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Newark Public Library Documentary
250th Anniversary of the American Revolution - June 25, 2025
A Century of Malcolm X
Newark Public Library: Images of America by William A. Peniston
The Boom Bap Archive: Drum Machines and Hip-Hop
“The History & Future of Black Political Influence in Newark and Beyond” - Feb 13, 2025
Opening of the new Victoria Technology Center - Feb 20, 2025
2025 Black History Celebration at the Newark Public Library- Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture- Kevin Powell 2025
Looking Back: The Star-Ledger Three Veterans Reminisce
Giving Tuesday
Baldwin at 100 - Aug 28, 2024
Brea Baker in Conversation with Tobias Fox - July 31, 2024
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and The Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
JBAAR Presents: Remembering Club Zanzibar
Art of Vogue Documentary
BOOK TALK W/ BAKARI SELLERS – HOSTED BY CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD - May 15, 2024
Larry Doby in Black and White: Book Discussion on Zoom! - May 14, 2024
Queer Newark Book Talk
And It Don't Stop Hip Hop: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Beyond
From Stage to Screen: Black Artist Reflect on Performing Arts
The Gantalist: The Life and Inspiration of Jerry Gant
Images of America: Newark Museum of Art
Friends of the James Brown Room - Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
Book Talk - Purgatory Citizenship - Jan 18, 2024
PRPL Book Club: “Juice or Gravy,” the afterword to the 25th-anniversary E.D. of Portnoy’s Complaint
Made@NPL Presents: Lil Flower
LATINO CELEBRATION: IMAGERY OF DANCE & MUSIC - Sept 20, 2023
The State of Segregation in New Jersey Schools - Oct 26, 2023