1968 ASNLH Calendar (The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History)

Washington DC: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1968. 12 pp. Stapled wraps, about VG+ (toning and offsetting to front cover, internally clean).
 
For each day of the month, the calendar displays significant historical moments in African American history and culture (for example—January 19: The First African Baptist Church organized in Savannah, Georgia, 1788; March 11: Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun on Broadway; October 8: Anthony Bowen (1808-1871) teacher; organized first YMCA for Negroes in Washington, D.C., born). Of course, 1968 had its own transformative events, including Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on April 4 and the adoption of the Fair Housing Act on April 11.
 
Dr. Carter Woodson, the second African American to earn a Ph.D. at Harvard, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), now called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), in 1915. Woodson launched Negro History Week in 1926, which 50 years later expanded to the month of February and became known as Black History Month.

A significant calendar published in a pivotal year during the Civil Rights movement. No copies in commerce and not found in OCLC. Item #921

Price: $225.00