Black History Month

The Texarkana Museums System will be hosting a very special event on Saturday, February 25, from 6 PM to 7:30 PM at the P. J. Ahern Home.

Monday, February 28, 2022, at Texarkana College’s February board meeting, Trustees received a presentation from TC’s Dean of Students, Robert Jones, all about the campus celebration of Black History Month. The theme for the month was “Reflect, Connect, and Thrive.”

In honor of Black History Month in February, Historic Arkansas Museum will again host Before Freedom, an educational program that recognizes the enslaved individuals who lived in the neighborhood where the museum stands today.

On this day in Black History in 1859, the Arkansas General Assembly passed a bill that banned the residency of free African Americans and Mulatto people anywhere within the bounds of Arkansas.

On this day in Black History, Oprah Winfrey became the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show. Please keep in mind that this is someone who was abused, raped and abandoned by her mother as a child. To ...

Did you know on this day in Black History, Dr. Carter G. Woodson launched the first day of Negro History Week, which later became Black History Month?

Texarkana College is geared up and ready to go for Black History Month, and programs will kick off TODAY! They have  some amazing events in store for the community that you don't want to miss, including in one of the greatest HBCU choirs around... The Grambling State University Choir.

Black Panther left theaters on August 9, 2019, after raking in more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Well, it is on it's way back to theaters this February in honor of Black History Month and all showings are absolutely FREE. BUT will it come back to Texarkana?

TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY! Bob Marley “The King of Reggae" was born in St. Ann Jamaica on this day in 1945.

One of my favorite quotes is by Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut. She said, “Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.”

In honor of Black History Month, I want to share one of my favorite quotes with you from Harriet Tubman... "I freed a thousand slaves. I could’ve freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."