Looking for ways to commemorate and reflect on the history and culture of the African American community? Check out one of these great events taking place around Durham throughout the month of February.

Lecture – “History of the Civil Rights Movement”
February 12, 2018
North Carolina Central University – Edmonds Classroom bldg room 207
1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
7pm
FREE admission
(919) 530-5440

Film Screening – “Wilmington on Fire”
February 15, 2018
Full Frame Theater at the Power Plant
320 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701
7-9pm
FREE, but ticket required
(919) 672-5549

Hayti Heritage Film Festival
February 15, 2018 – February 17, 2018 (Recurring daily)
St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation/Hayti Heritage Center
804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27701
Various times
(919) 683-1709

Lecture – “Over-Paid, Over-Sexed, Over-Here: Black American GIs in World War II Britain”
February 15, 2018
North Carolina Central University – Edmonds Classroom bldg room 201A
1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
11:45am
(919) 530-5440

Film Screening – “Tell Them We are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities”
February 19, 2018
North Carolina Central University – Edmonds Classroom bldg, room 207
1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
9pm

The Hip Hop South: Regina Bradley & Mark Anthony Neal
February 19, 2018
Hayti Heritage Center
804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27701
7-8:30pm
Free and open to the public
(919) 660-3052

Annual Black History Music Program
February 21, 2018
B.N. Duke Auditorium
1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
7pm

Symone Sanders, democratic strategist and political commentator
February 21, 2018
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
7pm

A Public Poetry Reading and Panel Discussion of the Life and Memoir of Elizabeth Keckley
February 22, 2018
North Carolina Central University – James E. Shepard Library, Second floor
1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
At 10:40 Break
(919) 530-5440

Stagville Under The Stars
February 23, 2018
Historic Stagville
5828 Old Oxford Hwy, Durham, NC 27712
6-8pm
FREE
(919) 620-0120

Meet the Heroes: an Interactive Black History Event
February 24, 2018
New Creation United Methodist Church
806 Clarendon St, Durham, NC 27713
10am-1pm
FREE! Please consider bringing a gently used book to donate for a Harvest Book Drive.

Keynote Speaker Dr. Kamaal McClarin
February 26, 2018
North Carolina Central University – Hubbard-Totten Auditorium
1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
6:30pm

Louis Austin and the Carolina Times: A Life in the Long Black Freedom Struggle
February 27, 2018
North Carolina Central University – Hubbard-Totten Auditorium
1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
6pm
(919) 530-5440

Another great way to celebrate the legacy of Durham’s African American community is to share your story in the Museum of Durham History’s Story Room! Do you remember the Civil Rights era in Durham? Do you have traditions and stories passed down through the generations? Use the museum’s recording studio to tell your story and become part of history– maybe it will be used in a piece like this one. All recordings will be archived and be made accessible in their entirety on our Soundcloud page.