Black History Month Virtual Festival Schedule

Feb 1

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Black Presence in Sci-Fi, Anime and Comics

Feb 7

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

VISIONS OF AMERICA: ALL STORIES, ALL PEOPLE, ALL PLACES Discovering 18th & Vine in Kansas City Stories of African American History and Culture

Feb 8

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Street Art in the African American Community

Feb 13

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Afro-centrism and American Kinship: A Visual Exploration

Feb 14

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Cheryl Wills – Isn’t The Grace Amazing

Feb 15

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Impact of the Arts in the Gullah Geechee Community

Feb 17

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Pen to Screen: Writing and Telling Black History

Feb 20

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

ASALH Book Prize Event

Feb 22

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Harmony of Freedom: Echoes from the Underground Railroad

Feb 24

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Author’s Book Signing

Feb 24

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

2024 Pre-Luncheon Events

Feb 24

12:00 pm - 3:30 pm

98th Annual Black History Festival Luncheon

$175 – $200

Feb 28

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

PBS Books Readers Club | Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Feb 1

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Opening Ceremony and Culture for Service, Service for Humanity

Feb 4

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Pen to Screen: Writing and Telling Black History, A Conversation with Julian Breece and Valerie Maholmes

Feb 6

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Vice President’s Black Wife

Feb 11

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

2025 ASALH Book Prize

Feb 13

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Reshaping of Racial Labor

Feb 19

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

PBS Books Conversation with Mary Frances Berry

Feb 22

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Black History Month Luncheon Author’s Book Signing Event

Feb 22

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Annual Black History Month Luncheon