Post Date: December 1, 2022

Month of December Black Holidays

December 1, 2022 - Rosa Parks Day, an American holiday in honor of the civil rights leader. In Ohio and Oregon, Rosa Parks Day is celebrated on the day she was arrested, December 1. In California and Missouri, it is celebrated on her birthday, February 4.

December 2, 2022 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, marking the date the General Assembly adopted the “United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others” (resolution 317 (IV) of December 2, 1949). The focus of this day is on eradicating contemporary forms of slavery, such as trafficking in persons, sexual exploitation, the worst forms of child labor, forced marriage, and the forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict.

December 26, 2022-January 1, 2023 - Kwanzaa, a holiday established in 1996 by Maulana Karenga as a time for African Americans to “discover and bring forth the best of our culture, both ancient and current, and use it as a foundation to bring into being models of human excellence and possibilities to enrich and expand our lives.”

Month of December Black Historical Racial Injustice

There are numerous horrific incidents of Black Historical Racial Injustice in the month of December, dated back from December 1, 1955 to December 31, 1907. White Americans used lynching to terrorize and control Black people in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

December 1, 1955 - Police Arrest Rosa Parks for Violating Bus Segregation Laws in Alabama.
December 31, 1907 - U.S. Senator Advocates Death Penalty for Black People In Interracial Relationships.

Read full articles here: A History of Racial Injustice

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