Events in December 2025

  • Prince Hall

    Category: Civil Rights Activists Prince Hall

    December 7, 2025

    Prince Hall

    Prince Hall (c. 1735–1807) was an American abolitionist and a leader in Boston's free Black community. He is most recognized as the founder of Prince Hall Freemasonry, the oldest and largest predominantly African American fraternal organization in the United States.

  • Madame CJ Walker

    Category: Entrepreneur Madame CJ Walker

    December 23, 2025

    Madame CJ Walker

    Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.Multiple sources mention that although other women (like Mary Ellen Pleasant) might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented.