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15 Black Holidays, Celebrations and Festivals They Don’t Teach You About in School

From Black Love Day to Jerry Rescue Day, these holidays should be marked on your 2025 calendar.

By

Phenix S Halley

Published

April 7, 2025
Culture, History

Philadelphia Bookstore Owner Wants to Make Harriet Tubman Day a Reality

Jeannine Cooke has launched a petition to make Harriet Tubman the first American woman honored with a federal holiday

By

Angela Johnson

Published

April 29, 2022
7 Times Harriet Tubman Was a Badass Superhero

Harriet Tubman is having a moment. Right now she is the “it” girl of history. No longer relegated to the pages of schoolbooks during Black History Month, the freedom-fighting, self-liberating she-warrior and “conductor” on the Underground Railroad is getting the recognition she so richly deserves. Last year the Treasury Department announced that Tubman would replace…

By

Genetta M. Adams

Published

March 10, 2017