People can enjoy virtual and in-person events during Black History Month 2025, including New Smryna Beach's Black Heritage Festival.

Black history, includes art history, and over the years people of color have been portrayed in paintings in various ways and one local artist to get the full picture. Acknowledging African Artist “Art is in the eye of the beholder.

Check out these black historical sites throughout the Upstate for Black History Month. The Old Hunter's Store, located at 125 East Queen Street in Pendleton, was constructed around 1850 and is another significant site in Anderson County's African American history, according to the Pendleton Foundation for Black History and Culture.