Douglass Day 2020 On Valentine’s Day 2020, we invite you to a birthday party for Frederick Douglass. Although Douglass was born into bondage, and never knew his birthdate, he chose to celebrate every year on […]
Month: February 2020
12feb – Documentary Premiere: Race for the White House “Obama v. McCain,” 7pm
William G. McGowan Theater – National Archives Foundation 700 Pennsylvania Ave NW Race for the White House is a CNN original series narrated by Academy Award–winner Mahershala Ali. Using archival footage, interviews, and stylized dramatizations, […]
12feb – Book Hill Talks – Janea West: Producer & Director, 7pm
Janea West created GROWN in 2016, a series for black women to see themselves on screen. The concept of the comedy-drama was to create relatable characters experiencing the challenges and difficulties of young adulthood: career […]
12feb – Hand Dancing & Its Amazing History by Tyrone Woods & Co., 7pm
African History and Culture Lecture Series Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 Hamlin St NE 202-541-6226
12feb – What’s Really Going On Podcast, 7pm
Southeast Neighborhood Library 403 7th St SE 202-698-3377 The What’s Really Going On Podcast is about the intersection of politics and culture. Friends Henry and Noah breakdown the issues impacting those who are far too […]
12feb – Films: Fannie Lou Hamer: Voting Rights Activist & Voting Matters: Fighting for Voting Rights, 6pm
West End Library 2301 L St NW 202-724-8707 1. Voting rights activist and Civil Rights Leader Fannie Lou Hamer, born in 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi, was the granddaughter of a slave and the youngest […]
12feb – Black Power in Washington, D.C. by G. Derek Musgrove, 2pm
G. Derek Musgrove, co-author of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital, will join us to discuss his new project, the Washington D.C. Black Power Map. Cleveland Park Library 3310 […]
12feb – The Osiris Papers Author Talk
Sankofa Books, 6 – 8pm 2714 Georgia Ave NW
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 […]
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