December 17
Queen Anna Nzinga (c. 1583 – December 17, 1663), also known as Njinga Mbande or…
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December 18
Clara McBride Hale (April 1, 1905 – December 18, 1992), also known as Mother Hale,…
December 19
-December 19, 1933 Cicely Tyson, stage, film, and television actress, was born in Harlem, New…
December 20
December 20, 1942 Robert Lee “Bullet Bob” Hayes, Olympic Gold medal sprinter and hall of…
December 21
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer. He…
December 22
December 22, 1960 Jean-Michael Basquiat, the first painter of African descent to become an international…
December 23
December 23, 1867 Sarah Breedlove (Madam C.J. Walker), businesswoman and philanthropist, was born in Delta,…
December 24
Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert (December 24, 1853 – c. 1890) was an African American author…
December 25
Christmas Day December 25, 1959 Michael Phillip Anderson, NASA astronaut, was born in Plattsburgh, New…
December 26
December 26, 1966 Kwanzaa, a week-long celebration honoring universal African heritage and culture, was first…