Black History Expo coming to Alston-Massenburg Center Saturday

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department is partnering with Wake Forest native Ronald “Skip” Parker to host a “Black History Expo” Saturday, Feb. 10, from noon-4 p.m. at the Alston-Massenburg Center, 416 N. Taylor St.

Free and open to the public, the expo will feature on display many of Parker’s unique and authentic antiques and collectibles from the mid-1800s through the mid-1900s, including an 1842 wooden washboard, a vintage 1954 DeLaval stainless steel milk can, antique dolls depicting Rosa Parks, Ida B. Wells, Ella Fitzgerald, Katherine Johnson, and Maya Angelou, and much more.

For more information, email Community Center Supervisor James Triplette at [email protected].

For information on all of Wake Forest’s Black History Month events, including our Black History Month Walking Tours and “Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart,” visit https://bit.ly/WFBlackHistoryMonth.