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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May
Asian-Pacific Island Month
Bike Safety Month Suicide Prevention Month 1 May Day 3 Golda Meir 4 George Abrams 5 Cinco de Mayo 6 Passage of Chinese Exclusion Act 8 King Kamehameha I 13 Joe Lewis 15 Joseph A. Califano 17 Brown vs. Board of Education 23 Alicia De Larrocha 26 Leslie Uggams 28 James Francis “Jim” Thorpe 29 John F. Kennedy 31 Memorial Day< |
