Freedom Rider

Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theatre, New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Crossroads Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of a new American play FREEDOM RIDER, June 10 - June 26, 2022. Written by Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Murray Horwitz, Nathan Louis Jackson, Ricardo Khan and Nikkole Salter Conceived and Directed by Ricardo Khan. On May 4, 1961, a group of young civil rights activists from colleges and […]

Free Renty

Virtual Event

Free Renty tells the story of Tamara Lanier, an African American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede possession of daguerreotypes of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty. Free online film screening will be available to watch on demand.  Click here for required advance registration. Spaces are limited.

Introduction to Afro-Caribbean Genealogy Resources

Virtual Zoom Event

Learn how to trace your Afro-Caribbean ancestors from the West Indies, including Barbados, Jamaica, and other places. Sharon Wilkins is the President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - New York chapter.  Click here to register for this Zoom program.

Mass Incarceration and People of Color: Trauma In, Trauma Out

Nassau Presbyterian Church 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Kimme Carlos, CEO and Founder of Kimme Carlos Motivational Consulting LLC., Co-Founder and Lead Facilitator of Sister Wellness Retreats: Healing Spaces for Black Women, and author of The Window of Grace: Living in Recovery through Christian Faith, is the second speaker in the series Mass Incarceration and People of Color: Trauma In, Trauma Out. She […]

How Far Would You Go to Avoid a Terrible Fate?

Virtual Zoom Event

  Discussion based on the book Humus by Fabienne Kanor and translated by Lynn E. Palermo with the author and translator. Humus is based on a true story of 14 African women, who escaped a slave ship by leaping into shark-infested waters to avoid enslavement. Many drowned or were eaten by sharks. Celebrated French author […]

New Jersey Black Historic Sites and Crossroads

Grounds for Sculpture 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, NJ, United States

Keynote Speaker: Ryan P. Haygood, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Sessions: Historic cemeteries and their role in teaching us about the past Historic buildings and how they frame our communities' development over time Emerging monuments and how they are lifting up lesser-known stories A new documentary titled, "The Price of Silence: The Forgotten Story […]

$45.00

Community as Rebellion: Lorgia García Peña & Ruha Benjamin

Trenton Free Public Library 120 Academy Street, Trenton, NJ, United States

Ruha Benjamin will join Lorgia García Peña to discuss her new book, Community as Rebellion in a hybrid event. Weaving personal narrative with political analysis, Community as Rebellion offers a meditation on creating liberatory spaces for students and faculty of color within academia. Much like other women scholars of color, García Peña has struggled against the colonizing, […]

Racial Learning in Schools: Past, Present, and Future

Virtual Zoom Event

What did the landscape of racial learning in schools look like leading up to this moment? What foundational lessons about race are children are learning in school? What big drivers shape how and what children learn about race in school? How can we empower all children and adults by incorporating developmentally appropriate, healthy teaching and […]

Memorializing African American History: Cemeteries, Monuments, and Markers

Virtual Zoom Event

  As part of the Monmouth County Historical Association's Historically Speaking Virtual Lecture Series, Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps will speak to the questions Does history impact the way we see and think of ourselves and others? We owe our frames of reference, our identities, and our hopes to our  history. How do our public markers […]

Juneteenth Flag Raising

Monument Hall 1 Monument Drive, Princeton, NJ, United States

Join Princeton officials raising a flag in recognition of Juneteenth.

Story & Verse: To Be Free Is to Be Bold

Pettoranella Gardens 20 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ, United States

Monthly open mic poetic and storytelling event that welcomes local and regional talent to perform original works inspired by that month's theme and brings diverse communities together.  Interested performers should arrive 15 minutes before the start time of each event.

SSAAM Juneteenth

Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum 189 Hollow Road, Skillman, NJ, United States

The Stoutsburg Sourlands African American Museum welcomes you back to Mt. Zion AME Church and the historic True Farmstead for a Juneteenth celebration of freedom: live music, artist workshops, poetry, speakers, activities for kids, and delicious BBQ from "The Big Easy."  This event will take place RAIN or SHINE! Please bring your own picnic blankets […]

$30