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Black History Month 2019 Events for Oakland. Know of more? Add them!
More events listed at the Oakland Public Library.
Ongoing
- The display at the Oakland History Room at the Oakland Main Library is focused on Oakland's black history. It will be up until the end of March.
- Black Power display at Oakland Museum of California. New addition to California History gallery.
- Question Bridge: Black Males at Oakland Museum of California. Currently on display
- Peralta Hacienda tours focused on African-American experience, Fridays at 3PM, with Inshirah Berakah
February 2nd
Celebration of African American Poets and Their Poetry: Black Migrations
- Saturday, February 2nd, 2PM at West Oakland Branch Library
NAACP: Past, Present and Future
- Saturday, February 2nd, 3PM at AAMLO
February 9th
Black History Walk
Celebrate the Life of Huey P. Newton
- Saturday, February 9th, 1PM at West Oakland Branch Library
Black Panther Party History: A Conversation with Saturu Ned
- Saturday, February 9th, 2PM at Golden Gate Branch Library
The Remarkable Courtship and Marriage of Josh and Virginia Craft Rose with Mary Ellen Butler
- Saturday, February 9th, 2:30PM at Temescal Branch Library
February 12th
Black Migrations: From Africa to Alameda
- Tuesday, February 12th, 6-7:30PM at Alameda Free Library
February 13th
African Americans and the Transcontinental Railroad
- Wednesday, February 13th, 6PM at Oakland Main Library with Dorothy Lazard
February 15th
"The Last Thing I Remember" -- The Art of Tarika Lewis
- Friday, February 15th, 7:00-9:00PM at Joyce Gordon Gallery
February 19th
Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy
- Tuesday, February 19th, 6;45PM at New Parkway Theater
February 20th
Oakland, Merritt College and the Origins of the Black Panther Movement
- Wednesday, February 20th, 7-9PM at Children's Hospital Little Theater with Rasheed Shabazz and Oakland Heritage Alliance
February 23rd
Black Alameda Walking Tour: Early Black Migrants
- Saturday, February 23rd, 10AM-12PM in Alameda
Let's Talk Black Migrations: Open Forum
- Saturday, February 23rd, 2-4PM at AAMLO
Black History Month Tour
- Saturday, February 23rd, 10AM at Mountain View Cemetery
February 24th
Black Joy Parade
- Sunday, February 24th, 12:30PM downtown
February 28th
Conducting African American Research
- Thursday, February 28th, 6PM at Oakland Main Library with Dorothy Lazard
