George Grant
George Grant (1846-1910) was the first Black professor at Harvard. He invented the golf tee. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "George Grant"George Grant (1846-1910) was the first Black professor at Harvard. He invented the golf tee. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "George Grant"Rosie the Riveter Day March 21, 2026. Two Black Rosie’s, LueDell Mitchell and Lavada Cherry, at Douglas Aircraft Company in El Segundo, California in 1943. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Rosie the Riveter Day March 21, 2026"Curaçao is the site of the 1795 Tula revolt, one of the largest slave uprisings. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Curaçao"Brazil has the largest Black population outside Africa, with roots in resistance communities like Palmares. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Brazil 🇧🇷"Kaytranada born Louis Kevin Celestine in 1992 was the first Black producer and the first openly gay artist to win the award for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the Grammy Awards in 2021 for his work on his sophomore album, Bubba. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Kaytranada"Maria Taylor, a sportscaster, born in 1987, in 2026 first black woman to host the postgame ceremony in Super Bowl history.
Read more "Maria Taylor"Mexico’s Afro-Mexican president Vicente Guerrero abolished slavery in 1829. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Mexico"Canada was a final stop on the Underground Railroad for enslaved Africans seeking freedom. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Canada 🇨🇦"Black people have lived in Britain since Roman times and shaped abolition history. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "United Kingdom 🇬🇧"Adrienne Adams, born 1960, is the first woman of any race elected to the 28th district in the New York City Council , and the first Black person of any gender elected as New York City Council Speaker. She also is in the first all woman major party to run for Governor in 2026.
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