sojourners for JUSTICE press 2026 calendar
Williana Jones Burroughs Born on January 2, 1882. Zora neale hurston Born on January 7, 1981.
afeni shakur Born on January 10, 1947.
amy ashWood garvey Born on January 10, 1987.
Flo Kennedy born on February 11,
Audre Lorde born on FebruAry 18, 1934.
nina simone born on February 21, 1933.
AugustA sAvAge born on MArch 26 or 27, 1962. Claudia Jones born on February 21, 1915.
Black History Month
Claudia Jones founded West indian gaZette and afro-asian CariBBean neWs in marCh 1958. her 1959 Carnival in london led to notting hill Carnival.
viCtoria earle mattheWs died on marCh 10, 1907. dorothy height Born on marCh 24, 1912.
marvel Cooke Born on april 4, 1903.
maya angelou Born april 4, 1928.
Billie holiday Born on april 7, 1915. eliZaBeth Catlett Born on april 15, 1915. Billie holiday reCorded “strange fruit” on april 20, 1939.
Lorraine Hansberry born on May 19, 1930.
Joan Bird acquitted during the Panther 21 trial on
Regina andeRson andRews boRn on May 21, 1901.
Williana Jones Burroughs Born on January 2, 1882.
a’lelia Walker Born on June 6, 1885.
mae mallory Born on June 9, 1927.
haZel sCott Born on June 11, 1920.
THU WED TUE MON SUN
The 1950s Red Scare devastated the careers of many progressive artists, especially Black women already facing racism and sexism in entertainment. Hazel Scott, Fredi Washington, Lena Horne, and Shirley Graham Du Bois were all named in Red Channels and blacklisted as alleged communists by ABC.
haZel sCott BeCame the first BlaCk Woman to host her oWn tv shoW on July 3, 1950.
salaria kee Born on July 13, 1913.
Queen mother moore Born on July 27, 1898.
Hazel Scott
Fredi Washington
Lena Horne
QUEEN MOTHER MOORE ATTENDED THE SIxTH PAN-AFRIcAN cONgRESS IN TANzANIA ORgANIzED by MAE MAllORy IN AUgUST 1974 AlONgSIDE NOTAblE FIgURES SUcH AS AMIlcAR cAbRAl AND MARcUS gARvEy.
Amilcar Cabral Marcus Garvey Queen Mother Moore dorothy height spoke during martin luther king Jr.’s marCh on Washington on august 28, 1963.
SOJOURNERS FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE
the soJourners for truth and JustiCe held their inaugural meeting in Washington, d.C., from septemBer 29 to oCtoBer 1, 1951 inCluding attendees louise thompson patterson, Charlotta Bass, marvel Cooke, Beah riChards & more.
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louise thomson patterson Born on septemBer 9, 1901.
Beah Richards Marvel Cooke Eslanda Robeson
Shirley Du Bois
THe peOpLe MUsT KNOW BeFOre THeY CAN ACT, AND THere Is NO eDUCATOr TO COMpAre WITH THe press. IDA B. WeLLs
1982.
haZel sCott died on oCtoBer 2,
viCtoria earle mattheWs died oCtoBer 1907.
Eslanda GoodE RobEson boRn on dEcEmbER 15,
Fredi Washington born on december 23, 1903.
madame c.J. Walker born on december 23, 1967.
MadaMe Stephanie St. Clair born on deCeMber 24, 1987.
Selma Burke Born on DecemBer 31, 1900.
SJP 2026 CALENDAR
designed By Cindy lau & neta Bomani
Harlem is botH an idea and a place. WHat became knoWn as tHe “black mecca” began as a farming village inHabited first by tHe lenape before tHe dutcH colonized. tHe first black people in Harlem, botH freed and enslaved, Worked on farms in tHe area knoWn as nieW Haarlem. nieW Haarlem Was formally establisHed as a settlement by peter stuyvesant in 1658 and named after tHe dutcH city of Haarlem. for generations, tHe sole connection betWeen nieW Haarlem and nieW amsterdam Was a diagonal road built on an old native patH: a street We noW call broadWay.
learn more about tHe extraordinary contributions of tHe radical black Women of Harlem WHo built community, fougHt for freedom, and imagined otHer futures, including ella baker, Joan bird, selma burke, marvel cooke, sHirley graHam du bois, billie Holiday, lena Horne, zora neale Hurston, claudia Jones, mae mallory, victoria earle mattHeWs, Queen motHer moore, augusta savage, Hazel scott, afeni sHakur, nina simone, soJourners for trutH and Justice (louise tHompson patterson, eslanda goode robeson, sHirley graHam du bois), and fredi WasHington.
Zora Neale HurstoN
Claudia Jones founded West indian gaZette and afro-asian CariBBean neWs in marCh 1958. her 1959 Carnival in london led
hill Carnival.