Black History Month
Black History Month
Honoring Black History Month
Buffalo Bills Legends Charles Romes, James "Shack" Harris, Robert James, Frank Lewis, Drayton Florence, and current defensive end Darryl Johnson all attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities before their NFL careers. They each sat down to talk about their college experience, transitioning to the NFL and playing for the Buffalo Bills, the meaning of Black History month to them, and the work that is still to be done.
Bills Support Buffalo's Youth with a Book Donation
On February 25, the Bills purchased over 70 books from Burning Books located on 420 Connecticut St. and donated them all to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo. All the books are educational resources telling stories about prominent historical black figures throughout history and the empowerment of black communities.
Buffalo Black-Owned Restaurants
In the News
Community Programs
Activism in Sports Student Art Competition
Open to all BPS and Buffalo Charter School Students Grades 6-12. Contest is from February 12-28.
The Civic Scholars Entrepreneurship Institute
Our goal is to host a series of workshops to increase political participation and social entrepreneurship within historically undeserved communities.
Buffalo Urban League
Empowering African Americans, other minorities, and disadvantaged individuals to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights.
The Colored Musicians Club
There is no other place in the world like Buffalo's Colored Musicians Club. The club offers live jazz in an intimate setting, and some of the best jazz you can find anywhere.
African American Cultural Center
Since 1958, the African-American Cultural Center, Inc. has enabled spirits to soar and offered sanctuary, validation and celebration for the duality of being African and American.
Buffalo's NAACP
For more than a century The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has worked to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
Olmsted's Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC), is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, independent, community organization that promotes, preserves, restores, enhances and ensures maintenance of Olmsted Parks and Parkways in the greater Buffalo area.