Art
Gary
What Do You Believe?
Works By Alejandra Mosquesda
Marshall J Gardner Center for the Arts
540 S. Lake St.
Opening: Fri, Jun 12, 6p-8p

Washington, DC
A Black Artists of DC (BADC) Exhibition
MLK Library, Floor 5
901 G Street, NW
Now through Sun, Jun 14
Including artist you will find in POH: Claudia "Aziza" Gibson-Hunter, Harlee H. Little Jr., Alec Simpson, and Prelli Anthony Williams

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
London, UK
The UK Black Business Entrepreneurs Conference 2026
NatWest 250 Bishopsgate
Wed, Jul 8, 9a-5p

Washington, D.C.
The APPEAL
Inaugural Black Empowerment Conference
Fri, Sep 25-Sun, Sep 27, 2026

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Festivals
Washington
African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute
34th Annual Ancestral Commemoration & River Walk Healing Ceremony
Union Temple
1225 W Street, SE
Sat, June 13, 10a

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Ceremony
Mississauga, Ontario
Black Diamond Awards Gala
Maple Banquet Hall
1325 Eglinton Ave E
Fri, Jun 19, 7p

Conferences
Montego Bay, Jamaica
11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference
Montego Bay Convention Centre
Mon, Jun 15-Wed, Jun 17

Nairobi Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Conference 2026 Hyatt Place Hotel
Tue, Jun 16, 9a

Concerts
Gary Greater Gary Music Fest
Railcats Stadium
Sat, Jun 27, noon-8p

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
Anti-Racism in Islam
Muslims for Progressive Values
Sat, Jun 27, 10p ET

Online
Checking the Facts: Challenging Common Myths About Trans Lives
Woodhull Freedom Foundation
Tue, Jun 30, 3:30p-4:30p

Lack of Black Males at Howard University

Exhibits
Alexandria
Moss H. Kendrix: Reframing the Black Image
Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe Street

Health
San Francisco
8th Annual Glaucoma Patient Summit
Grand Hyatt San Francisco
Fri, Jun 12-Sat, Jun 13

Festivals
Brikama
The Gambia Balanta Youth Development Association
Balanta Cultural Heritage Exhibition
Presentation of Mary Nursery School
Sat, Jun 13

Washington
African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute
34th Annual Ancestral Commemoration & River Walk Healing Ceremony
Union Temple
1225 W Street, SE
Sat, Jun 13, 10a

Gary
LAKE EFFEKT Street Art Festival
South Lake Street
Sat, Jun 13-Sun, Jun 14, 1p-6p

Philadelphia
Odunde Street Festival
23rd and South Streets
Sun, Jun 14

Nairobi
OUT Film Festival 2026
Goethe-Institut Kenia, No. 3
Monrovia Street Maendeleo House
Wed. Jun 17-Sat, Jun 20

Washington, D.C.
PanAfrican Festival
Lansburgh Park
1098 Delaware Ave, SW
Sat, Jun 27, 1p-7p

Brooklyn, New York
International Arts Festival
Lincoln Terrrace
299 Buffalo Avenue
Fri, Jul 3-Sat, Jul 5, 10a-9p

Kololi
Gambia International Jazz Festival
Kairaba Beach Hotel
Mon, Nov 9-Sun, Nov 15

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Museums
New York City
100: A Century of Collection, Community and Creativity Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Through Tue, Jun 30

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Film
George Washington Carver rap by Ernest Super Cooper

History
Chicago
Underground Railroad Freedom Trail Tour
Forest Preserves of Cook County
Beaubien Woods Boat Launch
Sat, Jun 13, 11a

Cambridge, MD
Harriet Tubman Center Reopening
424 Race Street
Sat, Jun 13, 12p-5p

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

Human Diversity
Sexism in the Church by Dharius Daniels

Junetenth
Richmond, VA
A Freedom Celebration
Elegba Folklore Society
Sat, Jun 13-Sun, Jun 14

Suitland, MD
Juneteenth Block Party
4719 Silver Hill Road
Sun, Jun 14, 12p-3p

Encinitas, CA
Juneteenth
710 S Coast Highway 101
Sun, Jun 14, 1p-5p

Chicago
"Our Juneteenth Prelude"
Celebrating Freedom and Black Expression
Black Ensemble Theater
4450 North Clark Street
Thu, Jun 18, 6:30p

Language
Online
Portland Community College
Conversational Pular, ADLaM Alphabet and the Fulani Culture
Sats,Apr 4-Jun 6, 10a-11:20a

In Memoriam
Dr. Karamo Sonko
Peabo Bryson
Tim Davis

Museums
Chicago
The Obama Presidential Center
Opens Fri, Jun 19

New York City
100: A Century of Collection, Community and Creativity Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Through Tue, Jun 30

San Francisco
Unbound: Art, Blackness and the Universe
Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission St (at 3rd)
Closes Sun, Aug 16

Los Angeles
The California African American Museum
A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West
Tue, Mar 24 – Sun, Sep 13

Los Angeles
The California African American Museum
The Sound of Gordon Parks
Tue, Apr 7-Sun, Sep 13

Money
How the FIRE Movement is Inspiring Early Retirees

Photography
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985
Los Angeles
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Tue, Feb 24–Sun, Jun 14, 2026

Jackson, MS
Mississippi Museum of Art
Sat, Jul 25–Sun, Nov 8, 2026

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Theater
Washington, D.C.
Othello
Harman Hall
610 F Street NW
Tue, May 19–Sun, Jun 28

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Politics
Harlem,NY
No War On Cuba
125 and 7th Avenue
Sat, Jun 20, 1p

Encircled, starved and killed: The siege of Sudan's el-Fasher

The GOP has a War on Black America

Imagine #Trump with no guardrails - Kamala Harris

Black Man Speaks to Arabs and Others

Why Harris Said She Will Never Do Anything Just for Black Folks - A Legal Perspective

Reparations
Curricular Resources:
Reparations Math and Reparations History

Shopping/Restaurants
Fair Oaks, VA
Niani Gallery’s Jewelry Artist Louis Sangere-King
Artopia Fine Art Gallery
Fair Oaks Mall (near Macy's Upper Level)

Sports
Philadelphia
Brazil vs. Haiti (World Cup)
Lincoln Financial Field
Fri, Jun 19

Technology
ChatGPT Tutorial - A Crash Course on Chat GPT for Beginners

Television/Online
Richard III
PBS Great Performances
See Watch Full Episode

Online
Clean Slate with LaVerne Cox and George Wallace

Theater
Washington, D.C.
Othello
Harman Hall
610 F Street NW
Tue, May 19–Sun, Jun 28

New York
FIVE SESSIONS…A War in Therapy
Barrio Independent Productions
Factory Series at Chain Theatre
312 W. 36th Street
May 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 & 31

Chicago
Men Of Soul
Black Ensemble Theater
4450 Clark St
Sat, Jun 20-Sun, Aug 2