Black History Month in Canada
Black History Month in Canada celebrated in February.
Read more "Black History Month in Canada"Black History Month in Canada celebrated in February.
Read more "Black History Month in Canada"Black History Month in Ireland celebrated in October starting in 2014. Ireland was 4th country in the world to celebrate Black History Month. Folks of African descent comprise 12% of the population.
Read more "Black History Month in Ireland"Black History Month started in the U.S. in 1976 recognized by President Gerald Ford. Negro History Week started in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson in February 7th in honor of the February birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
Read more "Black History Month"National Freedom Day 2/1. Began in 1948. Now the start of Black History Month and commemorates 2/1/1865 when Lincoln signed the end of slavery and what would become the 13th Amendment.
Read more "National Freedom Day"All-Negro Comics first comic ever created by an all-Black staff in 1947.
Read more "All-Negro Comics"Black Panther was a superhero, T’Challa, a king, from the fictional nation of Wakanda in a comic book in 1966 by Stan Lee in “Fantastic Four”.
Read more "Black Panther (character)"Nearest Green, first Black Master Distiller.
Read more "Nearest Green"Calendly is a Black owned scheduling app.
Read more "Calendly"Kamala Davi Harris born 10/20/1964. 49th Vice President of the United States. First Black woman Vice President, first South East Asian Vice President and first woman Vice President.
Read more "Kamala Harris"Lloyd Austin born 1953 first Black Secretary of Defense, 2021. Also first Black Commander of the US Central Command.
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