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Month: February 2018
Feb 17 & 18: FREDERICK DOUGLASS BICENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
This year’s programs and activities will honor the legacy and activism of Frederick Douglass and his connection to the Anacostia community in which his historic home lies. There will be community lectures, dramatic performances, hands-on kids […]
Feb17 Community Conversation and Film Review of “The Road to Brown”
You are cordially invited to join the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, Inc. Board of Directors in partnership with Members of the Federal City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for a Community Conversation and Film […]
Feb16 The AllEyesOnDC Show: Politics of African Unity
This AllEyesOnDC, in honor of the work done by Malcolm X and Robert Mugabe, will take a look at both men’s legacies and explore what we as people of African descent need to do to […]
February 2018 Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital
A provocative book by noted scholars Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove. Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital has been called “an ambitious, kaleidoscopic history…essential American history, deeply researched and […]
Feb14 “Ida Campbell and her Bluesz Nation Band ” 6:00 PM
The D.C. Legendary Musicians presents the fantastic Ida Campbell and her Bluesz Nation Band. Cambell, host of WPFW’s “Don’t Forget The Blues,” sings blues, gospel, and old school R&B, and is known to light up […]
Feb13 Meeting Mr. Lincoln $
What would you say if you got to meet one of the greatest presidents of all time? While on an errand for seamstress Elizabeth Keckley, young Eliza finds a barefoot, uneducated country boy sneaking through […]
Feb 14 Ebenezer Bassett and Frederick Douglass, African American Leaders in American Diplomacy NOON
Ebenezer Bassett and Frederick Douglass, African American Leaders in American Diplomacy In recognition of African American History Month and the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’s birthday, please join the United States Diplomacy Center for a special […]
Feb12 “Black Metropolis: Great African Cities, Their Founding, and Evolution”
C.R. Gibbs Lecture Series on African American History and Culture, 7:00 PM Francis A. Gregory Public Library 3660 Alabama Ave. SE, Washington DC 202-698-6373
Feb12 “The Underground Railroad in the Nation’s Capital” 3:00 PM
C.R. Gibbs Lecture Series on African American History and Culture In celebration of 2018 African American History Month, noted historian C.R. Gibbs will deliver a presentation from his African American History and Culture Series entitled “The Underground Railroad in […]
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