Category: Conversations
Feb24 ASALH 2018 Author’s Event
10 a.m. – Noon, Washington Renaissance Hotel 999 Ninth Street NW Washington D.C. Free and open to the public. Prior to the annual black history luncheon, a featured authors event which is free and open to […]
Feb20 C.R. Gibbs Lecture Series on African American History and Culture
“Benjamin Banneker and the African Roots of His Science” 7:00 PM, Deanwood Neighborhood Library 1350 49th St. NE Washington, D.C. 20019 deanwoodlibrary@dc.gov or 202-698-1175
Feb20 Black Lives Matter DC Open House
Learn about our work, meet our members, and working with fellow community members on upcoming projects. 6:00 – 9:00PM, Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, Side door entrance 3845 S Capitol St SW […]
Feb19 Make Time for Love, a Valentine’s Day Concert
Make Time for Love is a Valentine’s Day–themed concert featuring 7 of the 10 original love songs composed by artist Victor Simonson for his wife Ciara Simonson during the first decade of their marriage. This […]
Feb19 Little Ethiopia DC’s 13th Anniversary of Black History Month
Please join the Little Ethiopia DC community and celebrate Black History Month in a quest for Dignity, Liberty, and Unity on Monday at the historic Fraser Mansion. The panel will feature Tiffany Lancaster, Advisory Neighborhood […]
Feb 17 Celebrate Black History with PG County Memorial Library
Culture Queen engages your royal children in motivating music, marvelous movement and super storytelling activities inspired by the Kings and Queens of Black History! Black History is World History and Culture Queen sure knows how […]
Feb 17 & 18: FREDERICK DOUGLASS BICENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
This year’s programs and activities will honor the legacy and activism of Frederick Douglass and his connection to the Anacostia community in which his historic home lies. There will be community lectures, dramatic performances, hands-on kids […]
Feb17 Community Conversation and Film Review of “The Road to Brown”
You are cordially invited to join the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, Inc. Board of Directors in partnership with Members of the Federal City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for a Community Conversation and Film […]
February 2018 Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital
A provocative book by noted scholars Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove. Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital has been called “an ambitious, kaleidoscopic history…essential American history, deeply researched and […]
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