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Kwanzaa
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Black
Love Day
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Ancestor
Honor Day
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Ritual
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Black
Love Day
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Ancestor
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Ritual
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PEOPLE
OF COLOR HOLIDAY/ LIST
Commemorative Days, National, International or Local Celebrations
| NAME |
DATE |
WHERE
CELEBRATED/ HOW |
| Martin
Luther King Birthday |
3rd
Monday in January |
National |
| Prophet
Noble Drew Ali Birthday |
January
8 |
Moorish
American holiday |
| Black
History Month |
Month
of February |
AA
cultural, National, Intl |
| Black
Love Day |
February
13 |
AA
cultural, National, Intl |
| Frederick
Douglas Day |
February
14 |
AA,
Commemorative |
| Myrtilla
Miner Day |
March
4 |
AA,
District of Columbia, Commemorative |
| Crispus
Attucks Day |
March
5 |
AA,
Boston, Mass, Commemorative |
| International
Women's Day |
March
8 |
National,
International |
| Harriet
Tubman Day |
March
10 |
Baltimore,
Md, Canada, Commemorative |
| Black
Marriage Day |
March
26 |
African
American cultural |
| African
American's Women's Month |
Entire
month of April |
AA
cultural, National |
| Paul
Robeson Day |
April
9 |
AA,
Commemorative |
| D.C.
Emancipation Day |
April
16 |
District
of Columbia, AA, cultural |
| Edward
"Duke" Ellington Day |
April
29 |
District
of Columbia, Commemorative |
| Mary
McLeod Bethune Week |
May
16-22 |
District
of Columbia, Commemorative |
| Malcolm
X Day |
May
19 |
National,
Intl, Commemorative |
| African
Liberation Day |
May
25 |
National,
International |
| Ancestor
Honor Day |
3rd
Monday in May |
African
American cultural |
| Caribbean
Heritage Month |
Entire
month of June |
National,
International, cultural |
| Mary
Church Terrell Day |
June
4 |
District
of Columbia, Commemorative |
| Juneteenth
National Freedom Day |
June
19 |
AA,
National, Intl, cultural |
| Annual
Int'l African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration |
June
19-20 |
District
of Columbia, Intl, cultural |
| African
American Heritage Month |
Entire
month of August |
UNIA,
AA cultural |
| Marcus
Mosiah Garvey Birthday |
August
17 |
AA,
National, Intl, Commemorative |
| Indigenous
People Day |
October
12 |
Native
American, AA, cultural |
| MMM
Day of Atonement |
October
16 |
AA,
National, cultural |
| MWM
Anniversary |
October
25 |
AA,
National, cultural |
| Native
American Heritage Month |
Month
of November |
National,
Intl, cultural |
| Umoja
Karamu |
4th
Sunday in November |
African
American cultural |
| Kwanzaa
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December
26 - January 1 |
African
American cultural, natl, intl |
PLEASE
ADD TO THIS LIST, IF WE HAVE MISSED DATES. EMAIL TO aaha@aaha-info.org
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