Great Plains Black History Museum Archives

Great Plains Black History Museum 50th Anniversary Jubilee Luncheon (Read More)

This milestone celebration will be held on Friday, June 19, 2026, from 12:00–2:00 PM at The Venue at Highlander, 2120 N. 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68111. This special event will bring together community leaders, corporate partners, donors, and key stakeholders to commemorate five decades of GPBHM’s commitment to preserving and promoting Black history and culture. Tickets are limited. Contact the Great Plains Black History Museum for more details or to purchase a ticket: 402-932-7077 or [email protected].

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Art & Literary Festival Celebrating the Harlem Renaissance: Eric Ewing Our History (Read More)

Artwork done in shades of brown that shows multiple, subtle images of humans, including two central figures who appear to be orators reading from documents, musicians and dancers in the midground, cotton plants in the foreground, at left a faint hooded figure on horseback raising a club above a recoiling human figure, and in the background lines of soldiers with shouldered rifles and buildings up on a hill. Text reads: 16th annual art & literary festival celebrating the Harlem Renaissance NOV 13-16 Joslyn Castle & Gardens.

The Joslyn Castle & Gardens and Metropolitan Community College are partnering once again for the Art & Literary Festival. This year will be a celebration and exploration of one of the most electrifying and influential moments in American history, the Harlem Renaissance. In the 1920’s, in African American communities in New York City and in cities throughout the North and Midwest, creative and intellectual life thrived. Before a separately-ticketed performance of a dramatized reading on November 15, Eric Ewing will give a lecture on "Our Role in the Harlem Renaissance." A ticket is required for this free lecture. To purchase performance tickets, reserve free lecture tickets, and view more information about the full schedule of festival events, visit the festival website: https://www.joslyncastle.com/event/art-literary-festival-the-harlem-renaissance/. Eric Ewing is Executive Director for the Great Plains Black History Museum.

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61st Anniversary March On Washington Exhibition and I Have a Dream Event (Read More)

Martin Luther King Jr. speaks into a microphone. A fluted building column is visible behind him, and a uniformed Park Ranger stands near him.

Event attendees will have an opportunity to read a portion of Dr. King's historic "I Have A Dream" Speech and engage in thought-provoking conversations that honor the historic March on Washington. Martin Luther King III will be in attendance. Seating is limited for this outdoor event, so lawn chairs are recommended. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. At the march, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism and racial segregation.

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