At the Library
Anne Arundel County Public Library is celebrating Black history with a variety of events at multiple branches. Activities include music and dance performances, movie screenings, book talks, and history presentations. Visit the library’s website at www.aacpl.net/blackhistory for a schedule of in-person and online offerings.
On a Walking Tour
Saturday, February 17, 1 pm – 3 pm
$24/adult & $10/child
The Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation and the Watermark tour company offer a ticketed two-hour African American Heritage walking tour starting at Market House Park in Annapolis, across from City Dock, where slave ships entered 300 years ago. Hear about Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, the importance of the Underground Railroad in our area, the contributions of African American Marylanders, and more. This event requires a photo ID for all guests 18 and older. More information and reservation details.
At the Banneker-Douglass Museum
REVISIT/REIMAGINE Exhibit Opening Reception
Saturday, February 24 at 12 pm
From the museum’s Facebook event page: “Join us for the opening reception of REVISIT/REIMAGINE, a multidisciplinary exhibition that features historical photographs from the AFRO newspaper archive that chronicle the African American experience, civil rights leaders, and activities in Maryland. Artwork from Maryland Black artists are included to interpret the themes of the photographs.” The event will feature an artist talk led by Thomas James, the exhibit’s curator. The exhibit is scheduled to run through January 4, 2025. The Banneker-Douglass Museum is at 84 Franklin Street in downtown Annapolis, just off Church Circle.
Over Lunch
Anne Arundel County Office of Equity & Human Rights Webinar
Tuesday, February 27 at 12 pm
From the event webpage: “Join the Office of Equity and Human Rights (OEHR) for a virtual Lunch and Learn event to celebrate National Black History Month… Asha Smith, director of the Office of Equity and Human Rights, will host a virtual countywide book study with author and NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton. Antonia is the author of ‘Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum.’ In this book, she recounts the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums where records still exist and whose campus still stands today in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.” See more information and registration details.
