Post Date: January 1, 2023

Month of January Black Holidays

January is Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In 2000, Congress passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act aimed at combatting human trafficking, especially involving the sex trade, slavery, and involuntary servitude. Ten years later, President Barack Obama proclaimed January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. According to the State Department, January was chosen because it was the same month Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing 4 million slaves on January 1, 1863.

January 5 is George Washington Carver Day. Dr. Carver was awarded the Roosevelt Medal in 1939 for saving Southern agriculture, which was later instrumental in feeding the United States during World War II). For this reason, Dr. Carver’s hometown was made a historic site upon his death on Jan. 5, 1943. During the 79th Congress, Public Law 290 was passed to designate January 5th of each year as George Washington Carver Recognition Day.

January 16, 2023 (every third Monday of January) is Martin Luther King Day, commemorating the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize and an activist for nonviolent social change until his assassination in 1968.

Month of January Black Historical Racial Injustice

There are numerous horrific incidents of Black Historical Racial Injustice in the month of January, dated back from January 1, 1863 to January 31, 1964.

January 1, 1863 - Enslavement Only Partially Banned by Emancipation Proclamation.

January 31, 1964 - Louis Allen Ambushed and Murdered for Speaking Out in Liberty, Mississippi.

Read full articles here: A History of Racial Injustice

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