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365 DAYS OF BLACK EXCELLENCE—BEFORE THEY’RE GONE.
Bring Black history into your home, classroom, or office every day of 2027. Pre-order now and save before the calendar returns to its expected $25 price.
Black Excellence: The Blueprint
12 Blueprints. 365 Days of Black History.
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This is a presale. Your payment will be processed when you order. The 2027 calendar is currently in production and is estimated to ship around November 5, 2026 (approximately 4 weeks). This is an estimate, not a guaranteed delivery date.
5 YEARS
of Black History Calendars
5 SELLOUTS
Five consecutive editions sold out
365 DAYS
of Black History in the 2027 edition
Five Years of Calendars. Five Years of Sellouts.
Every year, thousands of families, educators, professionals, and community leaders turn to the Urban Intellectuals Black History Wall Calendar to keep our history visible all year long.
And every year, it sells out.
The 2027 edition is now available for presale at $19.97, before its expected regular price of $25. If you already know you want one for your home, classroom, office, church, or as a gift, do not wait until the remaining copies become difficult to find.
Reserve yours during the presale and know that your 2027 calendar is secured.
WHY THIS CALENDAR IS DIFFERENT
Black Excellence Is More Than an Achievement. It Is a Blueprint.
We are often shown Black success as if it happened by accident—or as if only a few exceptional people ever achieved it. This calendar tells the fuller story.
Across generations and continents, Black people created systems for educating our communities, telling our own stories, owning land, building nations, advancing medicine, changing laws, opening doors, and protecting knowledge.
Black Excellence: The Blueprint gives your family 12 models to study and 365 reasons to remember what is possible.
WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER INSIDE
365 Days of Discovery.
365 Black-History Facts
One meaningful person, place, event, or achievement for every day of 2027.
12 Monthly Blueprints
Discover how Black people transformed vision into lasting impact.
Powerful Monthly Profiles
Celebrated figures alongside important stories too often left out of traditional history lessons.
Black History Without Borders
Explore history from the United States, Africa, and across the global African diaspora.
Go Beyond the Calendar
QR codes and deeper-learning opportunities help you continue exploring beyond the page.
Designed for Everyday Use
Bring Black history into your home, classroom, office, church, community center, or organization.
Full-size wall calendar. Final dimensions, paper finish, and binding will be confirmed before presale checkout opens.
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12 MONTHS. 12 BLUEPRINTS.
An Entire Year of Black Excellence
Each month explores a different blueprint for building, preserving, leading, creating, and advancing.
JANUARY
STORYTELLING
Alex Haley & Roots
BLACK EXCELLENCE TELLS OUR STORY
Discover how reclaiming family history can reconnect generations and transform the way a people see themselves.
FEBRUARY
INSTITUTION BUILDING
Carter G. Woodson
BLACK EXCELLENCE PRESERVES OUR HISTORY
Meet the Father of Black History and explore how one scholar created institutions capable of protecting our story for generations.
MARCH
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Freedom’s Journal
BLACK EXCELLENCE CONTROLS THE NARRATIVE
Learn why owning the means to tell our stories has always been essential to defending our humanity and advancing our freedom.
APRIL
LAND & COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP
New Communities, Inc.
BLACK EXCELLENCE OWNS THE LAND
Explore the power of cooperative economics, collective ownership, and the struggle to build lasting independence from the ground up.
MAY
AFRICAN NATION-BUILDING
Ghana’s Independence & Kwame Nkrumah
BLACK EXCELLENCE BUILDS NATIONS
Witness how Ghana’s independence helped ignite a continental movement and expanded the global meaning of Black freedom.
JUNE
INVENTION & MEDICINE
Dr. Patricia E. Bath
BLACK EXCELLENCE INVENTS THE FUTURE
See how scientific brilliance, persistence, and purpose produced an innovation that restored sight and changed medicine.
JULY
ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE
Althea Gibson
BLACK EXCELLENCE REDEFINES THE GAME
Follow a champion who crossed racial barriers, changed her sport, and widened the field of possibility for everyone who followed.
AUGUST
BUSINESS & OPPORTUNITY
A.G. Gaston
BLACK EXCELLENCE CREATES OPPORTUNITY
Study how disciplined entrepreneurship can create jobs, strengthen communities, and provide resources for movements seeking change.
SEPTEMBER
EDUCATION & COURAGE
The Little Rock Nine
BLACK EXCELLENCE OPENS DOORS
Honor nine young people whose courage challenged a system and expanded educational opportunity for generations.
OCTOBER
LAW & JUSTICE
Thurgood Marshall
BLACK EXCELLENCE CHANGES THE LAW
Trace how legal strategy, preparation, and persistence can confront injustice and reshape a nation.
NOVEMBER
LEADERSHIP
Patricia Roberts Harris
BLACK EXCELLENCE LEADS
Meet a barrier-breaking leader whose career demonstrated that Black excellence belongs wherever consequential decisions are made.
DECEMBER
SCHOLARSHIP & KNOWLEDGE
Timbuktu & Sankoré
BLACK EXCELLENCE PRESERVES KNOWLEDGE
End the year with a powerful reminder that African scholarship, libraries, universities, and intellectual traditions helped illuminate the world.
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ONE CALENDAR. AN ENTIRE YEAR OF DISCOVERY.
More Than a Way to Track Appointments.
Place it where your family gathers. Use it to begin classroom conversations. Hang it in your office and share what you learn with coworkers. Give it to a young person who deserves to see Black achievement as part of everyday life—not a lesson reserved for February.
It is a daily invitation to learn, remember, discuss, and pass the knowledge forward.
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MADE FOR EVERY SPACE WHERE BLACK HISTORY BELONGS
Black History Belongs Everywhere.
The 2027 calendar was designed to make Black history part of everyday life—not something we revisit only once a year.
HOME
Keep Black history visible where your family gathers and start conversations throughout the year.
CLASSROOM
Turn everyday dates into opportunities for discovery and discussion.
HOMESCHOOL
Add Black history naturally to your family’s learning environment.
OFFICES & ERGs
Keep history, achievement, and conversation visible in your workplace.
CHURCHES & COMMUNITY
Bring history into libraries, churches, cultural centers, and community organizations.
MEANINGFUL GIFTS
Give relatives, teachers, coworkers, classrooms, and young people 365 opportunities to learn.
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WHY PRE-ORDER?
Why Wait Until Everyone Else Is Looking for One?
For five straight years, the Urban Intellectuals calendar has sold out. Pre-ordering allows you to reserve your 2027 copy before fulfillment begins—and before the expected price returns to $25.
Your payment is collected when you place the order. Your calendar will ship when the official 2027 edition is complete and inventory becomes available.
Pre-order today for $19.97. Save $5.03 and make sure you are not left without a calendar when they sell out again.
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QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU ORDER?
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this calendar available now?
The 2027 calendar is available for presale. It is currently in production and will not ship immediately.
Will I be charged now or when it ships?
Your payment will be processed when you place your presale order.
Why should I pre-order instead of waiting?
The Urban Intellectuals calendar has sold out every year for the past five years. Pre-ordering reserves your 2027 copy and lets you purchase it for $19.97 before the expected regular price returns to $25.
Can I order more than one?
Yes. Reserve copies for relatives, friends, teachers, coworkers, classrooms, and community organizations. For large orders, contact support@urbanintellectuals.com
What happens if my address changes before the calendar ships?
Contact support@urbanintellectuals.com as soon as possible with your order number and updated shipping address. Address changes cannot be guaranteed after an order enters fulfillment.
Will other products in my order ship immediately?
Yes.
Do you ship internationally?
Yes.
BLACK EXCELLENCE: THE BLUEPRINT
THE BLUEPRINT
IS OURS.
For 365 days, surround yourself with the stories, strategies, breakthroughs, and institutions that demonstrate what Black people have built—and what we can build next.
Our calendar has sold out every year for five years. Reserve the 2027 edition now while the presale price is only $19.97.
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