

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 2nd African-American Read-In
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for our second African-American Read-In, highlighting Afro-Caribbean and Black poetry!

Join local poets, students, readers, and educators sharing the voices and stories of resilience, resistance, and creation from the Black Caribbean diaspora.

Co-Hosted by King's College Black Student Union

Gathering begins at 5:30
Reading begins at 6pm. 

Special guests and food to be announced.

We join with our community partners as part of the African American Read-In Project, begun by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English in 1990. Visit 

Visit https://ncte.org/get-involved/african-american-read-in/ for more information about the national movement. #AARI26

Make literacy an essential part of your Black History Month.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wilkes-barre/2nd-african-american-read-in/200029643623403
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, black-history-month
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 30

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029643623403?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=wilkes+barre-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wilkes Barre
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 97 S Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18701
- **lat**: 41.24572
- **long**: -75.88594
- **full address**: 97 S Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18701, 97 S Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1202, United States, Wilkes Barre

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Gather Community Space (https://allevents.in/org/gather-community-space/19488170)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 97 S Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18701, 97 S Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1202, United States, Wilkes Barre
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Gather Community Space
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, black-history-month
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 2nd African-American Read-In ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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