Celebrate Black History Month at the Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library! In costume and using monologue and original poetry, Marcia E. Cole will recount dramatic and imaginative escapes on the Underground Railroad with her performance, ‘Going for […]
Day: February 2, 2019

2Feb Heroes of the Underground Railroad around Washington, D.C. 2pm
Join anthropologist and author Jenny Masur as she tells the stories of the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad who lived and worked in Washington, D.C. Cleveland Park Library 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20008 Men and women, […]
2Feb Read Africa Week Festival
Join us to celebrate Read Africa Week, a literary initiative to showcase juvenile literature with realistic depictions of African life. 11:00 a.m.- Recycled art project with visual artist Karen O. Brown. 12:30 p.m.- Adinkra symbol […]
2Feb Know Thyself Book Fair
Thurgood Marshall Center For Services, 11 AM – 7 PM 1816 12th Street Northwest Washington DC 20009
2Feb Black History Hall of Fame 2pm
So many amazing Americans and so little time to meet them all! Follow us on this amazing journey through Black History as we meet Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, Mae Jemison, the Buffalo Soldiers and more. […]
2Feb CR Gibbs Lecture Series
Come Out Fighting: The Black Panthers and World War II, 2pm Join historian C.R. Gibbs as he discusses the little known but incredible true story of an heroic black tank unit, the first of its […]
2Feb Panel Discussion: Impact of Black Music During the Great Migration
Three panelists discuss the impact music had on African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. The panelists utilize the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s 2019 Black History Month theme, “Black Migrations.” […]