Black History Everyday

Anna Murray-Douglass, 1813-1882. Born free and the first wife of Frederick Douglass. She was an abolitionist who supported her husband’s work financially.

Anna Julia Cooper 1858-1964 author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black Liberation activist, aka “mother of Black feminism”.

Brehanna Daniels, born 1994, the first Black woman tire changer to “pit” a vehicle in a national NASCAR race

Nicholas Johnson first Black valedictorian at Princeton, 2020.

Carlton McCoy first Black person to run a major winery, Heitz Cellar.

Thomas Lucious Berkley sunrise 8/9/1915 sunset 12/27/2001. First Black commissioner on Oakland Port Authority.

Pietro Cardin born 7/2/1922 in Italy Imelda Trinidad Romualdez 7/2/1929 in the Philippines Polly Dean Holliday 7/2/1937 Lawrence Gene David 7/2/1947 José Canseco…