1. Visit the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Image courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/NYPL. 

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has a host of activities, films, and talks during Black History Month, beginning with “Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: Black Resistance to Trump Tyranny” on February 1. There’s also a Black Lives Matter Teen Conference, a music concert and a film screening.

Of course, this is just a sampling of what’s on tap at the Schomburg Center. Check out other related events here. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of the New York Public Library, is located at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) at 135th Street.

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