“Celebrations, Found Truths, Sheroes, Heroes, Events and Programs” which recognize and celebrate the contributions in art, literature, politics and education of the African American community throughout the year in the DC Metropolitan area.
11feb – We Are Rising! The Story of Black Women & The Vote by CR Gibbs, 7pm
Join historian CR Gibbs as he presents “We Are Rising: African American Women & The Vote.” A lecture celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the right to vote and the 2020 national Black History Month theme of “African Americans and the Vote.” Learn the astounding but little known struggle of black women to get the vote.