Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW Washington DC 20001 Computer Lab, Room 311 Beginning to trace your Family Tree? Maybe you have researched a good amount of your family history […]
Month: February 2017
The Uncivil Civil War: Three Films Beyond the Battlefields in February
921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003 The films of the Civil War are rich in the conflicts between the slave South and the abolitionist North. February 12, 4:00pm: Ride with the Devil Ang Lee’s Ride with the […]
12Feb, 2-4pm The Boyds School & Education
African-American History in Montgomery County: The Boyds School & Education The Boyd (or Boyds) Negro School was a rural, segregated school that served the African-American children of Boyds and several surrounding communities from 1896 to […]
11Feb, 7:00pm Film
“Free State of Jones” Rated R (1hr 39 min, Released June 2016) Please RSVP for pizza 400 I Street, SW, Washington, DC
11Feb, 3-5pm Through a Lens Darkly
Movies at SAAM: Through a Lens Darkly This work is the first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. Directed […]
11Feb, 2-3pm Book Talk
Presented by Janet Willen, author of “Five Thousand Years of Slavery”, the author will use personal accounts of American slaves to tell the story of their bondage and battles for freedom. The presentation will also […]
11Feb, 11am-12:30pm Lecture
How Black Beaches Became White Wealth During the twentieth century, a significant amount of coastal property in the South was home to, and owned by, African Americans. In The Land Was Ours, Andrew W. Kahrl […]
11Feb, 10am-12pm Coming to the Table
Coming to the Table provides leadership, resources and a supportive environment for all who wish to acknowledge and heal wounds from racism that is rooted in the United States’ history of slavery. The best way for […]
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