We are pleased to present this Multi-Cultural Calendar as an aid to help you celebrate diversity and achievement in the classroom.
You will not find certain religious, ethnic and other dates on this perpetual calendar because those dates change from year to year.
Easter, for example, moves from date to date. Jewish holidays are always on the same date but on the Jewish calendar which does not coordinate with the calendar years commonly used. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday anniversary is always the same day, but the date it is celebrated does not always fall on the same date.
For this reason, for multicultural observances, you will need to supplement the calendar here with a current year’s calendar. This calendar is not intended to be all-inclusive, but the Fitz Turner Commission welcomes additions.
Calendar created by the VEA Fitz Turner Commission
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September
National Hispanic Heritage Month 2 Queen Lydia Kamakaeha Liluokalani 9 Arthur Ashe, Jr. First African-American to win U.S. Open Tennis Championship 1968 10 John Mercer Langston First African-American to hold elected office in U.S. born 1855
12 Jessie Owens
14 Constance Baker Motley
Indian chief born 1877 Tommie DePaolo Author born 1934 16 Grito de Dolures 23 Ray Charles 26 Winnie Mandela
27 Hiram R. Revels 28 Juan Rodriguez de Cabrillo 29 National Urban League
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