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Civic Season Kickoff: Screening of “Family History: What Inspires Genealogy Research?”

New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a special screening featuring two genealogical researchers as they discuss what sparked their passion for genealogy, the methods they use, and the work and companies they've created as a result. Dennis Richmond Jr. has written books and articles and is a frequent public speaker about his experience; his day job is teaching […]

Free

Guided Tour: African American Impact in Western Pennsylvania and Beyond

Senator John Heinz History Center 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Discover the achievements of African Americans in medicine, journalism, the arts, activism, and during World War II in the Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation exhibition. The tour will also wind through the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum to explore the city’s unmatched Negro League baseball legacy and the careers of groundbreaking Black athletes from our region.

Free

Virtual Tour of Ford’s Theatre

Ford's Theatre , United States

What was Washington, D.C., like for President Lincoln and some of the people he met and knew here? Explore his assassination at Ford’s Theatre and consider President Lincoln’s legacy. Appropriate for anyone who wants to learn about the story of Ford’s, the world of Civil War Washington and the assassination of President Lincoln. Advance registration […]

Juneteenth Festival

Penn Park 2101 Fisher St,, Madison, WI

Join the 33rd annual celebration with Kugichagulia Center for Self-Determination for a parade, plenty of musical performances, and election resources galore courtesy of the City of Madison Clerk's Office!

Free

Juneteenth Community BBQ

DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center 740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL

Join the nation's oldest independent African American Museum for a Juneteenth BBQ! Enjoy performances on both the Outdoor State and Theater Stage, plus plenty of campus activations including a game station, the Children's Pavilion, Drum Village, a petting zoo and Adler Planetarium telescopes.

Free

Civic Season Kickoff: Juneteenth Weekend Celebration in Philadelphia

Museum of the American Revolution 101 S. Third St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

From Saturday, June 17 - Monday, June 19, 2023, join the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia to celebrate Juneteenth and explore the continuing struggle for equality for all. At the Museum, visitors can explore the special exhibition "Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia," which examines the life and legacy of free Black […]

$13 – $24

Civic Season Kickoff: We The People Civics Fair

King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY, United States

King Manor is excited to be participating in this year’s Civic Season programming! Our Civics Fair will include booths from a wide range of local organizations including NAACP, South Queens Womens March, and Girls Be Heard. We will also be hosting crafts sessions in which kids can write with quill and ink, and adolescents and […]

Free

Juneteenth Jubilee Celebration

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI, United States

Join us at The Wright and enjoy several engaging and educational activities. From live singing and storytelling to pony rides and hustle dance classes. We have something for all ages. Come have fun, learn something impactful, and engage with the community in a way that only The Wright can. Entertainment features music by DJ Righteous throughout the […]

Free

Juneteenth with the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts 1 Museum Drive, Montgomery, AL, United States

The festivities start at 9 AM when the John and Joyce Caddell Sculpture Garden gates open to a Second Line-style processional parade accompanied by Jonathan Michael and the G.W. Carver High School band and flag team. Visitors are invited and encouraged to join the processional and can pick up flags and noisemakers at the gates […]

Juneteenth 2023 at Atlanta History Center

Atlanta History Center 130 West Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

Honor the past. Celebrate the future. On June 19, 1865, a group of Union troops stopped in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved people that the Civil War was over, the Confederacy was defeated, and enslaved people in Texas were free. Although President Abraham Lincoln freed enslaved people held in the Confederate States through the Emancipation […]

Free

The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois & WWI

National WWI Museum and Memorial 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, United States

Join Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City and the Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group for an author discussion of the new book, The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois & WWI. Hope, betrayal, disillusionment and transformation. W.E.B. Du Bois encouraged African Americans to join the Allied cause in WWI, but after-the-fact became haunted […]

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