How are you feeling right now? I feel good. Cue the James Brown music.

Seneca Village

Seneca Village founded in 1825 by free Blacks in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, within what would become present-day Central Park. The settlement was located near the current Upper West Side neighborhood, approximately bounded by Central Park West and the axes of 82nd Street, 89th Street, and Seventh Avenue Had approximately 225 residents, three churches, two schools, and three cemeteries. Seneca […]

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade

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)

Lisa Cook

Lisa Cook born 1964 is the first Black woman to sit on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2022).

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.

Janet Gwinnett Bostwick

Dame 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.

PLP

The PLP (Progressive Liberal Party) was founded in 1953. The PLP was the first national political party in the Bahamas.

What’s your favorite time of day? Right before Dawn that time when the crickets and the birds are silent. It’s magical.

Where did your name come from? Akilah is Arabic and means “intelligent, wise”. My goddaughter couldn’t pronounce Akilah and she said Kiki.

Vivian Ayers Allen

Vivian Ayers Allen 1923-2025, founded the Brainerd Institute Heritage and established the “Workshops in Open Fields” program.

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