Hakim’s Bookstore
Hakim’s Bookstore founded by Dawud Abdel Hakim in 1959, first Black bookstore in Philadelphia is officially honored with a historical marker.
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Muhindi
Muhindi ears of corn representing the children of the family in Kwanzaa.
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Ujamaa (cooperative economics) is the 4th day/principle of Kwanzaa celebrated December 29th. To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and profit from them together. Harambee! Harambee! Harambee! Harambee!
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Cameron Jamal Mikquise Thompson, 18, a transgender woman was shot and killed in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in December 17, 2024. Alabama is one of nine states that don’t recognize sexual orientation, gender or gender identity in the legal classification of a hate crime, according to the Department of Justice. Thirty-two states include sexual orientation in […]
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Tidye Pickett 1914 – 1986 first Black woman to be chosen in the Olympic Games in 1932. She was replaced by a white woman and did not compete.
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Carolyn Wysinger in 2024 became the first Out Black Lesbian Mayor in the history of the State of California. Mayor Carolyn Wysinger, City of El Cerrito, California.
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Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray 1910 to 1985 first Black American to graduate from Yale Law School with a Doctor of Juridical Science (JSD) degree in 1965. The first woman to be featured in the American Women Quarters Program for 2024. And first Black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest. LGBTQ+
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Lloyd Austin III served as the 33rd vice chief of staff of the Army from January 2012 to March 2013, and as commander of United States Forces – Iraq from September 2010 to December 2011. He is the first Black American to hold each of these positions.
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Pam the Funktress neè Pam Warren 1966 – 2017. Prince’s personal DJ aka “Purple Pam” also in The Coup.
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