Crossing The Rubicon: The Battle for Black Public Education in DC Tenley-Friendship Library 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20016
Month: February 2017
16Feb 6:00pm Women of Plums
Historic Lincoln Theatre 1215 U Street, NW Washington DC 20009 Doors open at 6:00 PM | Free admission 6:30 PM The District’s African Diaspora: […]
16Feb 6:00pm Lecture
The Contraband Hospital and the African Americans Who Served There A lecture and PowerPoint presentation on African Americans in the Army medical service during the American Civil War. Jill Newmark is a historian who works for the […]
15Feb 7:00 pm Book Talk
“The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era” By Elizabeth Dowling Taylor In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the […]
14Feb 7:00 pm Lecture
Festivals of Freedom: A History of African-American Holidays, CR Gibbs Greenbelt Library 11 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770
14Feb, 28th Annual Black Film Festival @ MLKing Library
Join us on Tuesdays in February as we celebrate Black History Month with our annual film festival. The 28th Annual Black Film Festival offers a Double Feature every week, with entertaining and thought-provoking shorts and […]
14Feb 9:30-11am Book Talk
“The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life” By Kwame Alexander, Thai Neave (Photographer) The Playbook isn’t quite a basketball how-to manual for young athletes but an advice book […]
13Feb 7-9pm Staged Reading
Edward Albee’s The Death of Bessie Smith Ford’s Theatre and Mosaic Theater Company present a staged reading and discussion of Edward Albee’s The Death of Bessie Smith, directed by Jennifer L. Nelson. Playwright Edward Albee explores the intersection of […]
13Feb 7:00pm Black Georgetown Remembered
William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Neighborhood Library 115 Atlantic St. SW Washington, D.C. 20032
13Feb, 6:30-9:30pm 24th Black Love Day
We Act Radio […]
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