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January<\/em><\/p>\n

1:\u00a0Haiti<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day. French rule ends. 1804<\/p>\n

4:\u00a0C.L.R. James\u00a0<\/strong>birthday, 1901 (d. 31 May 1989)<\/p>\n

15:\u00a0Martin Luther King<\/strong>\u00a0Jr birthday, 1929 (d. 4 April 1968)<\/p>\n

18:\u00a0New Cross house fire<\/strong>, 1981<\/p>\n

February<\/em><\/p>\n

6:\u00a0Bob Marley<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1945 (d. 11 May 1981)<\/p>\n

7:\u00a0Grenada\u00a0<\/strong>Independence Day, 1974<\/p>\n

22:\u00a0Saint Lucia<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1979<\/p>\n

23:\u00a0Berbice slave uprising,\u00a0<\/strong>1763<\/p>\n

23:\u00a0Jessica Huntley<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1927 (d. 13 October 2013)<\/p>\n

March<\/em><\/p>\n

2:\u00a0Black People’s Day of Action<\/strong>, 1981<\/p>\n

6:\u00a0Ghana<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1957<\/p>\n

8:\u00a0International Women\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

13: Grenadian Revolution<\/strong> 1979<\/p>\n

23:\u00a0Walter Rodney<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1942 (d. 13 June 1980)<\/p>\n

April<\/em><\/p>\n

1: First International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books<\/strong> opened by C.L.R. James, 1982<\/p>\n

7:\u00a0Toussaint L’Ouverture<\/strong>\u00a0died in prison, 1803 (born 1743)<\/p>\n

18:\u00a0Zimbabwe<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1980<\/p>\n

29: International Dance Day<\/strong> (UNESCO)<\/p>\n

30: International Jazz Day<\/strong> (UNESCO)<\/p>\n

May<\/em><\/p>\n

1: Slave Trade Act<\/strong> 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire<\/p>\n

5: Indian Arrival Day<\/strong> (Guyana)<\/p>\n

17:\u00a0Death of Kelso Cochrane<\/a><\/strong>, 1959<\/p>\n

19:\u00a0Malcolm X<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1925 (d. 21 February 1965)<\/p>\n

22:\u00a0Martinique<\/strong>,\u00a0Guadeloupe<\/strong>,\u00a0Saint Martin<\/strong>\u00a0commemorate emancipation<\/p>\n

26:\u00a0Guyana\u00a0<\/strong>independence, 1966<\/p>\n

29:\u00a0Maurice Bishop<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1944 (d.\u00a019 October 1983)<\/p>\n

June<\/em><\/p>\n

13:\u00a0Walter Rodney<\/strong>\u00a0assassinated, 1980<\/p>\n

14:\u00a0Che Guevara<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1928 (d. 9 October 1967)<\/p>\n

22:\u00a0Windrush Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

28:\u00a0George Padmore<\/strong>, 1903 (d. 23 September 1959)<\/p>\n

29:\u00a0Seychelles\u00a0<\/strong>independence, 1976<\/p>\n

July<\/em><\/p>\n

3:\u00a0US Virgin Islands<\/strong>\u00a0celebrates Emancipation Day<\/p>\n

5:\u00a0Venezuela<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1811<\/p>\n

6:\u00a0Malawi<\/strong>\u00a0independence, 1964<\/p>\n

10:\u00a0The Bahamas<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1973<\/p>\n

18:\u00a0Nelson Mandela<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1918 (d. 5 December 2013)<\/p>\n

20:\u00a0Colombia<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1810<\/p>\n

23-25: First Pan-African Conference<\/strong>, London, 1900<\/p>\n

24:\u00a0Simon Bolivar<\/strong>\u00a0birthday 1783 (d. 17 December 1830)<\/p>\n

August<\/em><\/p>\n

1: Emancipation Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:\u00a0Jamaica<\/strong>\u00a0independence, 1962<\/p>\n

9:\u00a0South Africa<\/strong>\u00a0National Women\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

13:\u00a0Fidel Castro<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1926 (d. 25 November 2016)<\/p>\n

13:\u00a0Richard Hart\u00a0<\/strong>birthday, 1917 (d. 21 December 2013)<\/p>\n

16:\u00a0Marikana massacre<\/strong>, 2012<\/p>\n

17:\u00a0Marcus Garvey<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1887 (d. 10 June 1940)<\/p>\n

23:\u00a0International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition<\/strong><\/p>\n

31:\u00a0Trinidad and Tobago<\/strong>\u00a0independence, 1962<\/p>\n

September<\/em><\/p>\n

7:\u00a0Brazil<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1822<\/p>\n

15:\u00a0Nicaragua<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1821<\/p>\n

19:\u00a0Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1983<\/p>\n

21:\u00a0Belize<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1981<\/p>\n

October<\/em><\/p>\n

1:\u00a0Nigeria<\/strong>\u00a0independence, 1960<\/p>\n

10:\u00a0Cuba<\/strong>\u00a0Commencement of the Wars of Independence<\/p>\n

12: International Day of Solidarity with Indigenous People<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

15-25: Fifth Pan-African Congress<\/strong>, Manchester, 1945<\/p>\n

27:\u00a0Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1979<\/p>\n

November<\/em><\/p>\n

1:\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1981<\/p>\n

3: Christopher Columbus first sights Dominica, 1493<\/p>\n

3:\u00a0Dominica<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1978<\/p>\n

15:\u00a0Palestine<\/strong>\u00a0National Day, independent State of Palestine proclaimed by PNC. 1988<\/p>\n

19:\u00a0International Men\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

25:\u00a0Suriname<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1975<\/p>\n

30:\u00a0Barbados<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1966<\/p>\n

December<\/em><\/p>\n

1:\u00a0World AIDS Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:\u00a0Tanzania<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day, 1961<\/p>\n

12:\u00a0Kenya<\/strong>\u00a0independence, 1963<\/p>\n

16:\u00a0South Africa\u00a0<\/strong>Day of Reconciliation<\/p>\n

19:\u00a0Anguilla<\/strong>\u00a0National Heroes and Heroines Day<\/p>\n

27:\u00a0John La Rose<\/strong>\u00a0birthday, 1927 (d. 28 February 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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