Upcoming Programs

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Upcoming Events

Trace/s Exhibition Tour

Sat, Aug 23 2:00pm
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Come for a free curator-guided tour of the exhibition Trace/s: Family History Research and the Legacy of Slavery in Brooklyn.

Visitors will get an in-depth tour of the artwork and archival documents that make up the heart of this exhibition, and will get to explore the historical…

CBH Talk | Howard W. French and Annette Gordon-Reed Discuss “The Second Emancipation”

Tue, Sep 9 6:30pm
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Join us for a conversation between journalist and historian Howard W. French and Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar Annette Gordon-Reed about The Second Emancipation: The Rise of Global Black Power and the Retreat of Colonialism. In this sweeping narrative, French interweaves the struggles of…

CBH Talk | The Erasure of Black History: Battling For America’s Narrative

Thu, Sep 11 6:30pm
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 This program is offered in partnership with The Dayton Literary Peace Prize. 

 

Black history is under siege. Recent political efforts to erase America’s deep-seated legacy of racial injustice have gained ground at an alarming rate. Many narratives of Black…

Just Conversations | This Moment in Immigration: What’s at Stake and What Can Be Done

Mon, Sep 15 6:30pm
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About Just ConversationsJust Conversations is a series co-presented by the Center for Brooklyn History and Brooklyn Org that brings into dialogue issues facing our borough, city, and society and gives voice to the change makers who move us towards a more equitable future.This program is co-…

CBH Talk | Two Dragons in Hollywood: Bruce Lee, Anna May Wong, and the Past and Future of Asian American Representation

Wed, Sep 24 6:30pm
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 This program is offered in partnership with the Asian American Arts Alliance and the Sunset Park Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. 

 

Join acclaimed biographers Jeff Chang (Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America) and Katie Gee Salisbury…

CBH Talk | The Birth of Identity: Race, Racism, and Personhood in New York City Health Records

Mon, Sep 29 6:30pm
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This program is offered in partnership with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, part of its 220th anniversary celebration.

 

Founded in 1805 during a yellow fever epidemic, the New York City Health Department began recording births and deaths in 1847—a…

CBH Talk | Susana M. Morris and Ibi Zoboi Discuss “Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler”

Tue, Sep 30 6:30pm
Center for Brooklyn History

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Susana M. Morris’s new book, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, is a magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work.

As the first Black woman to…

CBH Family Program: Brooklyn Stories & Art with Author-Illustrator Selina Alko

Sat, Oct 4 1:00pm
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Award-winning author-illustrator Selina Alko brings her vibrant celebration of urban culture to life in this interactive program. 

Participants will learn about Selina's creative journey, enjoy a reading of her beloved picture book "B Is for Brooklyn," and participate in a Q&A…

CBH Talk | Eric Foner and Andrew Delbanco Discuss “Our Fragile Freedoms”

Mon, Oct 6 6:30pm
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Join two of our nation’s most distinguished historians for a searching conversation about freedom, democracy, and the lessons of the past. Eric Foner’s newest collection of essays, Our Fragile Freedoms, serves as the springboard for an intimate exchange with Andrew Delbanco. Together, these two…

CBH Hosts the 2025 Liberación Film Festival: Two Days of Films, Music, and Conversation | Day 1

Tue, Oct 7 6:00pm
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The Center for Brooklyn History is excited to partner with the Afrolatino Festival NYC, and the Afrolatin@ Project for the return of the Liberación Film Festival - 5th Edition. This year’s curatorial focus on Panamá, in collaboration with the Day of Independence Committee for Panamanians in New…

CBH Hosts the 2025 Liberación Film Festival: Two Days of Films, Music, and Conversation | Day 2

Wed, Oct 8 6:00pm
Center for Brooklyn History

BPL Presents Center for Brooklyn History conversations

The Center for Brooklyn History is excited to partner with the Afrolatino Festival NYC, and the Afrolatin@ Project for the return of the Liberación Film Festival - 5th Edition. This year’s curatorial focus on Panamá, in collaboration with the Day of Independence Committee for Panamanians in New…

CBH Talk | Jelani Cobb and Salamishah Tillet Discuss “Three or More Is a Riot”

Wed, Oct 15 6:30pm
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Acclaimed historian, Pulitzer Prize finalist, staff writer at The New Yorker, and dean of Columbia Journalism School Jelani Cobb’s latest book is a searing portrait of America’s last turbulent decade. In Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here, 2012–2025, Cobb chronicles the rise of…

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