fill " shifting principle was retained ) was adopted for all Oldsmobiles as well as Pontiac's full-sized Catalina, Ventura, and Grand Prix models, while all Cadillacs and Pontiac's Bonneville and Star Chief models retained the older four-speed " Jetaway " unit ( not to be confused with the two-speed Jetaway automatic used in various Buick, Olds and Pontiac intermediate cars from 1964-1969 ).