Black History Month Celebrations in North Andover
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Black History Month Celebrations in North Andover
North Andover’s 2023 Black History Month
North Andover celebrates Black History Month 2023 with several events and the Black History Month Banners Project, banners hung around the Town Common. Each banner acknowledges and celebrates the contributions of African Americans with ties to North Andover, the State, or our region. Visit Black History Month Banners Project to learn about each person’s contributions and the details of the events.
Visit the Library’s Black History Month site to read, watch and listen with books, audiobooks, e-books & dvds at Stevens Memorial Library.
Please see the following programs offered at the North Andover Historical Society:
All events are in the Worden Theater and are FREE and open to the public. Advanced tickets encouraged.
February 2 at 6:30 pm - North Andover Banner Kick Off Celebration with the Choral Majority and Ralph Bledsoe’s interpretation of “I have a Dream:. Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/503987749927
February 5 at 3:30 pm - Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes Lecture, African American Women and Social Change- Stages of Liberation. Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/512158147807
February 15 at 7 pm - Dr. Kerri Greenidge discusses her acclaimed new book, “The Grimkes - The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family”. Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/512191978997
February 23 at 6:30 pm- “Glory” Movie Screening sponsored by the Stevens Memorial Library.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the North Andover Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency and in collaboration with the North Parish Racial Justice Team and the Stevens Memorial Library