901 G St NW Washington DC 20001 | 202-727-0321 3:00pm Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle: The First African American Trade Union The story of the organizing of the first black trade union – The […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
Happy Nappy Storytelling Featuring Phyllisa and Jalanah Deroze
Sankofa Video, Books, & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC Feb 19, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Dr. Phyllisa Smith Deroze and Jalanah Deroze are a dynamic mother-and-daughter team broadening diabetes awareness. Dr. Deroze […]
Preserving Black Resistance
February 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm This panel brings together public historians and information and cultural heritage professionals to explore the ways they have preserved records, spaces, and places of Black Resistance movements […]
Tour: Black History in Lafayette Park $$
Washington Walks: Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. When Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had a two-block long section of 16th Street, NW christened Black Lives Matter Plaza, she guaranteed that it would forever be […]
‘Workshop Wednesdays’ from ASALH x Howard Univ. Social Justice Consortium
Wed, Feb 15, 2023 7:00 PM EST ASALH and Howard University’s Social Justice Consortium continue the workshop series with the February monthly installment of our latest edition in the acclaimed series, the Social Justice Reading […]
Poetry – Fighting with Words: Then & Now
February 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 Accomplished poets, seasoned and beginning, share via a round table discussion how they have used their craft over time to resist discrimination and fight racism. A variety of genres will […]
Black Like Me
Opening Reception to Meet the Artist: wednesday February 15, 2023, 4-8 pm 1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20004 Featuring Artists: Wesley Clark, Julee Dickerson Thompson, Bulsby “Buzz” Duncan, Francine Haskins, Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Carolyn Goodridge, […]
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Mary L Romney-Schaab
An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German by Mary L Romney-Schaab virtual_feb 13: 6:30pm An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German is the true story of Lionel Romney’s wartime […]
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