On February 18 and 19, The 1619 Project will host the second 1619 Education Conference. This free, virtual, two-day event will feature a stellar lineup of keynote speakers and panelists, including Ibram X. Kendi, Martha S. Jones, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Kimberly Henderson, Cornelius Eady, A. Van Jordan, and Tim Seibles. It will also offer participants the opportunity […]
This Festival Session features author Dr. Timothy E. Nelson discussing his book, Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier (1900-1930).
This Festival Session features author Rohulamin Quander discussing his book, The Quanders: Since 1684, an Enduring African American Legacy,
This Festival Session features author Ruben Britt Jr. discussing his book, Black and Powerful: A Career Guide for Tomorrow's Top Leaders.
This Festival Session features author Mary L Romney-Schaab discussing her book, An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German.
This Festival Session features author Tony Warner discussing his book, Black History Walks in London: Volume 1.
This Festival Session features author Elizabeth Eckford discussing the book, The Worst First Day: Bullied While Desegregating Central High
This Festival Session features author Dr. Virginia Summey discussing his book, The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within The Courts.
This Festival Session features author Dr. Brian Jones discussing his book, The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History.
A summit consisting of conversations, connections, and tournaments; introducing Black College students to Black corporate partners & entrepreneurs in the gaming/esports industry.
Glasgow has historically been a site of Black activism and resistance. From speeches by Black abolitionists and civil rights activists such as Frederick Douglass and Sarah Remond, to the establishment […]
This Festival Session features moderator Judi Moore Latta and panelists Shauna M. Morgan, Tony Medina and Frank X Walker.
POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH - This Festival Session features author Dr. Lisa Brock.
This Festival Session features reporter Jonathan Abrams of the New York Times and reporter Angela Idowu of WTTW.
This Festival Session features presenters W. Marvin Dulaney, Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham Vince Vaise, and Michael Chambers.
Nurses from the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, c. 1940. Photo courtesy of Temple University, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection. The Story of Mercy-Douglass Hospital is about two […]
Reva Goodwin Lewie has been a pioneer for not only the Baltimore area as a native, but including her activism in the Civil Rights Movement. As an art educator, Mrs. Lewie thrived in connecting with the youth.
Visitors will get a rare chance to honor Black History Month by literally walking in the footsteps of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
Visitors will get a rare chance to honor Black History Month by literally walking in the footsteps of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. In this spellbinding first person delivery "Dr. Woodson" will take visitors from the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site on an interpretive journey to Dr. Woodson's residence in the Shaw Neighborhood.
Farrell Carey, a Youth Ambassador at the Levine Center to End Hate and sophomore at Vertus High school in Rochester, New York, will discuss his research on the Black Panthers and the Weather Underground.
This Festival Session features moderator Omar Eaton-Martinez and panelists Nathaniel Moore, Cheylon Woods, and Felicia Bell.
A dialogue with an intergenerational group, to include youth from Phokeng Village, South Africa, Bafokeng Nation, and youth from Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, Prince George's County Truth Branch of ASALH, discussing this year's Black History Theme: Black Resistance, relative to the similarities faced by Black youth around the world and the solutions they envision.