Black History Month 2024
PLACES TO VISIT
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Harriet Beecher Stowe House: House Tours and Walking Tours (Cincinnati, OH)
The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center (Dayton, OH)
National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center (Wilberforce, OH)
Over-the-Rhine Walking the Stories
FREE
Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame
Clermont County Underground Railroad Tour
Historic Home and Underground Railroad Site Walking Tour of Ripley, OH
Tour of Madisonville (A community in Cincinnati, OH), including historic African American cemetery
Covington, KY Black History Tour
Where you can see African American public art (Cincinnati, OH)
Cincinnati Black Historic Sites (most are free)
EVENTS
Cincinnati Black History Month events
BOOKS
Featured titles from Good Reads
Featured titles from Bookshop.org, including recommendations for adults (fiction and nonfiction), kids, middle grade students, young adults, cookbooks, and poetry
6 books to help young readers learn about Black history
101 powerful books to celebrate Black history all year long
2015 Beacon Honoree Dr. Alvin Crawford recently published his autobiography, “The Bone Doctor’s Concerto: Music, Surgery, and the Pieces in Between.” It’s a personal account of segregation, integration, ambition, hard work, and taking risks.
MOVIES
Rated G
- Garrett’s Gift
- The Color of Friendship
Rated PG
- Hidden Figures
- Ruby Bridges
- John Lewis: Good Trouble
- A Raisin in the Sun (classic)
- Imitation of Life (classic)
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (classic)
Rated PG-13 and TV-14
- Rustin
- American Fiction
- The Color Purple
- Selma
- Till
- The Hate U Give
- 42: The Jackie Robinson Story
- Harriet
- The Butler
- Just Mercy
- Loving
- Red Tails
- Marshall
- Respect
Rated R and TV-MA
- 12 Years a Slave
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- 13th
- BlacKKKlansman
- Malcolm X
- The United States vs Billie Holiday
- One Night in Miami
MUSIC
Black History Month Playlist from Apple Music
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
The Black Brigade and its mission to save Cincinnati
Let’s Talk Cincy: Celebrating Greater Cincinnati’s Black History
Poems, articles, and podcasts that explore African American history and culture
14 books, films, TV shows, podcasts, and albums from and about Black artists: Boston University
Black History Month Virtual Festival (Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
5 African Americans who helped shape Cincinnati
Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Celebrating Regional Black Stories
African Americans have been woven into every fabric of Cincinnati’s rich historical tapestry. However, their part in the region’s history has yet to be told this way (The Voice of Black Cincinnati)
National Museum of African American History & Culture (digital learning program)
PBS: Black History Month—Groundbreakers, Pioneers, and Trailblazers Watch shows celebrating the lives and careers of individuals who changed their industry in the face of racial prejudice, many as the first black man or woman in their positions.