Events celebrating Black History Month across Arkansas

Celebrating Black History Month in Belleville

This February, the City of Belleville is celebrating Black History Month with a number of events and activities.

Events celebrating Black History Month across Arkansas

Engaging conversations, documentary screenings, and more will be happening in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley to celebrate Black History Month.

Celebrating 100 years of Black History Month

In February 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week, driven by his frustration with American textbooks that omitted Black contributions and academic institutions that ignored Black scholarship altogether.  Woodson, the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, understood that history was being weaponized through omission. One hundred years later, the observance Woodson founded has grown into Black History M…

City of Belleville celebrating Black History Month with events and activities in Feb

This February, the City of Belleville is celebrating Black History Month with a number of events and activities. Belleville Public Library will host guest speaker Nikki Clarke on Feb. 28 from 2 to 3 p.m., who will speak about the stories of early Black settlers, family legacies, and the region’s connections to freedom-seeking routes and community building, during her special presentation, Black Roots in Belleville and the Quinte Region: Why Blac…

Black History Month Events and Celebrations in New Jersey

COURTESY OF AMOR / “Enraptured,” part of Art of the Witness Stones February is Black History Month, and there are educational events that celebrate the achievements and contributions of Black Americans, as well as African culture in general, happening throughout New Jersey all month. Throughout February A Century of Black History Commemorations Maplewood The 2026 theme marks 100 years since the first national celebration of Black History Month. …