It's More Than History
History Calendars
The African American Heritage Society of Maury County published its first history calendar in 2015, Rosenwald Schools.
The latest in the series of History Calendars, "Hidden Figures of Maury County” has been published for 2025. These calendars have been an excellent source of revenue as well as a tool to document “little known African American history facts.”
2025 – Hidden Figures of Maury County:
The 2025 African American history calendar features individuals who were born in Maury County or decided to make Maury County home and worked to build communities to raise their families with businesses, benevolent societies, churches, and schools; and join in the fight for civil rights from the 1860s to the 1960s. You will note that the desire to build communities was multi-generational… members of the next generation continued the effort to build African American communities, such as the John Smith Gilmore, and Edmund Kelly families and their efforts extended beyond the boundaries of their immediate neighborhood. The individuals featured in this calendar were selected because of their contributions or role in an event that had an impact on this county, state, or country.
2024 – African American High School Coaches:
The 2024 African American history calendar is dedicated to the coaches who, before 1968, taught their students good sportsmanship while making sure that they had a fun and safe experience when participating in their favorite sport. It features the coaches who transitioned from segregated to desegregated schools in the late 1960s, the longtime middle school coaches, and those coaches who are making history in Maury County today. We hope it helped viewers to appreciate the history of these coaches… wins and losses, and for teaching their students life lessons such as fairness, integrity, responsibility, and respect.
2023 – Voices of Maury County:
The 2023 African American history calendar features African Americans of Maury County who fought for the right to an education, the right to vote, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion from the Reconstruction Era through Desegregation. We hope that it helped viewers to appreciate the struggles and successes of Maury county’s African Americans who worked to advance democracy for future generations.
2022 - African American Doctors & Lawyers
The 2022 African American history calendar features Maury County natives who pursued careers in the fields of law and medicine. The individuals selected must have graduated from one of the past or present high schools in Maury County.
2021 - The World of Sports
The 2021 African American history calendar features some of Maury County’s professional athletes including some who played with the Negro Baseball League.
2020 - African American Women of Maury County
The 2020 African American history calendar features women who have contributed in the fields of arts, education, community activism, medicine, military, and sports.
2018 - 2019 African American Activist and Politicians
The 2018-2019 two year African American history calendar features Maury County the elected officials, past and present, and activist, those individuals who participated in activities intended to achieve political or social change for the betterment of the African American Community.
2017 - Making a Way for Themselves: African American Entrepreneurs
The 2017 African American history calendar features some of the entrepreneurs and the business they established from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.
2016 - African American Churches
The 2016 African American history calendar features with churches with congregations that were at 135 years old. In addition, photographs of churches with congregation over 100 year old are included.
2015 - Rosenwald Schools
The 2015 African American History Calendar features 14 Rosenwald Schools, established in the 1920s and 1930s to address the inadequate education of African Americans in Maury County.
