Black History Month

• Events produced by the Asian Art Museum:
  • February 3 | MoAD & the Asian Art Museum Present: Poetry for Black & Asian Solidarity
  • February 10 | Executive Order 9066 at 80: Incarceration and Reparations Then and Now
  • Revisit past events:
    • Hip Hop to Hamilton: Making Art Work, Poetics of Solidarity, From Artistry to Activism: Amplifying Black and Asian Voices of Resistance, A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics in America
    • Beyond Brundage Series: Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Gender Bias in the Olympics, If Objects Could Talk, Blood Antiquities and the Global Art Market
• We also recommend: 
  • Rutgers University – New Brunswick community & the Paul Robeson Cultural Center Events
  • Black History Every Month: Virtual Events That Inspire Action, Education, and Connection

• Museum of the African Diaspora (San Francisco)
• African American Art & Culture Complex (San Francisco)
• San Francisco Black Film Festival
• Hip Hop For Change (Oakland)
• National Museum of African American History & Culture (Washington, D.C.)

• Black Power
• Art of the African Diaspora (online exhibition)
• You Won’t Bleed Me: How Blaxploitation Posters Inspired Black Pride & Increased Hollywood Profits (through Feb. 6, 2022)
• The Asian Art Museum exhibition After Hope: Videos of Resistance — an eclectic selection of videos from more than 50 artists that explore the role of hope in contemporary art and activism, including a video from Kia Labeija, one of the contributing artists.

• PBS Showcases Rich Collection of Stories to Celebrate Black History Month
• KQED: On TV: Black History Month
• Documentaries: “Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed”, “More Than A Month”
• Movies: “One Night in Miami,” “I am Not Your Negro,” “Selma”
• YouTube: History of Black History Month

• The museum’s Storyteller DEAI group recommends Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents”
• The museum’s Education department recommends these 11 books by Black authors to help teach children about race and acceptance.

We encourage you to order from Black-owned bookstores.