February is Black History Month, and events and programs are scheduled throughout the Mahoning Valley.

• Today and Tuesday — The Warren Heritage Center will present “The Flag, The Fight, The Future” at 6 p.m. both nights at the Trumbull County Veterans Service Commission, 253 E. Market St., Warren. The program will feature and celebrate brave African American men and women of Warren who served in the United States Armed Forces.

• Tuesday — The Howland Historical Society will present a program at 7 p.m. via Zoom that keeps with the celebration of America250-Ohio with a program by Dr. Linda Rice, professor of English at Ohio University in Athens, titled “Between Liberty and Slavery: Black Lives in the American Revolution.” Join zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 813 6604 5086 862995

• Wednesday — Youngstown State University will host an all-day community reading of Toni Morrison’s novel “Jazz” at 2:30 p.m., inviting students, faculty and community members to participate in a celebration of the acclaimed author’s literary legacy. The event, presented by the YSU Poetry Center, YSU Poetry Club, YSU Student Literary Arts Association, Jazz Studies Program and the Department of English and World Languages, is part of “Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison,” a yearlong, statewide celebration honoring Morrison’s life and work. Morrison, an Ohio native who grew up in Lorain, was the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wednesday would have marked her 95th birthday. The public reading will take place 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the lobby of DeBartolo Hall. A live jazz interlude featuring student musicians from YSU’s Dana School of Music Jazz Studies program will follow from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Bliss Hall, Room 2200. The reading will then resume from 2 to 3 p.m. in the DeBartolo Hall lobby. Food and drinks will be available in DeBartolo Hall after the afternoon session. The event is free and open to the public. Those interested in participating as readers can sign up in advance online.

• Thursday — African American genealogy class at 3 p.m. at the Howland Library Branch, 9095 E. Market St. Participants will learn to trace their family history using traditional and digitized resources, including the Freedmen’s Bureau, the African American Heritage database, and the Unknown No Longer website. The class also will include a brief overview of genealogy basics. Registration is required.

• Saturday and Feb. 28 — The NAACP Youngstown / Mahoning County Chapter will recognize Black History Month by showing a cultural awareness documentary at noon and broadcast live in collaboration with the McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road, Youngstown.

• Feb. 24 — Family Hour: Black Children’s Book Week will be at 6 p.m. at the Warren- Trumbull County Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW. Families with children ages 3 and up can celebrate with different stations featuring crafts, activities and games inspired by African American children’s book authors and illustrators. Registration is required.

• Feb. 27 — A Black History Month-themed movie will be shown at 1 p.m. at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW.

• Feb. 28 — The Trumbull County African Americans Achievers Association Hall of Fame banquet will begin at 4 p.m. at DiVieste’s Banquet Center, 754 N. River Road, Warren. Cost is $50. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Todd Johnson.