This will be added to during the month. You can make additions by putting them in the Comments section below. (probably better list/s available, I just put this together from items that were in the general calendar.)
Calendar
Feb 10 Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Live at Art Lore Studio 3406 W Lake Rd, Erie PA Write-up
Feb 15 - True Black History Museum Edinboro University "A collection of rare and authentic artifacts from generations of African-American families will be on display Friday, Feb. 15, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Van Houten North Dining Hall. The official True Black History Museum was originally established to preserve Black history and educate society on the contributions of Black culture to mankind"
Feb 17 - Meadville Speaks About Black Life Foundry CoWork LLC, 847 N Main, Meadville PA "Discourse will be on black life and experience in Meadville."
Feb 19 - “Shedding a Light on Erie’s Black History” Jefferson Educational Society, Erie PA. 7:00PM Professor/Instructor/Speaker Johnny Johnson, M.Ed. "This presentation consists of photos from the Lawrence's Family archives highlighting both the role of the Lawrence Family in the musical life of Erie, Pa. from the early 1900s through the 1960s and Ada Lawrence pursuit of becoming the first Black teacher in Erie since the 1880s." – Johnny Johnson, M.Ed.
Feb 21 - “Erie: The Worst City in America for African-Americans, 2017 – Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics” 7:00 - 8:30 PM Professor/Instructor/Speaker: Margaret Smith, Ph.D, Jefferson Educational Society, Erie PA. ‘The presentation provides some insight into several topics that examine the 24/7 Wall St. report that declared Erie to be “the worst city in American for African-Americans” in 2017’
Feb. 22 - Soul Food Luncheon 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Edinboro University Edinboro PA. Learning Commons, Baron-Forness Library. "In addition to delicious food prepared by Edinboro personnel, presenters will dig into the Harlem Renaissance to explore the intellectual, social and artistic explosion of the 1920s in New York City. Lasting through the mid-1930s, the Harlem Renaissance focused on African-American literature, music, stage performances and art, including Claude McKay, Alain LeRoy Locke, Aaron Douglas, Marcus Garvey, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker and W. E. B. Du Bois."~Edinboro's Center for Diversity.
Feb 23 - "The Hate U Give" 5 & 8 p.m. screenings, Edinboro University,Pogue Student Center Scot Cinema
Feb 24 - Greater Calvary Full Gospel Baptist Church Black History Program 2624 German St., will Free 6 p.m. "Each year, organizer Glenda Arrington aims to include a few famous names but, more importantly, people unfamiliar to her audience. “I want people to know it’s more than George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington, even though they’re great...I want people to know there’s more.” ~from Erie Times-News article
Feb 25 - A Celebration of Music In honor of Black History Month 5:30-7:30PM Blasco Memorial Library Erie PA. "Coinciding with Black History Month, Maurice Troop — head of Erie's The Breeze Band — has organized an event celebrating music and those who make it in the community."
Feb 26 - Black Poetry Night Calamari's Squid Row, 1317 State, Erie PA. 6:30PM
Feb 15 - True Black History Museum Edinboro University "A collection of rare and authentic artifacts from generations of African-American families will be on display Friday, Feb. 15, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Van Houten North Dining Hall. The official True Black History Museum was originally established to preserve Black history and educate society on the contributions of Black culture to mankind"
Feb 17 - Meadville Speaks About Black Life Foundry CoWork LLC, 847 N Main, Meadville PA "Discourse will be on black life and experience in Meadville."
Feb 19 - “Shedding a Light on Erie’s Black History” Jefferson Educational Society, Erie PA. 7:00PM Professor/Instructor/Speaker Johnny Johnson, M.Ed. "This presentation consists of photos from the Lawrence's Family archives highlighting both the role of the Lawrence Family in the musical life of Erie, Pa. from the early 1900s through the 1960s and Ada Lawrence pursuit of becoming the first Black teacher in Erie since the 1880s." – Johnny Johnson, M.Ed.
Feb 21 - “Erie: The Worst City in America for African-Americans, 2017 – Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics” 7:00 - 8:30 PM Professor/Instructor/Speaker: Margaret Smith, Ph.D, Jefferson Educational Society, Erie PA. ‘The presentation provides some insight into several topics that examine the 24/7 Wall St. report that declared Erie to be “the worst city in American for African-Americans” in 2017’
Feb. 22 - Soul Food Luncheon 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Edinboro University Edinboro PA. Learning Commons, Baron-Forness Library. "In addition to delicious food prepared by Edinboro personnel, presenters will dig into the Harlem Renaissance to explore the intellectual, social and artistic explosion of the 1920s in New York City. Lasting through the mid-1930s, the Harlem Renaissance focused on African-American literature, music, stage performances and art, including Claude McKay, Alain LeRoy Locke, Aaron Douglas, Marcus Garvey, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker and W. E. B. Du Bois."~Edinboro's Center for Diversity.
Feb 23 - "The Hate U Give" 5 & 8 p.m. screenings, Edinboro University,Pogue Student Center Scot Cinema
Feb 24 - Greater Calvary Full Gospel Baptist Church Black History Program 2624 German St., will Free 6 p.m. "Each year, organizer Glenda Arrington aims to include a few famous names but, more importantly, people unfamiliar to her audience. “I want people to know it’s more than George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington, even though they’re great...I want people to know there’s more.” ~from Erie Times-News article
Feb 25 - A Celebration of Music In honor of Black History Month 5:30-7:30PM Blasco Memorial Library Erie PA. "Coinciding with Black History Month, Maurice Troop — head of Erie's The Breeze Band — has organized an event celebrating music and those who make it in the community."
Feb 26 - Black Poetry Night Calamari's Squid Row, 1317 State, Erie PA. 6:30PM
Feb 26 - Book Review - "Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo'"
Panera Bread (1935 Keystone Drive, Erie, PA) 6-7:30PM. 1935 Keystone
Drive, Erie, PA Hosted by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Rho Sigma Zeta Chapter.
Feb 27 - The History of the NAACP: Then & Now 7p.m. Alex Theatre, Mercyhurst North East, North East PA. "Founded Feb. 12, 1909 the NAACP is the premier advocacy organization for civil rights, leading grassroots campaigns for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization. This presentation will include a discussion of how and why the organization began, the importance of educational equality and NAACP membership featuring Gary Horton, President of the Erie NAACP, and George Morgan III, academic success coordinator, Edinboro University."
Feb 27 - The History of the NAACP: Then & Now 7p.m. Alex Theatre, Mercyhurst North East, North East PA. "Founded Feb. 12, 1909 the NAACP is the premier advocacy organization for civil rights, leading grassroots campaigns for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization. This presentation will include a discussion of how and why the organization began, the importance of educational equality and NAACP membership featuring Gary Horton, President of the Erie NAACP, and George Morgan III, academic success coordinator, Edinboro University."
Feb 27 - UB Distinguished Speaker Series Angela Davis
University of Buffalo Distinguished Speaker Series "Legendary Human
Rights Activist and Author" UB’s 43rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
Commemoration Keynote Speaker
Feb 28 - "The Rebirth of a Fallen Race: The Fall- The Journey- The Rise of the African American People" East Middle School Erie PA 6PM “Come join us l as we celebrate Black History Month! We are hosting our 1st theatrical performance featuring The Students of East Middle School
Feb 28 - "The Rebirth of a Fallen Race: The Fall- The Journey- The Rise of the African American People" East Middle School Erie PA 6PM “Come join us l as we celebrate Black History Month! We are hosting our 1st theatrical performance featuring The Students of East Middle School
Feb 28 - Dread Scott at SUNY Fredonia
8:30 pm in McEwen Hall, Room 209. SUNY Fredonia. "For almost three
decades performance artist Dread Scott has relentlessly interrogated
issues of ideology and power, often in terms of how they are experienced
through the prisms of nationalism, race, and violence. His work also
highlights the historical struggles toward justice and equality." His lecture will highlight the Marion Art Gallery’s exhibition, “Innovators and Activists"
Mar 3 -
Mar 3 -
Area NAACP Branches/Chapters
NAACP was founded February 12, 1909. Below are links to NAACP chapters in the Erie region.
- NAACP Erie PA branch Website Facebook (814) 899-3904
- NAACP of Meadville Unit 2271 Website Facebook
- Ashtabula NAACP
- Walking in Black History Educational program and a tour, organized by Urban Erie Community Development Corporation
- Reflections on Identity Exhibit Feb 7 - Mar 27 Weeks Gallery 525 Falconer Street, Jamestown NY (716) 338-1300 News release
- Display at Erie County Library Heritage Room
- City of Erie series on local Black History
- African American Heritage in Buffalo
- Black History Month events in Youngstown
- Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum Ashtabula OH
- Meadville woman values African-American history with extensive collection (Meadville Tribune Feb 28, 2019)
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