Woods Hole Black History Month

Come and join the Woods Hole community in its annual celebration of ! The theme for the 2023 Woods Hole Black History Month will be 鈥Black Resistance鈥. By resisting, Black people have achieved triumphs, successes, and progress as seen with the end of chattel slavery, the dismantling of Jim and Jane Crow segregation in the South, Increased political representation at all levels of government, desegregation of educational institutions, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History in DC, and increased and diverse representation of Black experiences in media. Black resistance strategies have served as a model for every other social movement thus, the legacy and importance of these actions cannot be understated.

All events are free and open to the public. Some events/activities require advance registration for online participation, and others are in person. .

View the 2023 Black History Month Events Flyer

Saturday, February 4 at 7 PM

Film: "Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power鈥

Sam Pollard & Geeta Gandbhir, directors
This film tells the story of young organizers who fought for voting rights after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and for Black power in rural Alabama.

Wednesday, February 8 at 12:15 PM

Virtual Presentation: "Love as a Movement鈥

Jene茅 Osterheldt
Creator of A Beautiful Resistance, a Boston Globe production to celebrate Black joy and Black lives.

Thursday, February 16 at 7 PM

Author Event: "Exploring Race & Redemption through Fiction鈥

Ousmane K. Power-Greene, PhD
Program Director of Africana Studies/Associate Professor of History at Clark University and author of The Confessions of Matthew Strong.


Woods Hole Black History Month events are sponsored by the ; the , the , the , the ,  and . All events are free and open to the public.