Juneteenth in Boston
June 19th is celebrated and commemorated in the United States as the anniversary of when enslaved persons in parts of Texas first learned of their liberation in 1865. Juneteenth, as this annual event is named, is observed in Boston and all over our nation in a festive and poignant way with food, art, music, dance and remembrance of the history of slavery and freedom.
Celebrate Black Culture
Back to Top of List- The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
Join us for a free concert in celebration of Juneteenth! Landmarks Orchestra, in collaboration with Castle of Our Skins, is starting the 2024 summer season with a performance at the Kroc Center! Featuring works from Florence Price, William Grant Still, Jessie Montgomery and more…
- Multiple Venues
The Embrace Ideas Festival is a yearly celebration of ideas grounded in arts, culture and public scholarship. This multi-day gathering brings together local, state and national leaders to amplify anti-racism and a vision for a transformed Boston by 2030. Rooted in racial equity…
Celebrate Freedom and Black Joy at the 14th Annual Boston Juneteenth Emancipation Observance. Join us at the National Center of Afro American Artists for a day full of education, family fun, & more! 12:00 PM FLAG-RAISING @ DILLAWAY-THOMAS HOUSE 1:00 PM PARADE TO THE MUSEUM OF…
- Huntington Theatre Company
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Toni Stone is an ace ballplayer who knows her stats, plus she’s got a great arm. Rejected by the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League because of her race, she becomes the first woman to play professional baseball on a man’s team in the Negro Leagues, shattering…
Explore Black History
Back to Top of List- Boston Athenaeum
- Recurring daily
Inspired by the life and work of the Beacon Hill-based abolitionist Harriet Bell Hayden, Framing Freedom: The Harriet Hayden Albums brings together rarely seen works and examines Black abolitionists’ public identities, private lives, visual and material culture, and social…
- Museum of African American History
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Museum of African American History is committed to providing a safe environment and asks for your help in making this a great experience for everyone. To reduce touchpoints and enable timed visits, all ticketing will be done online. Members must also make reservations online…
- Cambridge
- Recurring daily
This tour provides an opportunity to visit and interact with the spaces that influential Black women in Cambridge inhabited during the 19th century. These historical figures include Harriet Jacobs, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Alberta V. Scott, Pauline Hopkins, Maria Baldwin, Mary…
- Cambridge
- Recurring daily
Biographies of 23 Trailblazers have been published as bookmarks and distributed to all Cambridge public school libraries and to all Cambridge Public Library branches. This project offers young readers free bookmarks featuring images on the front and biographies on the back. The…
- Recurring daily
Take a self-guided tour of Grove Hall and Nubian Square. Download the mobile app by visiting the Google Play or Apple app store · Download the 'Distrix' app · Make sure location is on · Select Roxbury Memory Trail · Have fun!
- Hub Town Tours
- Recurring weekly on Saturday
Explore hidden history on Beacon Hill's Black Heritage Trail, learning stories from America's "Second Revolution" prior to the U.S. Civil War. Boston's role in the fight to end legalized slavery is linked by the Black Heritage Trail in historic Beacon Hill. This pedestrian path…
Truth, passion, bravery and hope. Discover stories of Boston’s Black writers who were laser-focused on the great topic of the era - slavery. Learn about the mark Black thinkers and writers made on literary and political history: David Walker and his sentinel work, Appeal to the…
Shop Black-Owned
Back to Top of ListFrom gifts and apparel to packaged foods and beauty & skincare products, the Seaport x Black Owned Bos. Market will offer something for everyone as it raises awareness for and support of Black entrepreneurship. Visit Black Owned Bos. on Seaport Common from 12:00pm-6:00pm on…
- 331 Newbury Street
- (617) 676-2110
A BIPOC locally owned boutique cannabis dispensary on Newbury Street—Boston's premier shopping district. Whether you're canna-curious or a connoisseur shop our curated menu of local and nationally known brands for a variety of flower, edibles, concentrates, vapes, and topicals…
- 2136 Washington Street
- (617) 293-8609
Black Market Gallery will serve as an anchor platform for special exhibitions and projects showcasing Art from an African diasporan lens. Our mission is to increase art equity, diverse representation and inclusive access while exciting patrons and cultivating new enthusiasts. We…