Black History Month Events – February 2026
Black History Month Events – February 2026
Where Memory Meets Meaning, and Community Shows Up
Black history is not a moment—it’s a movement. It lives in our gathering, our creativity, and our willingness to sit with truth while imagining what’s possible. This February, we invite you to join a series of events that honor Black history through celebration, reflection, art, and shared experience.
Whether you come to learn, to celebrate, to reflect, or simply to be present, these gatherings offer space to connect with history in ways that are alive, human, and meaningful.
Here’s how the month unfolds.
Owambe: Black History Month Festival
Saturday, February 7 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Mobile County Training School
Owambe is a celebration rooted in joy and tradition. Through music, drumming, dance, and community fellowship, this festival honors Black history as something lived and felt—not just remembered.
It’s a space where generations come together, culture is centered, and joy becomes an act of remembrance.
What You Say 2026 Tours – Africatown
Saturday, February 7 | Departs 1:30 PM
Departs from Mobile Convention Center
This guided tour offers a powerful journey to the Clotilda resting site, inviting participants to engage history where it happened.
Purchase tickets HERE
Grounded in place and memory, the experience creates space for reflection, learning, and connection to Africatown’s enduring legacy. This is an opportunity to listen deeply and honor the stories that continue to shape our present.
NAACP 117th Founders Day Celebration
Sunday, February 22 | 3:00 PM
Truevine Missionary Baptist Church
Theme: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Guest Speaker: Dr. Samantha Ingram
This year’s Founders Day marks 117 years of advocacy, resilience, and collective action.
Centered on the urgency of the present moment, the celebration reflects on the work carried forward by generations while calling today’s community to remain engaged, informed, and active in the pursuit of justice.
Root & Stories: Honoring Black History Through Poetry
Thursday, February 26 | 6:30 PM
Vivian’s Door Office, 2200 Government Street
Root & Stories is an intimate community gathering designed to honor Black history through poetry and shared storytelling.
This spoken-word experience offers a welcoming, safe space for listening, reflection, and connection. Whether you come to share your voice or to bear witness, the evening centers community, care, and the power of story.
All are welcome.
Art After Dark: Celebrating Black Art
Friday, February 27 | 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Mobile Museum of Art
Art After Dark invites the community to experience Black creativity in an after-hours museum setting. Featuring visual art and cultural exchange, the evening highlights the depth, brilliance, and diversity of Black artistic expression—past and present.
Sponsored by the City of Mobile District 1 Council Member Cory Penn, this event reflects a continued commitment to uplifting Black artists and supporting spaces where culture, creativity, and community intersect.
Open Mic Poetry Slam & Art Showing
Saturday, February 28 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Africatown Heritage House
Hosted by Huggy Bear Da Poet
Closing out Black History Month, this open mic poetry slam and art showing creates space for voices and visions rooted in truth.
Through spoken word and visual art, local creatives share stories that challenge, inspire, and affirm. It’s a collective moment of expression—where history, creativity, and community come together one last time before the month closes.
Black history lives in these moments—in gathering, in creativity, in remembrance, and in forward motion. Wherever you choose to show up this month, know that your presence helps carry the story forward.
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