The Town of Carrboro has some events planned for Black History Month in the month of February, 2022. All are either free or very low-priced and there are events for all ages. These events take place the Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro Street, Carrboro.
Find details on all of these events, including registration, here.
Learn about more Black History Month events throughout the Triangle.
Black Experiences with Storyteller Donna Washington
Sunday, February 6th, 2022
2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Carrboro Century Center
$3/person
Donna Washington is an internationally known, multiple award-winning storyteller, spoken word recording artist, and author. A highly-animated performer, she has been entertaining, educating, and inspiring audiences with her vocal pyrotechnics, elastic face, and deep characterizations that bring folklore, literary tales, and personal narratives to life for over thirty years. This show will be in honor of Black History Month and is suited for middle schoolers to adults.
For more information on registration, contact Robbin Justice-Jones at rjones@townofcarrboro.org or 919-918-7368.
Family Fun Sunday Series with Jeghetto
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Carrboro Century Center
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
$3/person
Tarish Pipkins a.k.a. Jeghetto has fine-tuned his skills by doing street performances with his puppets. He has worked with Paperhand Puppet Intervention. He has built puppets and performed in several Paperhand productions. Most recently, Jeghetto had the pleasure to work with national recording artist, Missy Elliott on her music video, WTF (Where They From) controlling the Pharrell puppet and doing some puppet building. He also worked on the Amazon Echo commercial featuring Missy Elliott and Alec Baldwin as puppets. Children and adults alike will be amazed.
Celebrating Black America – Frederick Douglass’ The Lessons of the Hour
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
6 to 8 p.m.
Carrboro Century Center
Free/All ages
The Town of Carrboro will host local history scholars and community leaders to view Fred Morsell’s 1994 re-enactment of one of the last great speeches by Frederick Douglass entitled “The Lessons of the Hour.” Delivered at Jan. 9, 1894, at Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Douglass’ speech addresses topics ranging from racial terror and lynching to colonization and voting rights. The screening will be followed by panel discussion with community leaders and scholars. Learn more at https://townofcarrboro.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1988.
Celebrating Black America on Carrboro YouTube
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Available videos include “Seven Generations in Carrboro – Conversations with Dolores Clark and her daughter Lorie Clark,” as well as a panel discussion of George Henry White, a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina’s 2nd congressional district between 1897 and 1901; the Frederick Douglass Community Readings; and Carrboro’s Black Lives Matter Mural Artists Recognition.
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More Black History Month Events
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