African-American Heritage Month
National Dental Month
1 Langston Hughes. African-American poet, born 1902.
2 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848.
Groundhog Day
4 Dean Chavers. North Carolina Lumbee Indian educator, born 1941.
Rosa Parks. African-American civil rights activist, born 1913.
5 Constitution Day (in Mexico).
Henry “Hank” Aaron. African-American baseball player, broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, born 1934.
9 Alice Walker. African-American author, born 1944.
10 Leontyne Price. African-American opera singer, born 1927.
12 Abraham Lincoln. 16th U.S. President, born 1827.
13 “The Renaissance.” First Black professional basketball team organized, 1923
14 Valentine’s Day
Frederick Douglass. African-American orator, politician, born 1817.
Race Relations Day
15 Susan B. Anthony Day. Social reformer, pioneer crusader for women, born 1820.
17 Julia De Burgos. Puerto Rican poet, born 1914.
Marian Anderson. African-American singer, born 1902.
18 Sholom Aleichem. Jewish-Yiddish writer, born 1895.
Toni Morrison. African-American author, born 1931.
19 U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima.
20 Sidney Poitier. African-American entertainer, born 1927.
21 Barbara Jordan. African-American Congresswoman, born 1936.
22 Julius “Dr. J” Erving. African-American athlete, born 1950.
George Washington. 1st U.S. president, born 1732.
23 W.E.B. DuBois. African-American author, born 1868.
