7 – 8:30 PM online tonight On the 160th anniversary of the DC Compensated Emancipation Act, how does its legacy permeate education, politics, and family histories? Following years of activism led by local Washingtonians including […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
Friday, April 8 at 2:00 PM ET/PT That Said with Michael Zeldin & D.C. Black History Celebration Committee Presents: A Conversation with Author, Anna Malaika Tubbs. Join Michael Zeldin and Anna Malaika Tubbs as we […]
DC History conference
March 31 at the Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives April 1 – 2 at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library
26mar@12pm ~ Mary Church Terrell: Suffragist, Activist, and Mentee
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Allison Parker, author of “Unceasing Militant: The Life and Times of Mary Church Terrell”, which examines the life and work Terrell, one of the most important African American […]
Sunday March 13 @7PM
Celebrating Freedom Mt. Zion is telling our own story! This church was boldly begun in 1816 by 125 free and enslaved African Americans of Georgetown. The movie will include captivating dramatizations as well as revealing […]
DC History Conference
Three Days of DC History: Day 1 Register Now Thursday, March 31Dr. Marcia Chatelain, Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University, opens the conference delivering the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture, “The […]
DISSOLVING RACISM IN AMERICA
A BLACK HISTORY/RACISM/REPARATIONS CLASS In the Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, Brotha Cliff Pruitt the chairman of a reparations and business group has produced an outline to get reparations for blacks, offer programs for […]
5mar@9:30AM ~Women of Color in the Suffrage Movement
by Ranger Kenya J. Finley-Jean, Supervisory Park Ranger, Civil War Defenses of Washington, National Park Service Ranger Dear Rock Creek Civil War Roundtable Members and Guests: Thank you for joining us each month on the […]
BLACK BODIES, PART II race norming in the nfl
The second session will focus on contemporary issues addressing health and well-being among Black athletes. It will feature a round table discussion among former NFL players and sports medicine professionals about issues of race norming, […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 