On this day — November 30 in African history

Name: Shirley Chisholm, who became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress and later the fi…
Start: 1924

Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.

Today

Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1924

Shirley Chisholm, who became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress and later the first Black candidate for a major party's presidential nomination, was born in Brooklyn.

Sources: U.S. National Archives ; National Women's History Museum

Birth

Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1966

Barbados gained independence from the United Kingdom, ending over three centuries of British colonial rule.

Sources: The National Archives (UK legislation) ; Encyclopaedia Britannica

Independence

Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2021

Barbados became a parliamentary republic exactly 55 years after independence, with Sandra Mason sworn in as the country's first president, replacing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.

Sources: BBC News ; Reuters ; The Guardian

Politics