Join us on Tuesdays in February as we celebrate Black History Month with our annual film festival. The 28th Annual Black Film Festival offers a Double Feature every week, with entertaining and thought-provoking shorts and […]
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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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14Feb 9:30-11am Book Talk
“The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life” By Kwame Alexander, Thai Neave (Photographer) The Playbook isn’t quite a basketball how-to manual for young athletes but an advice book […]
13Feb 7-9pm Staged Reading
Edward Albee’s The Death of Bessie Smith Ford’s Theatre and Mosaic Theater Company present a staged reading and discussion of Edward Albee’s The Death of Bessie Smith, directed by Jennifer L. Nelson. Playwright Edward Albee explores the intersection of […]
13Feb 7:00pm Black Georgetown Remembered
William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Neighborhood Library 115 Atlantic St. SW Washington, D.C. 20032
13Feb, 6:30-9:30pm 24th Black Love Day
We Act Radio […]
13Feb, 6-8pm Genealogy Database Workshop
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW Washington DC 20001 Computer Lab, Room 311 Beginning to trace your Family Tree? Maybe you have researched a good amount of your family history […]
The Uncivil Civil War: Three Films Beyond the Battlefields in February
921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003 The films of the Civil War are rich in the conflicts between the slave South and the abolitionist North. February 12, 4:00pm: Ride with the Devil Ang Lee’s Ride with the […]
12Feb, 2-4pm The Boyds School & Education
African-American History in Montgomery County: The Boyds School & Education The Boyd (or Boyds) Negro School was a rural, segregated school that served the African-American children of Boyds and several surrounding communities from 1896 to […]
11Feb, 7:00pm Film
“Free State of Jones” Rated R (1hr 39 min, Released June 2016) Please RSVP for pizza 400 I Street, SW, Washington, DC
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