Atlanta
Amy Sherald: American Sublime
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St NE
Through Sun, Sep 27
Books
Harlem Book Fair
Harlem State Office Building
163 West 125th Street
Sat, Aug 29, 10 6p
Business
Washington, D.C.
The APPEAL
Inaugural Black Empowerment Conference
Fri, Sep 25-Sun, Sep 27, 2026
Education
Online/In-Person
Brookings Institution
Top priorities for US-Africa relations in
an era of great power competition:
Trade, investment, critical minerals, and security
Thu, July 23,10a–11:30
Registration
Concerts
Roots Picnic London
Crystal Palace Bowl
Sat, Aug 8 and Sun, Aug 9
Raleigh, NC
Race Forward Conference
Thu, Nov 12-Sat, Nov 14
Education
Online/In-Person
Brookings Institution
Top priorities for US-Africa relations in
an era of great power competition:
Trade, investment, critical minerals, and security
Thu, July 23,10a–11:30
Registration
Lack of Black Males at Howard University
Exhibits
Alexandria
Moss H. Kendrix: Reframing the Black Image
Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe Street
Festivals
Kololi
Gambia International Jazz Festival
Kairaba Beach Hotel
Mon, Nov 9-Sun, Nov 15
History
Alexandria
Follow the Path of Liberty
with C.R. Gibbs
Charles Houston Recreation Center
901 Wythe St
Sun 12, July 2:30p
Film
George Washington Carver rap by Ernest Super Cooper
History
Alexandria
Follow the Path of Liberty
with C.R. Gibbs
Charles Houston Recreation Center
901 Wythe St
Sun, July 12, 2:30p
On June 16, 1976, students in Soweto township decided to protest a government policy requiring that all classes be taught in Afrikaans, the language of South Africa's rulers.
1976 – The Photography Legacy Project
Online
2026 International Day of Remembrance Researching Olaudah Equiano, the African with Professors Paul Lovejoy and Corey Walker
Online
The Gilder Lehrman Center (GLC) for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at The MacMillan Center at Yale University with Elizabeth Griffith
European Slavery from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Transatlantic Trade: The British Isles
