Author: DC Black History
“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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5Feb 11:00 AM Service
Mt Gilead Baptist Church Black History eduTainment performances: Dramatic Reading Maya Angelou’s “STILL I RISE” by Actress Lauren Bunch 1625 13th St NW Washington, DC 20009 Each Sunday in February, […]
Feb Saturdays 1-4 PM Story Days
The National Portrait Gallery Portrait Story Days; Education Center 8th & F streets NW Washington DC 4Feb: Tuskegee Airmen 11Feb: Rosa Parks 25Feb: Martin Luther King Jr. Listen to a story and create […]
4Feb 2:00 PM Early Days of Public Education
Our Heritage: From the Civil War to Education in Montgomery County: Still Standing: One- and Two-Room Schoolhouses in Montgomery County and the Stories They Tell about the Early Days of Public Education […]
4Feb 2:00 PM Live Jazz Performance
U.S. Army Blues Jazz Quintet Dorothy I Height-Benning Neighborhood Library […]
4Feb 2:00 PM Discussion & Exhibit
African American Leisure Activities with Patsy M. Fletcher and Marya McQuirter Author and historian Patsy Mose Fletcher, Historically African American Leisure Destinations around Washington, D.C. Historian Marya McQuirter will discuss the history of African American leisure […]
4Feb, 1:00 PM Free Film: 13th
African American Civil War Museum 1925 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001
4Feb, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Book Talk: The Voting Rights War
Join Author Gloria Brown Marshall at the African American Civil War Museum as she illuminates the struggle for equal voting rights in the United States. African American Civil War Museum 1925 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, […]
3 Feb, 4:00 – 8:00 PM Artist Reception & 4Feb, 2:00 – 6:00 PM
“Creatively We Unite” February 3 – March 4, 2017 ZENITH GALLERY est. 1978 1429 Iris St., NW, Washington, DC 20012 Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 12-6 PM Featuring: Doba Afolabi, Mason Archie, Anne Bouie, Francesca Britton, […]
4Feb, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM FREE Genealogy Conference
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Marvin T. Jones REGISTRATION
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