How Youth Can Celebrate Black History Month 2025

In honor of Black History Month, we rounded up a few of the ways youth can celebrate the richness of Black culture in Birmingham this year.

First, we always encourage youth and their families to learn about Birmingham’s role in the Civil Rights Movement by visiting these historic landmarks:

• 16th Street Baptist Church
• Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
• Historic Bethel Baptist Church
• Kelly Ingram Park
• Negro Southern League Museum
• Southern Museum of Flight
• Vulcan Park and Museum

(Source: Bham Now)

There are also many amazing local opportunities this month for youth to explore and celebrate Black history. Below are a just a few:

Revisiting Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'

• February 6, 4pm - 5:30pm, UAB National Alumni Society House
• Join a conversation about the significance and legacy of Dr. King’s famous letter.

Apply for Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Legacy Youth Leadership Program

• Applications due February 14
• This program engages high school students in a series of training experiences and internship opportunities that will help them develop into lifelong learners, productive citizens, and community leaders.

Black History Month Movie

• February 17, 10:30am - 1pm, Titusville Public Library
• Enjoy a movie, popcorn, and great company in celebration of Black History Month.

Bo Berry Jazz Quartet Concert

• February 18, 4pm - 5pm, Springville Road Regional Branch Library
• Come hear the cool jazz sounds of the Bo Berry Jazz Quartet. Learn about the contributions of Black Americans to an American music genre. Hear an Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame musician and his band.

Community Sewing Workshop for the Jefferson County Memorial Quilt

• February 22, 10am - 12pm, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
• Participate in a community-based initiative to reckon with central Alabama’s haunting history of racial violence and propel racial reconciliation by co-creating a quilt in honor of 33 African-Americans who were lynched in Jefferson County. No sewing experience required.

In Focus: The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat

• February 25, 6pm - 7:30pm, Hoover Public Library
• Explore Neo-Expressionist artist and social commentator Jean-Michel Basquiat with the Birmingham Museum of Art's Jade Powers.

Black History Bingo

• February 27, 4pm - 5pm, Inglenook Branch Library
• Trivia and bingo collide in this all-ages game of Black History Bingo! Test your knowledge and compete for prizes.

How do YOU plan to celebrate Black History Month? Leave a comment and let us know!