Black History Month turns 100 this year as St. Lucie County pays tribute to its leading figures.
St. Lucie marked Black History Month in 2026 with “Beyond the Canvas,” a limited-run, all-ages exhibit open Feb. 9-28 at the Havert L. Fenn Center, 200 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce.
The exhibit will be open each day for the next three weeks from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to a Feb. 6 St. Lucie release.
“Beyond the Canvas,” the release said, is a joint effort between the county’s Parks & Recreation staff, the St. Lucie County Regional History Center, and county libraries.
It “offers a multimedia education experience featuring” posters, books and videos displaying the fortitude of Black heritage in the U.S. and beyond, the release added.
The material on display Illuminates people hailed in Black culture local to Florida and St. Lucie County, including polymath Zora Neale Hurston and the Highwaymen painters.