Honoring Black History. Celebrating Black Voices.
This February we invite you to explore a month of films, art, author talks, and community conversations honoring Black history, culture, and lived experience. Scroll down to discover upcoming programs and events happening throughout Black History Month.
Civil Rights Film Series
Presented in partnership with the NAACP. All screenings take place at the Main Library - Dudley N. Williams, Jr. Auditorium.
A screening of the PBS short films Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP, the story of little known head of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, and With a Made-Up Mind: The History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida, an overvie
Civil Rights Film Series: Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP, a Black History Month Program
A screening of PBS's full-length documentary Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP, the story of little known head of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955.
Teens and adults.
Registration appreciated.
Civil Rights Film Series: Marshall, a Black History Month Program
A screening of the 2017 feature film Marshall, the story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading NAACP lawyer who would become the first Black Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases, Brown vs.
Civil Rights Film Series: Ghosts of Mississippi, a Black History Month Program
A screening of the 1996 feature film, Ghosts of Mississippi, in which a Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Art at the Ferguson
Opening reception for Dreams in Full View, a Black History Month art exhibit curated by Tara Blackwell that celebrates everyday moments and visions for the future.
Black History Month Art Exhibit Opening Reception: Dreams in Full View
Opening reception for Dreams in Full View, a Black History Month art exhibit curated by Tara Blackwell that celebrates everyday moments and visions for the future. This exhibition invites viewers to experience the beauty, strength, and joy that emerge when dreams are made visible, shared and celebrated.
The juried show, featuring works by local and regional artists of color, will be on view through March 26.
Ego by Chardel Studio.
Black History Month Program Highlights
2026 Black History Month Open Mic Competition
This Black History Month Open Mic Competition is an opportunity to build community while providing Stamford high school students with an opportunity to display their talents using spoken word, song, instrumental performances and dance.
The Jailhouse Lawyer by Calvin Duncan.
Movies that Build Community Series: The Six Triple Eight, an Avon on Tour and Black History Month Program
Screening of the 2024 drama, The Six Triple Eight, part of the Avon on Tour: Movies That Build Community program of film screenings at the Ferguson Library while the Avon undergoes renovations.
African Storytelling Reimagined program, featuring a storytime, dance session, authentic artifacts, stickers and activity sheets for children to take home using African folktale picture books, language books and Discover Africa activity books
Black History Author Events
Pulitzer Prize Winner Series: Jacqueline Jones, Author of No Right to An Honest Living, a Black History Month Program
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Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jacqueline Jones, Ellen C. Temple Professor of Women’s History Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses her book No Right to an Honest Living, which examines the struggles of Black workers in Civil War–era Boston and the barriers to economic equality they faced. Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books.
