International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is commemorated on August 23rd. It was first celebrated in in Haiti (1998) and Gorée Island in Senegal (1999)
Read more "International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade"Lisa Cook born 1964 is the first Black woman to sit on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2022).
Read more "Lisa Cook"What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it? The “Harlem Honeys and Bears Swim team”. Read about them in AARP magazine and wanted to include in BlackHistoryEveryday.com. Checked on line to verify and get a photo.
Read moreDame Janet Gwennett Bostwick DBE (née Musgrove; born in 1939) is a Bahamian lawyer and politician. She was the first woman to serve as acting Prime Minister, first woman Attorney-General and the first woman Member of Parliament in the Bahamas.
Read more "Janet Gwinnett Bostwick"The PLP (Progressive Liberal Party) was founded in 1953. The PLP was the first national political party in the Bahamas.
Read more "PLP"What’s your favorite time of day? Right before Dawn that time when the crickets and the birds are silent. It’s magical.
Read moreWhere did your name come from? Akilah is Arabic and means “intelligent, wise”. My goddaughter couldn’t pronounce Akilah and she said Kiki.
Read moreVivian Ayers Allen 1923-2025, founded the Brainerd Institute Heritage and established the “Workshops in Open Fields” program.
Read more "Vivian Ayers Allen"Maya Avant first transgender daytime character to get married on The Bold & the Beautiful in 2015.
Read more "Maya Avant"What are your top ten favorite movies? 1. Purple Rain. 2. Yentl. 3. Mildred Pierce 4. The Best Year’s of our Lives. 5. Sleepless in Seattle. 6. She’s Gotta Have It. 7. Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom. 8. To Sir With Love 9. Magic Mike 10. Personal Best
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