Black History Month 2026 Schedule of Events

Georgetown Events

Slave Traders in the Family: A Black Historian Reckons with a Troubling Past

Hosted by: Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies
Feb. 2, 4-5:30 p.m.
Booth Family Center for Special Collections, 5th Floor, Lauinger Library

A Conversation with Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

Hosted by: Georgetown Global Health; Black Studies Department
Feb. 3, 6-7:30 p.m.
Maguire Hall, Room 304; Virtual Option

The Ella Jo Baker Distinguished Lecture — ”All That You Touch You Change: Octavia Butler’s Afrofuturist Vision for Survival”

Hosted by: Black Studies Department
Feb. 4, 5-6:15 p.m.
Copley Formal Lounge; Virtual Option

Translating Blackness

Hosted by: Georgetown Humanities Initiative; Literatures, Cultures, and Language Studies Departments
Feb. 4, 5-7 p.m.
Old North, Room 205

Douglass Day 2026: Transcribe-a-thon featuring the Colored Conventions Project

Hosted by: Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies
Feb. 13, 12-2 p.m.
Healy Hall, Room 208 (Philodemic Room)

Friday Music Series Presents: Nicole Mitchell

Hosted by: Department of Performing Arts
Feb. 20, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
McNeir Hall, New North Building

Washington, D.C. Events

Imagine a World Without…

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Feb. 1, 1-5 p.m.
Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Neighborhood Library

Author Talk: Bibb Country with Lonnae O’Neal

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Feb. 1, 3-4:30 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library — Central Library Auditorium

From Page to Screen: Black History Month Film Series

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Tuesdays, 3-5 p.m.
Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Neighborhood Library

The 1619 Project – Documentary Series

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library – Central Library Auditorium

Historically Speaking: Joy Goddess

Hosted by: African American History and Culture Museum
Feb. 5, 7-8 p.m.
Oprah Winfrey Theater, African American History and Culture Museum

Meditation Mondays

Hosted by: African American History and Culture Museum
Feb. 9, 6-6:45 p.m.
Virtual

Black History Month Series – Lamond Riggs Library Friends (Hans Charles, Cinematographer and Producer)

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Feb. 10, 5-6 p.m.
Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library — Meeting Room 1

Black History Month Series – Friends of Lamond Riggs (DC Office of Planning Commemoration of Sterling A. Brown)

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Feb. 17, 3-4 p.m.
Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library — Meeting Room 1

Black History Month Trivia

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Feb. 17, 6-7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library — First Floor Meeting Room

Descendants of Black Georgetown: A Panel Discussion

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Feb. 18, 7-8:30 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library — Central Library Auditorium

The Power of Knowing: John Lewis, Poetry & Hip-HopEd

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Feb. 19, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library — Conference Room 2

Call & Response with L. Michelle

Hosted by: DC Public Library
Feb. 19, 7-9 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library — Central Library Auditorium

Historic Change: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Althea Gibson

Hosted by: African American History and Culture Museum; Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum; U.S. Mint
Feb. 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Heritage Hall, L3, African American History and Culture Museum

Through the African American Lens: Our Blues Make Us Gold

Hosted by: African American History and Culture Museum
Feb. 21, 2-4:30 p.m.
Oprah Winfrey Theater, African American History and Culture Museum

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Please note: The inclusion of an event does not indicate University endorsement of the content of the event or the views of its speakers. Descriptions of events listed are written by their sponsor(s). All programs and activities are open to all Georgetown University students regardless of race, national origin, or any other characteristic protected under University policy.