ATLANTA - Black History Month is a time to honor the achievements, contributions, and resilience of Black Americans, and Atlanta—home to a rich Civil Rights legacy—offers a variety of ways to celebrate.

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, lionizing heroes like Frederick Douglass and William Still; shining a spotlight on histories that don’t always appear in schoolbooks;

This story has been updated to correct the date of the Black Film Series at Forest Park Branch Library. February is Black History Month, and what better way to celebrate Black history and culture than by attending and supporting one of these events?

Hattiesburg’s Sixth Street Museum District will be hosting several events in February, featuring the National Black History Month theme of “African Americans and Labor.” Scheduled activities include a film presentation and lecture on the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union called,