Arena Stage | Molly Smith Library | 1101 Sixth Street SW Washington DC 20024 | 7:00 pm The 2024 program theme is “African Americans and the Arts”. Spanning the many impacts Black Americans have had on […]
Category: Celebrations & Commemorations
Awareness: Through an African American Lens
ARTIST TALKS EVERY SATURDAY IN FEBRUARY Feb. 24, 2:00 pm – Cheryl Edwards, and Hubert Jackson Show Dates: February 2 – March 2, 2024At 1429 Iris Street NW, Washington DC, 20012 Featuring Artists: Doba Afolabi, […]
A Morning with Children’s Author Ruth Forman
Stories for the whole family saturday february 24th | 10:30am – 11:30am Woodridge Neighborhood Library | 1801 Hamlin St NE, Washington, DC 20018 | (202)541-6226 Politics and Prose presents popular children’s author Ruth Forman, who […]
James A. Lafayette, Revolutionary War Spy
Southwest Neighborhood Library | 900 Wesley Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024 Friday, February 23 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm James A. Lafayette was a spy for the Patriots in Virginia during the fight for American Independence. […]
Celebrating Duke Ellington
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library – Central Library | East Storefront A & B Friday, February 23 | 4:00pm – 5:00pm In honor of Duke Ellington and Black History Month, the World Music Collective, […]
Mother Tongue Film Festival: Finding Balance – Bridging Worlds
Friday, February 23, 2024 | 7:00 p.m.$0 | Friedman Family Auditorium Planet Word is proud to host the Smithsonian Institution’s Mother Tongue Film Festival celebrating cultural and linguistic diversity by showcasing films and filmmakers from […]
Mother Tongue Film Festival: Finding Balance – Memory & Renewal
Planet Word | 925 13th St., NW Washington, D.C. 20005 | 202-931-3139 Friday, February 23, 2024 | 4:00 p.m.$0 | Friedman Family Auditorium the Mother Tongue Film Festival will showcase films that record personal journeys […]
“An Evening with Mary McLeod Bethune”
at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS 1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 Email DouglassNHS@nps.gov to reserve your seat or to view the program online. This program will feature music, a performance by […]
National Park Service: 28 Days of Black History
Black history is American history. In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson began a weeklong celebration that has since grown into an entire month dedicated to remembering the achievements, contributions, resilience, and legacies of Black Americans […]
Black History Month Trivia Night @MLKing jr Memorial Library
Wednesday, February 216:30pm – 8:00pm East Storefront A & B Do you know your Black history? Show off your knowledge at our trivia night and see if you’ll take the crown! Join the DC Public […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 