A White House chef knows the Chief Executive in ways few others do, and many have served not only as cooks but as confidants and informal policy advisors. In his second book, Miller, the executive […]
Month: February 2017
25Feb, 12-4pm Walking Tour
Retrace Reverend Josiah Henson’s footsteps from his enslavement to escape on the Underground Railroad to freedom. Learn about his extraordinary life, which inspired the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Screenings of the Time Team America […]
25Feb 10am – 12pm ASALH Authors Event
91st Annual ASALH Black History Month Luncheon & Featured Authors Event The […]
24Feb 7-9pm Lecture
Emancipation to Integration — 150 Years of Advancement in Educational Equality […]
24Feb 6:30-8:30pm Panel Discussion
Afro-Latinos in the District of Columbia Join this panel discussion with DC community advocates, international development practitioners, and entrepreneurs while celebrating and acknowledging Afro-Latinos’ experience in, and contribution to, the District of Columbia. This event will […]
24Feb 6:00pm Live Music
Led by music duo Steve McKie (drummer/producer) and Corey Bernhard (keys/producer), the Philadelphia band Killiam Shakespeare is comprised of a unique collective of musicians fused by their multiple genres of influence, including jazz, funk, […]
23Feb, 4:00pm DC Legendary Musicians
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington DC 20004 This is a live performance featuring a band along with R&B, […]
23Feb, 7:00pm Lecture
The Assault on Jim Crow Education: Black Teens in the Civil Rights Movement, CR Gibbs Cleveland Park Interim Library 4340 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20008
23Feb, 7:00pm Lecture
Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance Jean E. Snyder traces Burleigh’s life from his Pennsylvania childhood through his fifty-year tenure as a soloist at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan. James Madison […]
23Feb, 7-8:30pm “Race Not Place” by Sheryll Cashin
Silver Spring Library 900 Wayne Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910 In Place, Not Race, Cashin reimagines affirmative action and champions place-based policies, […]
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