Jackie Shane
Jackie Shane 1940 – 2019. Transgender R&B singer helped create the Toronto Sound and was honored with a historical marker in Nashville, Tennessee.
Read more "Jackie Shane"Jackie Shane 1940 – 2019. Transgender R&B singer helped create the Toronto Sound and was honored with a historical marker in Nashville, Tennessee.
Read more "Jackie Shane"Betty Ann Sorkin, at 103, is the oldest active National Park Ranger” with the National Park Service.
Read more "Betty Ann Sorkin"Negritude is being of Black African origin.
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Read more "Garifuna"Black Rosies there were a half million Black Rosie the Riveters.
Read more "Black Rosies"Black Seminoles aka Afro-Seminoles, are an ethnic group of Native American and African origin associated with the Seminole people in Florida and Oklahoma.
Read more "Black Seminoles"Femicide, a term used for the killing of women and girls. Between 2016 and 2023 500 women and girls were victims in Kenya alone.
Read more "Femicide"The International Day for People of African Descent, 31 August, celebrates the extraordinary contributions of the African diaspora.
Read more "International Day for People of African Descent"International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024) celebrates the important contributions of people of African descent worldwide, advance social justice and inclusion policies, eradicate racism and intolerance, promote human rights, and assist in creating better, more prosperous communities, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals spearheaded by the United Nations.
Read more "International Decade for People of African Descent"Mascogos are Afro-descendant group in Coahuila, Mexico. Descendants of Black Seminoles who escaped slavery.
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