The Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library and Team Rayceen Presents The Black LGBTQ Experience with Rayceen Pendarvis Celebrate Black History Month with an evening of live music, poetry, comedy, and more with co-hosts Larry Miller (WUSA 9) […]
Month: February 2019
7Feb Speak Truth: Black Lives Matter Intergenerational Dialogue 5-7pm
Speak Truth seminars bring students together monthly from public, public charter, and private schools across the District to discuss and examine contemporary social justice issues. Dunbar High School 101 N St NW Washington DC 20001 […]
7Feb The Jackson Family Art Show
Black History Exhibition, 9:30am – 9pm Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) Neighborhood Library 1630 7th St NW Washington DC 20001 wathashawlibrary@dc.gov 202-727-1288 The Jackson Family showcases three generations of greatness. This exhibit is in honor of our family […]
6Feb African History & Culture Lecture Series 7pm
Migrations: The African Presence Around The World, Past & Present An eye opening chronicle of the many travels of people of African descent to distant lands from ancient times to today. Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 […]
5Feb 30th Annual Black Film Festival 6pm
DC Public Library’s Celebration of Black American Cinema Sorry to Bother You In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, Black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success after adopting a “white” […]
During and after the Civil War, Union officers and missionaries expanded literacy and skills in the south, resulting in a great rise in the reading population and creating schools, some of which exist today. A […]
5Feb “Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story” 6:30pm
The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church 1313 New York Ave NW Washington DC 20005 This new film explores the life and legacy of one of the most important religious figures of the 20th century. Born […]
4Feb The District Black Doughboys of WWI 7pm
Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20008 clevelandparklibrary@dc.gov 202-282-3080
3Feb Uptown Arts House presents Home: A Suite for Gil Scott Heron 6pm
DC-based creative agency and multimedia arts collective Uptown Art House pays tribute to the work of Musician, Poet, Composer, Activist and Educator, Gil Scott Heron. The Harlem native, and once DC resident, was a product […]
3Feb Giving Voices to Hope in Unity Concert 4 – 7pm
CAAPA (the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts) will be partnering with Youth for Human Rights DC for a Black History Month celebration of human rights and freedom. Washington National Opera performers accompanied by Dr. Lester […]
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