Join the JCLC on Saturday, February 21, 2026, in celebrating Black History Month! Our journey includes two segments:
11:00 a.m. — The Lafayette Neighborhood Black Heritage Walking Tour
1:00 p.m. — Sacred Black Spaces on Jersey City's Black Heritage Trail
You must have tickets to each segment you want to attend. Details of each tour and links to tickets are further below.
Segment No. 1: The Lafayette Neighborhood Black Heritage Walking Tour with Historian and Community Advocate Jerome Choice
11:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. (walking)
The walking tour starts at the Liberty State Park Light Rail Station and ends at Monumental Baptist Church at 121 Lafayette Street in the historic Lafayette neighborhood.
Historian, Museum of Jersey City History board member and community advocate Jerome Choice hosts an enriching, emotional and personal journey, highlighting Black history and his life-long experiences in the historic Lafayette neighborhood of Jersey City, originally settled by the Dutch over 400 years ago in the ancient Lenni Lenape village of Communipaw.
Segment No. 2: Sacred Spaces on Jersey City’s Black Heritage Trail with Preservationist John Gomez
1:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. (van)
The van tour starts at Monumental Baptist Church at 121 Lafayette Street, in the historic Lafayette neighborhood, and ends at JCLC’s Support Black Businesses Social at Lady G's Restaurant Bar & Grill at 269 Ocean Avenue.
Preservation advocate and founder of the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy (JCLC), John Gomez takes us on a journey to sacred Black spaces in Jersey City, including the Bergen Avenue church where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of his final public speeches in 1968 as well as an Ocean Avenue landmark founded as New Jersey’s first Black Catholic parish. Ticket purchase is needed for this tour; seats are limited and will sell out fast!
The Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy’s Black Heritage Trail tours on Saturday, February 21, 2026, are made possible by our committed community partners, including the Jersey Anti-Violence Coalition, the Museum of Jersey City History, Councilman Frank "Educational" Gilmore, and Gotta Go Gaming S.T.E.A.M. and ESports Education HUB.