• 2026 Black History Month 2026, Wednesday, February 4th, Noon, City Hall. Reception to follow.
• The Society invites you to a “Potpourri of Archive Treasures: Substance and Texture,” Open House, Reception and Program regarding some of the Society's unique historic artifacts and documents, Thursday, February 19, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Society gallery and office, 762 Fulton St., 2nd fl.
• Society Board meetings via video conference, monthly
• Genealogy Resources for African Americans Workshop February 2026, TBD.
• African American Legacy Book Club, a joint program of the African American Center, San Francisco Public Library and the Society, schedule: Tuesdays, March 10, May 12, June 14, 6 pm, via Zoom, REGISTER. March's selection is Sign My Name to Freedom, by Betty Reid-Soskin.
• CHECK here throughout February for additional events.

• Exhibit: “Black Creativity,” now showing at the Society gallery, 762 Fulton St., 2nd fl., San Francisco

• “Continuum: MoAD Over Time,” now - MoAD, March 2026 and “Unbound: Art, Blackness & the Universe,” October 1, 2025 - August 16, 2026, MoAD, 685 Mission Street
• Exhibit: “Emory Douglas: In Our Lifetime,” part 1 of 2, contemporary works, part 2 of 2, opens on February 19th both exhibits through October, Sargent Johnson Gallery and AAACC building, 762 Fulton St., San Francisco
• Exhibit: “Hilda Robinson: Retrospective,” St Mary's College Museum, February 11, 2026, St. Mary's College, Moraga
• Black Excellence, Black Innovators prepared by Dr. Carolyn Ransom Scott. Is now online
• A Bi-Racial Woman's Genealogy Story with Addie Renee Lewis
• Melvin Holmes Collection, African American art collection
• "Father's Day", Kirk Franklin Documentary Kirk Franklin funds and reunites with biological father

Harlem of the West, Then and Now

Produced by Citizen Film and the Society, a look back at the jazz era, the players and their lives in San Francisco, and the lasting impacts of those days on the Fillmore and San Francisco. More importantly, it depicts the historic context in which African Americans and other marginalized residents, their businesses, and related activities were removed from the Fillmore district due to “redevelopment.” VIEW

African Americans and the Vote, a documentary film featuring Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., Judge John Dearman, and De’Anthony Jones, was “on time” for the November 2019 election; and it remains of import. The life stories of those featured in the video speak to the importance of voting. That election demonstrated that the African American vote can make a difference! The film documents their childhoods, family backgrounds, and opportunities that shaped their lives as African Americans involved in the political and public arena.

This is the second Black History Month documentary produced by the Society in conjunction with Citizen Film. The film was honored at the Bernal Heights Outdoor Film Festival in 2019. To see a preview of the film, go to Citizen Film site. For more information, contact the Society at sfaahcs.org, or 415-292-6172

Read Black Migrations film discussion points

For more information on any of these films, contact the Society at sfaahcs.org, or 415-292-6172