About this Event
The 2026 Africana Arts & Humanities Festival (AAHF) — We, Too, Sing America: 250 Years of Black Life & Culture — is a two-day celebration of Black history, creativity, and community, presented by the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC).
This Festival Pass registers you for the festival. All sessions below are free and open to the public. Click the links to learn more about each event and add them to your own calendar — we'll see you there!
Please note: The Eat. Drink. Read. Reception & Concert (Friday, March 27 · 7:30 PM) is a ticketed event. Tickets start at $75.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
🕕 6:00 PM | An Evening with Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Whitehead Register / Learn More →
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
🕙 11:00 AM | Dr. Anthony Etim Dixon: Documentary Film on Black Seminole Freedom Struggle (Adult Session) Register / Learn More →
🕙 11:00 AM | My First Library Card Celebration (Family/Children) Register / Learn More →
🕥 11:30 AM | Karen Gay Napier & Dr. Sharon Austin: Children's Author Storytime Register / Learn More →
🕥 11:30 AM | Dr. Bruce Strouble & Judge Woody Clermont: Adult Author Session Register / Learn More →
🕐 1:00 PM | Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks: My America – Langston Hughes on Democracy (Adult Session) Register / Learn More →
🕐 1:00 PM Sci-fi writer Jeff Carroll & Diaspora storyteller Mike Brennen: Adult SessionRegister / Learn More →
🕐 1:00 PM | Till It's Done: A Teen Poetry Workshop (Teen Session) Register / Learn More →
🕑 2:30 PM | Refusal as Resistance: A Conversation with Dr. Kellie Carter-Jackson (Adult Session) Register / Learn More →
🕑 2:30 PM | Shelly Cameron & R. Manasseh Thornton: Leadership, Growth & Fatherhood (Adult Session) Register / Learn More →
🕑 2:30 PM | Djamil Ninsoo & Dr. Sherrie Poitier-Liscombe: Children's Author Storytime Register / Learn More →
🕓 4:00 PM | Mandy Mirette & Marie Pierre: Children's Storytime Register / Learn More →
🕓 4:00 PM |Emmanuel George: Broward Chronicles & the Stories We Must Not Lose Register / Learn More →
🕓 4:00 PM | Selma is Now and the Fight for the Ballot is Ours: A Panel on Voting Rights Register / Learn More →
🕕 6:00 PM | The Bryan Carter Sextet (Live Jazz Performance) Register / Learn More →
Please note: The Eat. Drink. Read. Reception & Concert (Friday, March 27 · 7:30 PM) is a ticketed event. Tickets start at $75.
The 2026 Africana Arts & Humanities Festival is presented by Broward County Library's African-American Research Library and Cultural Center. All free events are open to the public. Registration is requested to help us plan.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, United States
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