How Black Friday Got Its Name

• 16 Nov 2021

Black Friday myths and legends Black Friday is now as familiar to the average person as Christmas or Easter- it’s one of the biggest shopping events of the year. But where did Black Friday get its name? After all, it doesn’t exactly sound like it has a lot to do with anything positive. That’s probably because people get it mixed up with the “Black Tuesday” stock market crash of 1929. The earliest recorded mention of the term “Black Friday” is from the 1950s when police used it to describe the huge number of pedestrians and traffic on the roads during...