This is a big one, my bad.

2/25

1870 - Hirman R. Revels becomes the first Black U.S. Senator and Black Congress representative.

1948 - Dr. Martin Luther King is ordained as a Baptist Minister.

1969 - Entrepreneur Richelieu Dennis is born. Partnered with his friend Nyema Tubman and his mother, they created Sundial Brands, haircare products based on his grandmother's homemade recipes in Liberia. Shea Moisture, Nubian Heritage, and Madam CJ Walker Beauty Culture are such products. Countering the market based on the chemical relaxation of Black women’s hair, Sundial Brands became incredibly popular. 

1992 - Legendary R&B and Hip Hop group TLC releases their debut album “Oooooohhh... On the TLC Tip”, certified quadruple platinum (and one of my favorite albums ever).

2002 - Tennis Star Venus Williams becomes the first African American tennis professional to be ranked Number 1.

2016 - Greg Gunn walks home from a late-night game of cards.

2022 - US President Joe Biden nominates US Court of Appeals Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. She is confirmed into the position in April, making her the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice and the third Black person in its 233-year history.

2/26

1869 - The US Congress passes the Fifteenth Amendment, granting African American men the right to vote.

1928 - Pianist and Rock and Roll Pioneer Antoine “Fats” Domino is born.

1964 - After converting to Islam. Boxer Cassius Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali.

1971 - Singer and Queen of Neo-Soul Erica Wright, better known as Erykah Badu, is born.

1975 - Singer Kyle Norman of Jagged Edge is born.

2/27

1844 - The Dominican Republic commemorates independence from Haiti.

1872 - Charlotte Ray graduates from Howard Law School, becoming the first African American woman to become a lawyer.

1902 - World-famous Opera Star Marian Anderson is born. She became the first Black person to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955.

1957 - Politician Sherry D. Harris is born. She was elected to the Seattle City Council in 1991, becoming the first Black person elected to the City Council and the first out Black lesbian to serve in public office.

1971 - Singer and Dancer Rozonda Thomas, better known as Chili, of TLC, is born.

1986 - Oscar Grant, III is born.

1999 - Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo becomes the nation’s first democratically-elected president in 15 years. He was also the first military ruler in Africa to hand over power to a civilian government in 1979.

2/28

1859 - The Arkansas General Assembly passes a bill that bans the residency of free Black or mixed-race people within the state–forcing them to choose between exile or enslavement.

1932 - Inventor Richard Spikes patents the automatic gear shift.

1971 - Actress Tasha Smith is born.

1977 - Artist Kehinde Wiley is born. He became the first African American to complete a portrait of a president for the National Portrait Gallery with his 2018 official portrait of former US President Barack Obama,

1984 - The Legendary Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys for his Album “Thriller”, the best-selling album of all time.

2008 - Politician Karen Bass is selected as California Assembly’s 67th Speaker, becoming the first Black woman in US history to hold this position in any state government. On December 11, 2022, she became the first woman and second Black person to be the mayor of Los Angeles, California.

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Thank you to all of those who have read my digest posts over the past month. This has been a fun and educational project for me, and I hope y’all have learned some new things as well. Though this is my last post for now as I’ve said before, “So many stories, moments, and people go unheard of yet were integral to where we are today. I encourage y'all to look into these moments, those I did not mention, and the contributions of Black people today”. As we’ve seen recently, history is not something people want to talk about–look at Florida. We must continue to understand where we’ve been, so we can see where we’re going. 

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For the last time this year—Black History now, Black History tomorrow, Black History Forever!

(Disclaimer: This is a joke, you should get it by now.)

Sources:

https://www.blackfacts.com

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/feb/

http://blackhistorydaily.com/