The film adaptation of the award-winning play, by Lorraine Hansberry, about a struggling black family living on Chicago’s South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as […]
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“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.
Programs that are free and open to the public will be continually listed and distributed throughout the year, please continue to submit to DCBlackHistory.com, DCBlackHistory on Facebook and dcblkhistory@gmail.com.
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6feb – 100 Years of the Whitelaw
Come celebrate the historic Whitelaw Hotel during Black History Month and listen to a panel of speakers discuss the past, present, and future of the Whitelaw and the Shaw neighborhood. The panel will be moderated […]
6feb – In Focus: Come Let Us Build a New World Together
12:30 & 5:30PM National Portrait Gallery, G Street Lobby 8th & F Sts NW Celebrate Black History Month as we take a close look at a 1963 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) poster of John […]
5feb – We Are Rising! The Story of Black Women & the Vote
African History and Culture Lecture Series by CR Gibbs, 7pm Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 Hamlin Street NE 202-541-6226
5feb – Answering the Call
Fifty-one years ago, the nation watched in horror as bloody images of police attacks on civil rights protestors in Selma, Alabama aired on television. John Witeck was a sophomore at the University of Virginia when […]
Black History Month Celebrate the History, Achievements and Futures of African Americans @DCPL
Black History Month Celebrate the History, Achievements, and Futures of African Americans at DC Public Libraries.
4feb – Film, “Suppressed: The Fight to Vote”
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, a new documentary by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, & the NRA), weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to […]
4feb – Make Your Own Museum
In celebration of Black History Month, make your own museum and share your own history in a special display at Rosedale! We invite children and teenagers of all ages to talk to their parents, grandparents, uncles, […]
4feb – Hidden Heroes: African Americans, NASA, & The Quest for the Final Frontier
Spring 2020 African History and Culture Lecture Series Please join us for our Spring 2020 African History and Culture Lecture Series. Historian C. R. Gibbs will present Hidden Heroes: African Americans, NASA, & The Quest […]
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