Ladies First: 2027 Black History Wall Calendar

Black women have never waited for permission. They organized when they could not vote, sang when the hall was closed to them, argued cases in courtrooms that had never seated someone who looked like them, and kept showing up until the door gave. Ladies First gathers twelve of them, each with a full-page portrait and a written profile of what she changed. This Black history calendar honors these phenomenal women.

Michelle Obama made history as the first African American First Lady, serving from 2009 to 2017 while launching Let's Move! and Let Girls Learn. A Princeton graduate with a Harvard law degree, she has continued as an author and advocate, reaching millions through Becoming and the Obama Foundation.

Marian Anderson was a contralto whose voice broke barriers in music and civil rights alike. Denied Constitution Hall in 1939, she sang instead on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial before 75,000 people, and in 1955 became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera.

Loretta Lynch was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve as Attorney General of the United States in 2015. She led the Justice Department through investigations into policing practices in Ferguson, Baltimore, and Chicago.

Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black woman elected to the United States Senate, winning Illinois in 1992. She later served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.

Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, which in 1959 became the first play by a Black woman produced on Broadway. At twenty-nine, she was the youngest American and the first Black playwright to win the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.

Queen Latifah won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1995 for "U.N.I.T.Y.," the first female rapper to take that award. She went on to an Oscar nomination for Chicago and became the first female rapper with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Ella Fitzgerald earned the title First Lady of Song across a career of thirteen Grammy Awards. At the first Grammy ceremony in 1958, she became the first Black woman ever to win one.

Quinta Brunson created, writes, and stars in Abbott Elementary. In 2024, she became the first Black woman in more than forty years to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and only the second ever.

Sheryl Swoopes was the first player signed to the WNBA in 1997. A three-time league MVP and three-time Olympic gold medalist, she was also the first woman to have a Nike signature basketball shoe.

Alice Coachman cleared the high jump bar in London in 1948 and became the first Black woman from any country to win an Olympic gold medal. She returned home to a segregated Georgia that would not let her speak at her own welcome ceremony.

Mamie "Peanut" Johnson pitched for the Indianapolis Clowns from 1953 to 1955, one of only three women ever to play in the Negro Leagues. She stood five foot three and struck out men who outweighed her by eighty pounds.

Paulette Brown became the first woman of color to lead the American Bar Association in its history, serving as president from 2015 to 2016. She spent more than forty-five years in practice and built her tenure around diversity in the legal profession.

Black history facts and milestone dates run through every date block alongside the profiles, so the history keeps going between the portraits. The daily squares stay roomy enough for birthdays, appointments, deadlines, and school events, and adjacent-month mini calendars let you see what is coming without flipping ahead.

Browse the full Black history collection for more calendars, art, and gifts.

The calendar measures 12 x 12 inches closed and opens to 12 x 24 inches on the wall. Premium full-color printing throughout, stapled binding that turns pages cleanly all year. It covers January through December 2027 and marks all major holidays alongside significant dates in African American history.

It earns wall space in a classroom, a sorority house, a law office, a salon, or a girl's bedroom. Give it to a daughter, a student, a mentor, or anyone who needs to see what the women before her already did.