Museums Advancing Racial Justice As gathering places for conversation and exploration within our communities, museums are an important part of America’s cultural fabric. As part of its Our Shared Future: Reckoning
This November, the Margaret Walker Center is hosting the 50th anniversary reconvening of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival in Jackson! In 1973, Margaret Walker hosted a groundbreaking conference for Black women writers for the
Join the Slave Legacy History Coalition 2023 monthly meeting on November 8th, 2023 at 10:30 am via Zoom. Presenter: Emelie Gevalt, Curator of Folk Art, American Folk Art Museum Time: November
En Foco Media Arts Fund 2024: Works-In-Progress Initiative Contact Email: grants@enfoco.org Application Opens: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | 12:00AM Deadline: Saturday, January 27, 2024 | 11:59PM Description: The fourth Annual En Foco Media
Virtual: Get ready to rock your socks off with the legendary Sweet Honey in the Rock! Join us for an epic online event that celebrates 50 years of their soul-stirring music.
On Friday, December 1st, world renowned, Kansas City jazz legend Lonnie McFadden will headline the annual Soul of Santa Holiday Benefit Fundraiser. This year’s concert is billed as a “Very
With a long and distinguished career as a scholar and public servant, who spent a decade representing Ward 2 on the Jackson City Council, Dr. McLemore was a founding member
Friends of John H. Johnson Museum Celebration Set In Honor of Johnson The great grandson of slaves, John H. Johnson was born January 19, 1918, in Arkansas City, Arkansas, and
The Environmental Justice Academy launched in the spring of 2023 and is an outgrowth of the Women's Environmental Leadership initiative. the Academy aims to promote environmental justice in communities of color
Presented as part of the From Slavery to Freedom Film Series, “Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People” explores the role of photography in shaping the identity,
Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá: The Afro Latin Dilemma: Part of both (Black and Latin), excluded by both, which will take place at The Gala Theatre, Washington D.C. on February 7, 2024,
In celebration of Black History Month 2024, the sites of National Capital Parks-East: Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, Fort Washington
Discover how art provides imprisoned people with a voice during the 10th Annual Black History Month Lecture. Presented by the History Center’s African American Program, this in-person lecture featuring Dr.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH FESTIVAL LUNCHEON TICKETS ON SALE! EARLY BIRD PRICING – EXPIRES DEC. 31 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2024 12:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. EST The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
NCPH DIVERSITY TRAVEL AWARD Four $500 travel grants to support attendance at the NCPH Annual Meeting for representatives of minority-supporting institutions, including but not limited to universities (including HBCUs, HSIs, etc.),
The National Park Service is accepting applications for the third round of funding for the Semiquincentennial Grant Program. This grant program was created by Congress in 2020 to support the preservation
Callaloo Literary Journal Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival 50th Anniversary Conference: Call For Papers Abbreviated Description We invite those who participated in the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival’s 50th Anniversary to submit
The 2024 Academic Program Committee is proud to announce that it is now accepting proposals for the 109th Annual Meeting and Conference to be held September 25– 29, 2024 in Pittsburgh,
The Margaret Walker Center invites proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the 18th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 5 & 6,
Join Dr. Vedet Coleman-Robinson to celebrate the first National Black Women’s Labor Day and see the exclusive screening of the powerful documentary “Invisible Warriors” that pays homage to the 600,000