Celebrating Families Calendar

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«August 16, 2006 - September 15, 2006»
08 / 16
Start: 12:00 pm
On August 16, 1906, W.E.B. DuBois addressed the second annual meeting of the Niagara Movement, an organization of Black men fighting for equal rights. DuBois addressed the need for education reform, stating that the school districts in the South are a disgrace and that real education leads to "the development of power and ideal."
08 / 17
08 / 18
Start: 12:00 pm
The Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified on this day in 1920 after a long struggle.
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08 / 24
Start: 12:00 pm
On August 24, 1955, Emmett Till, a Chicago teenager visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, stopped in Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market with a group of friends. The African American youth allegedly spoke or whistled at Carolyn Bryant, the white proprietor. Till was abducted and killed. His body was found in the Tallahatchie river on August 31st. Although arrests were made, no convictions resulted. The widespread publicity and outrage contributed to the growth of the civil rights movement.
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09 / 7
Start: 9:00 am
Start: Sep 7 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 10 2006 - 5:00pm
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) through a grant to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) presents the 11th Annual DMC Conference.
09 / 8
(all day)
Start: Sep 7 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 10 2006 - 5:00pm
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) through a grant to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) presents the 11th Annual DMC Conference.
09 / 9
(all day)
Start: Sep 7 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 10 2006 - 5:00pm
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) through a grant to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) presents the 11th Annual DMC Conference.
09 / 10
End: 5:00 pm
Start: Sep 7 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 10 2006 - 5:00pm
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) through a grant to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) presents the 11th Annual DMC Conference.
09 / 11
Start: 12:00 pm
On September 11, 2001, hijacked airliners hit the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Virginia. Another plane was downed in Pennsylvania before it could reach its target in the nation’s capital. More than 3,000 people died in these attacks, shocking the nation and the world.
09 / 12
09 / 13
Start: 9:00 am
Start: Sep 13 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 16 2006 - 5:00pm
The Daniel Memorial Institute hosts "Growing Pains," the 19th annual independent living conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
Start: 9:00 am
Start: Sep 13 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 15 2006 - 5:00pm
Partners for Youth with Disabilities is pleased to announce that Aspire, Achieve, Empower: First National Conference on Mentoring for Youth with Diasbilities will be hosted in Boston on September 13-15, 2006.
09 / 14
(all day)
Start: Sep 13 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 16 2006 - 5:00pm
The Daniel Memorial Institute hosts "Growing Pains," the 19th annual independent living conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
(all day)
Start: Sep 13 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 15 2006 - 5:00pm
Partners for Youth with Disabilities is pleased to announce that Aspire, Achieve, Empower: First National Conference on Mentoring for Youth with Diasbilities will be hosted in Boston on September 13-15, 2006.
Start: 8:30 am
End: 10:30 am
The Alliance for Excellent Education hosts its 2006 Breakfast Forums on Promising Practices in Secondary Education in Washington, DC.
09 / 15
(all day)
Start: Sep 13 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 16 2006 - 5:00pm
The Daniel Memorial Institute hosts "Growing Pains," the 19th annual independent living conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
End: 5:00 pm
Start: Sep 13 2006 - 9:00am
End: Sep 15 2006 - 5:00pm
Partners for Youth with Disabilities is pleased to announce that Aspire, Achieve, Empower: First National Conference on Mentoring for Youth with Diasbilities will be hosted in Boston on September 13-15, 2006.
Start: 12:00 pm
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries--Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico achieved independence on September 16, and Chile on September 18.