Explore and learn about the people, places and events that have shaped the history and culture of the nation’s capital. DC Historic Preservation Office / DC Office of Planning With their longtime presence even before […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
exhibition@mlking jr memorial library
We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC traces Black feminism in Washington, DC from the turn of the 20th century through the civil rights and Black Power movements to today. on view on the first […]
Nya Akoma
Conceived in 1993, in Washington, D.C. from an inspirational massage to native Washingtonian, certified Breathologist, and founder of the African American Holiday Assocciation, Ayo Handy-Kendi, launched the first Black Love Day. BLACK LOVE DAY (BLD) […]
Celebrating M.L.King jr Week
Carry on the legacy of Dr. King’s activism with DC Public Library’s celebration of MLK Week, It Starts with Me. In 1957, Dr. King said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you […]
Ibram X. Kendi Discusses Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers
Mahogany Books hosts Ibram X. Kendi as he discusses Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers Wednesday, January 24 · 7 – 8:30pm EST Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001
c. r. gibbs lECTURE sERIES
From Black Cargoes To Black Lives Matter: The Black American Battle Against Bigotry & Discrimination Tuesday, January 16th, 2024: 6PM
ASALH 2024: African Americans and the Arts
African American art is infused with African, Caribbean, and the Black American lived experiences. In the fields of visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural […]
Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons
Saturday, May 6, 2023, 9:30 AM A Virtual Presentation Via Zoom by Jill L. Newmark | Medical Historian and Museum Curator Without Concealment, Without Compromise is the first book on the fourteen (14) African American physician-surgeons […]
Family History Day
Saturday, April 29 | NOON – 2:00 PM | FREE Become a junior genealogist at Family History Day! Build a family tree and design a family crest while you learn why family history matters. What’s […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 