Inspiring Journeys: African American Histories

Members of the NAACP reads Inspiring Journeys.

Inspiring Journeys: African American Histories

Saturday, February 28, 2026
Central Library

Join us for Inspiring Journeys: African American Histories, a day of celebration for African American Heritage Month. The speakers, workshops, entertainment, and family activities will surely spark joy and insight.

This event is free and open to all, so bring your friends and family along for a day of celebration and learning.

African American Historical Fiction

Love's Serenade: Decades: A Journey of African American Romance Series, Book 3

No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Batt

Sisters In Arms: A Novel of the Daring Black Women Who Served During World War II

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: A Novel

The Third Life of Grange Copeland; Meridian; The Color Purple

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Inspiring Journeys: African American Histories

African American Historical Fiction

All We Were Promised: A Novel

An Unconditional Freedom

Black Cloud Rising: A Novel

Carolina Built: A Novel

Code Name Butterfly

Coleman Hill

Conjure Women.

Corregidora

Dead Dead Girls

Devil in a Blue Dress

In the Face of the Sun: A Novel

Indigo

Island Queen: A Novel

James

Josephine Baker's Last Dance: A Novel

Jubilee

Let Us Descend: A Novel

Libertie

Love's Serenade: Decades: A Journey of African American Romance Series, Book 3

Moonrise Over New Jessup: A Novel

Mrs. Wiggins

No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Batt

On the Rooftop

Promise: A Novel

Red River

Sisters In Arms: A Novel of the Daring Black Women Who Served During World War II

Sugar

Take My Hand

The American Daughters: A Novel

The American Queen: A Novel

The Book of Night Women

The Davenports

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: A Novel

The Gilded Years: A Novel

The Good Lord Bird

The House of Eve

The Known World

The Mayor of Maxwell Street

The Nickel Boys: A Novel

The Personal Librarian

The Queen of Sugar Hill

The Rib King: A Novel

The Scent of Burnt Flowers: A Novel

The Sweetness of Water

The Third Life of Grange Copeland; Meridian; The Color Purple

The Thread Collectors: A Novel

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

The Twelve-Mile Straight

The Two Lives of Sara

The Water Dancer: A Novel