Celebrate Black History Month with Guest Speakers, Performances, Exhibits and More

African Americans and the Arts at Alachua County Library District Headquarters
Thursday, February 1, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Perspectives in the Park: Turning Pine into Turpentine: and other Miraculous Histories of Black Farmers in Alachua County with Porshè Chiles at Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Par
Sunday, February 4, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Museum Nights: Vibrant Africa at the Harn Museum of Art
Thursday, February 8, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Name, Image, and Blackness: Race and College Football with Dr. Leonard N. Moore at A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center
Thursday, February 15, 4 p.m.

City of Hope: Mobilizing Communities with Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Ph.D. at A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center
Thursday, February 15, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Black Spaces Art Exhibition at the Historic Thomas Center
Friday, February 16, 7 p.m.

The Florida Invitational Step Show: FISSNIK: The Stroll at Depot Park
Saturday, February 17, 11:45 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The Florida Invitational Step Show: FISS2K24: The Homecoming at UF Phillips Center
Saturday, February 17, 6 p.m.

Celebrating Black History Pop-Up Market at Anthropologie
Saturday, February 17, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Black History Month: Frederick Douglass and Capt. John Brown at Alachua County Library District Headquarters
Sunday, February 18, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Explore the Alachua County Digital Black Heritage Trail Map (pdf)

Black in Natural History Museums Scavenger Hunt at the Florida Museum of Natural History

Learn About the Legacy of an Inspirational Educator at the A Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center

View African American History and Culture at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center

View the Online Exhibit “We’re Tired of Asking” with the Matheson History Museum

Black History Month Resources from the University of Florida

Black History Month with the Alachua County Library District

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