The Town of Wake Forest is presenting several special events for Black History Month in 2025. Follow each link for more information, and to register, if required.
Black History Month Walking Tours
Fridays in February, 2025
1 p.m.
Taylor Street Park
416 N. Taylor Street, Wake Forest, NC
Free (registration is required)
Empowered, Brilliant, and Brave: Great Women of Black History
Saturday, February 8, 2025
11 a.m.
Alston-Massenburg Center
416 N. Traylor Street, Wake Forest, NC
Free
Bright Star Touring Theatre presents Empowered, Brilliant, and Brave: Great Women of Black History. This powerful production will showcase several of Black History’s most inspiring women. Admission is free, but seating is first come, first serve, so plan to arrive early.
Black History Expo
Saturday, February 15, 2025
12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Alston-Massenburg Center
416 N. Taylor Street, Wake Forest, NC
Free
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will partner with Wake Forest native Ronald “Skip” Parker to host a “Black History Expo” in February at the Alston-Massenburg Center (AMC), 416 N. Taylor St.
Free and open to the public, the expo will feature on display many of Parker’s unique and authentic antiques and collectibles from the mid-1800s through the mid-1900s, including an 1842 wooden washboard, a vintage 1954 DeLaval stainless steel milk can, antique dolls depicting Rosa Parks, Ida B. Wells, Ella Fitzgerald, Katherine Johnson, and Maya Angelou, and much more.
Minority & Women-Owned Business Expo
Saturday, February 22, 2025
1 to 4 p.m.
Wake Forest Renaissance Center
405 S. Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC
Free
Free to the public, the event will bring enterprising professionals together from the Wake Forest community to network and showcase their products and services.
Learn about more Black History Month events throughout the Triangle.
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More Black History Month Events
Check out a list of Black History Month events and sites in the Triangle, or see a few of them here. More are being added all the time.
Alston-Massenburg Center, Wake Forest
416 N. Taylor Street
Wake Forest, NC
