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Black History Month

2025 Black History Month Recognitions

Theme - African Americans and Labor
Celebrating the stories, work, and contributions by Black Americans and the painful history of American slavery

Rev. Jeff Moore II

Yvonne Maxwell

James Earl Jones

Hattie Canty

AACSA, African American Community Services Agency

Dorothy Height

2024 Black History Month Recognitions

Theme - African Americans and Arts
Celebrating the stories and contributions by artists, musicians, performers, and other creative individuals

Kehinde Wiley

Octavia E. Butler

Marc J. Spears

Faith Ringgold

Tyler Gordon

Laura Wheeler Waring

Jon Batiste

Alice Walker

Jean-Michael Basqiuat

Carl Weathers

Linda & Tony Alexander

Quincy Jones

2023 Black History Month Recognitions

Theme - Black Resistance
Celebrating the stories of national, state, and local icons, leaders and heroes whose contributions created change

Viola Davis

W.E.B. Du Bois

Barbara Lee

Zora Neale Hurston

Nicole Hannah-Jones, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Roxane Gay.

Bill Russell

A. Philip Randolph

Coretta Scott King

Serena Williams

2022 Black History Month Recognitions

Theme - Black Health and Wellness
Celebrating the stories of individuals whose work centered around the health and vitality of Black Americans

Carter G Woodson

Maya Angelou

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Shirley Chisholm

Barbara Jordan

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Ben F. Gross

Barack Obama

Frederick Roberts

bell hooks

James Baldwin

Nadine Burke Harris

Glenn Burke

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Iola Williams

Additional Black History Month Recognitions

The D3 Team recognizes Black History Month to celebrate the contributions of Black & African Americans along with recognitions for Women's History Month, AANHPI Heritage Month, PRIDE Month, Muslim Americans, and more where we have celebrated Black & African American individuals. Click on the their images to read more about the people we have recognized.  

Michelle Obama

Amanda Gorman

Tina Turner - Anna Marie Bullock

Audre Lorde

Bayard Rustin

Billy DeFrank

Brittney Griner

Fannie Lou Hamer

Jerrod Carmichael

Marie Harrison

Marsha P Johnson

Naomi Osaka

Nuria Fernandez

Ru Paul and Sasha Colby

Sarina Bolden

Judge Sharon Chatman

Todrick Hall

Travon Free