Home » Black People Started Memorial Day On May 1st 1865 – Whites Erased It From History Black People Started Memorial Day On May 1st 1865 – Whites Erased It From History emppress May 26, 2025 Leave a Comment on Black People Started Memorial Day On May 1st 1865 – Whites Erased It From History Posted in Know Your History Share: TwitterFacebookPinterestRedditVKDiggLinkedinMix Did you know Memorial Day was started by freed enslaved people to honor fallen Union soldiers? View this post on Instagram A post shared by EMP PRESS (@emp.press) Related Articles Meet Richard T. Greener — Harvard’s First Black Graduate Finally Receives His Statue of Honor 2020 Was Exactly 2020 Days Ago From Venus Noire to Self-Love: Why Understanding Sarah Baartman’s Story Can Free Us from Beauty Standards Rest In Power Patrice Lumumba A Radical AfriKan Leader In Congo That Resisted Belgian (european) Colonialism. He Was Assassinated Jan. 17th 1961 Author: emppress Website
