Opal Lee Barbie Doll

Opal Lee Barbie Doll honors the godmother of Juneteenth. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

If you had a time machine and could send just one message to your past self, what would it say? If I have a Time Machine and could send a message to my past self I would say: love.

Orangeburg Massacre

Orangeburg Massacre took place on February 8, 1968 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Highway patrolmen and a police officer opened fire on Black students killing three and wounding 28. It was the first recorded time that police killed student protestors at an American university. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

Which author would you love to have dinner with? I would love to have dinner with Maya Angelou.

Iron Riders

Iron Riders in 1897 20 Black soldiers from the Buffalo Soldiers rode on bicycles (to replace horses) from Fort Missoula Montana to St. Louis, Missouri a distance of 1900 miles. It took 41 days for the mission. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti (1938-1997) of Nigeria posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, become the first African artist to receive it. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say? I my future self could send me one sentence I hope it would say: “love yourself first, forgive everyone. Have joy.”

Beninese citizenship for Black Americans

Benin in 2026 continued an initiative for citizenship for Black Americans. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

Shawna Cooper Whitehead

Shawna Cooper Whitehead is the first woman and first Black woman appointed to be president of Regis University in Denver, Colorado in 2026. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

What’s a thing you wish schools actually taught? I wish schools taught folks the importance of taking care of your mental health.

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