January:

•          January 1, 1863 – Emancipation Proclamation was signed
  
•          January 15, 1929 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born
  

February:

•          National Black History Month
  
•          Race Relations Day (celebration that acknowledges  the need to support harmonious race relations)
•          NAACP was created
  

March:

• March 6 – Ghana, West Africa Independence Day

May:

•          May 19th: Malcolm X’s Birthday

June:

•           June 19th: Juneteenth (Oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States)

July:

• July 26 – Liberia, West Africa Independence Day

August:

•            Ramadan
  

September:

•            Ramadan
  

October:

•            October 1, Nigeria, West Africa Independence Day

December:

•            December 1^st: Rosa Parks Day
•            December 25: Christmas Day
  
•            December 26th: Kwanzaa Begins (ends January 1st)