2023 Black History Celebration Opening Event
The Newark Public Library is proud to host our annual Black History Celebration. Join us for the opening reception! This event is a catered reception... Read More
2023 Black History Celebration Opening
Join us for the opening event of our 2023 Black History Celebration! Thursday, 2.2.23 at 6PM
2023 Commemorative Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
The James Brown African American Room presents the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture His Image, Our Reflection: Frederick Douglass and Black Humanity Saturday,... Read More
Celebrate Las Octavitas!
Join us Saturday, January 7th, 2pm to celebrate Las Octavitas with the NJHRIC, Segunda Quimbamba and La Payasita! Join us as we listen and dance... Read More
FRIENDS OF JBAAR 6TH ANNUAL KWANZAA CELEBRATION
THIS CELEBRATION WILL BE IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL. SATURDAY, December 31st 1PM-3:30PM JOIN US FOR the Friends of the James Brown African American Room’s 6th... Read More
LGBTQ+ Book Club of the Month: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more) “A deeply strange and haunting novel in the... Read More
Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat that Changed America
Please join the Institute of Jazz Studies and Newark Public Library on January 23rd at 6:30 p.m. for an engrossing book talk at the James... Read More
“Made in Newark: The Newark Industrial Exhibition of 1872”
The Newark History Society’s next program, “Made in Newark: The Industrial Exhibition of 1872,” will take place on Thursday, September 22 at 6:00pm in Centennial Hall... Read More