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The Gilder Lehrman Institute's 2021 Calendar of Civil Rights Now Available

Posted by Gilder Lehrman Staff on Wednesday, 11/18/2020

The front cover of the 2021 Calendar of Civil Rights features the sign worn by Memphis sanitation workers and their supporters during their famous strike led by Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968 (Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC05954) and the "HONOR KING: END RACISM!" poster designed for a march on April 8, 1968, 4 days after Martin Luther King's Jr.'s assassination (Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC06125).The Gilder Lehrman Institute's 2021 Calendar of Civil Rights is now available for purchase.

Selected dates throughout the calendar highlight events that advanced civil rights in the United States for African Americans, women, and others from the Revolutionary era through the end of the twentieth century.

Illustrations and photographs of Americans who actively participated in the various battles for civil rights mark each month, from Shirley Chisholm to Rosa Parks.

The calendar spans September 2020 through January 2022.

Find it here.