We honor Coretta Scott King always!
2023 Calendar
"Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - you’re wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat."
Warsan Shire
MaY
Asian Heritage Month National Inventor's Month
Wednesday 3 National Teacher's Day
Monday 8 Teacher Appreciation Week begins
Tuesday 9 Happy Birthday Felicia Carmelita Hardy!
Wednesday 10 Happy Birthday Christopher Paul Curtis
Friday 12 Teacher Appreciation Week ends
Sunday 14 Happy Mother's Day
Wednesday 17 Happy Birthday Gary Paulsen!
Tuesday 30 Happy Birthday Countee Cullen!
June
Happy Pride Month
Thursday 1 National Penpal Day
Monday 5 World Environment Day
Wednesday 7 Happy Birthday Gwendolyn Brooks!
Sunday 18 Happy Father's Day
Monday 19 Juneteenth
Wednesday 21 Summer
Thursday 22 Happy Birthday Octavia Butler!
July
Friday 7 Happy Birthday Margaret Walker!
Happy Birthday Eric Jerome Dickey!
Tuesday 11 Happy Birthday E.B. White!
Wednesday 12 Happy Birthday Pablo Neruda!
Sunday 30 International Friendship Day
August
Romance Awareness Month
Wednesday 2 National Coloring Book Day
Happy Birthday James Baldwin!
Wednesday 9 Book Lover's Day
Wednesday 12 Happy Birthday Walter Dean Myers!
International Youth Day
Monday 21 Senior Citizens Day
Happy Birthday Sharon Draper!
Happy Birthday C. Cherie Hardy!
Happy Birthday Kwame Alexander!
Thursday 24 Happy Birthday Paul Coelho!
Saturday 26 Women's Equality Day
Monday 28 Happy Birthday Rita Dove!
september
Self-Improvement Month
Sunday 3 Grandparent's Day
Monday 4 Labor Day
Happy Birthday Richard Wright!
Wednesday 6 Read A Book Day
Friday 8 International Literacy Day
Wednesday 13 Happy Birthday Mildred Taylor!
Friday 15 Hispanic Heritage Month begins
Happy Birthday Agatha Christie!
National Online Learning Day
Friday 22 National Voter Registration Day
Saturday 23 Autumn
Monday 25 National Comic Book Day
Friday 29 Coffee Day
October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Sunday 1 International Coffee Day
Tuesday 3 Child Health Day
Thursday 5 World Teacher Day
Sunday 8 Happy Birthday Frank Herbert!
Tuesday 10 World Mental Health Day
Saturday 14 Happy Birthday E.E. Cummings!
Sunday 15 Hispanic Heritage Month ends
Happy Birthday Fanny Jackson Coppin!
Monday 16 Dictionary Day
Friday 27 National Mentoring Day
Tuesday 31 Happy Birthday Terry McMillan!
November
Native American Heritage Month
Wednesday 1 National Authors Day
Thursday 9 Happy Birthday Benjamin Banneker!
Friday 10 Happy Birthday J. California Cooper!
Saturday 11 Happy Birthday Daisy Bates!
Sunday 12 Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
December
Universal Human Rights Month
Thursday 7 Happy Birthday Pearl Cleage!
Letter Writing Day
Saturday 10 Happy Birthday Emily Dickinson!
Human Rights Day
Thursday 21 Winter
Friday 29 Happy Birthday Sharon G. Flake!
Happy Birthday Cheikh Anta Diop!
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