Emancipation Day: Freedom Across the Anglo-Caribbean
In Partnership with Island SPACE Caribbean Museum
Saturday, August 01
1:00pm - 4:00pm
African American Research Library and Cultural Center
Auditorium, Café, Dianne Bienes Seminar Room # 1, Ellyn F. Walters Conference Room, Gallery B, Harambee Room, Lobby, Michael Bienes Seminar Room #2The program will honor the history, culture, and legacy of freedom observed across Anglo-Caribbean.
Join the African American Research Library & Cultural Center (AARLCC), in partnership with Island SPACE Caribbean Museum, for a vibrant family-friendly program on Saturday, August 1, 2026, from 1–4 PM, celebrating Emancipation Day, which marked the end of enslavement in the English-speaking Caribbean in 1834. The program will honor the history, culture, and legacy of freedom observed across Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and Dominica.
Through storytelling, cultural exploration, and educational activities, this program invites all ages to experience the spirit and significance of emancipation across the region.
A Service of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners
African American Research Library and Cultural Center
| Mon, Jun 29 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Jun 30 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Wed, Jul 01 | 10:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Jul 02 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Jul 03 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Jul 04 | Closed |
| (Independence Day) | |
| Sun, Jul 05 | Closed |

