Events Calendar
This virtual museum promotes global awareness of the harmful legacies of enslavement and Jim Crow in the United States and the challenges faced by African Americans today. We also highlight Black resilience and achievements in every field — from arts and culture to education, economics, science, and more.
This Events Calendar presents some of the many events taking place around Milwaukee, Wisconsin — the birthplace of America’s Black Holocaust Museum — as well as around the USA, Africa, and the far-flung African Diaspora.
While we feature the on-site and online (virtual) events of America’s Black Holocaust Museum, we also sample other events that promote historical, educational and cultural awareness consistent with ABHM’s mission of racial justice, reconciliation, and healing.
- ABHM Events
- Wisconsin Events
- National Events
- International Events
- Virtual Events
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad highlights little-known stories and describes the less-understood maritime side of the Underground Railroad, including the impact of African Americans’ paid and unpaid waterfront labor. Self-emancipation along the Underground Railroad was not entirely by overland routes. A great number of enslaved persons made their way to freedom using…
The BIPOC Birding Club of WI
The BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin is a community of people of color who love the outdoors and the birds and beauty of natural Wisconsin and wish to connect with others who share the same passion. Our field trips and events are open to BIPOC birders and allies of all skill levels and interests. Join us!
Dialogues Documentary Festival
Over four days we will present 30+ film programs at our two year-round cinema venues (the Oriental and Downer Theatres) and extend many of those films with in-cinema talkbacks and panels immediately following the screening. Films will explore themes and topics that are timely and relevant to our communities and audiences.
Farming While Black: Film Screening
This visually eloquent film chronicles author of the book FARMING WHILE BLACK, Leah Penniman, and two other Black farmers’ efforts to reclaim their agricultural heritage. Collectively, their work has a major impact as leaders in the sustainable agriculture and food justice movements.
Natchez: Film Screening
Winner of Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca ’25, NATCHEZ unravels the complex layers of a town in Mississippi sustained by antebellum tourism yet divided by the narrative of its own history. As hoop skirts and mansion tours clash with hard truths, NATCHEZ becomes a riveting meditation on the stories America chooses to tell—and forget.
Transform: National Black MBA Association Conference & Exposition
Join more than 10,000 black professionals as we bring four days of education, career and networking to Washington DC. Make unique connections within our diverse community, find new opportunities, grow your network and gain the skills to help you move ahead. Don’t miss the event of the year for Black professionals!
ABHM Book Club: Thirty Years a Slave by Louis Hughes
We are pleased to announce ABHM’s September's Book of the Month: Thirty Years a Slave by Louis Hughes. We invite you to join us for a virtual discussion on Zoom.
17th Annual Black Women’s Wellness Day
The Foundation For Black Women’s Wellness presents the 15th Annual Black Women’s Wellness Day. #BWWDAY is an annual health summit that informs, inspires, and empowers Black women and girls to build and sustain healthy, wellness-centered lives.
Celebrating 15 Years of Doors Open Milwaukee
ABHM will be open and free to the public as part of Doors Open Milwaukee on September 27th from 10 AM to 3 PM. This citywide event is a public celebration of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods, architecture and history.
Midwest Nice Apartheid with Reggie Jackson
Join award-winning local historian Reggie Jackson, author of the upcoming book Midwest Nice Apartheid, for a 4-part series on Milwaukee’s history of segregation and its ongoing impact on housing, education, and equity. Presented by the Milwaukee Public Library and America's Black Holocaust Museum.
Midwest Nice Apartheid with Reggie Jackson
Join award-winning local historian Reggie Jackson, author of the upcoming book Midwest Nice Apartheid, for a 4-part series on Milwaukee’s history of segregation and its ongoing impact on housing, education, and equity. Presented by the Milwaukee Public Library and America's Black Holocaust Museum.
Silicon Valley African Film Festival
The Silicon Valley African Film Festival promotes an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. Aptly themed “Africa through the African lens”, the film festival celebrates the vast richness of the African Continent through the lenses of Africa’s seasoned and emerging filmmakers and, crucially, provides audiences with exquisite lenses to the real Africa.
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