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 […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
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, […]
28feb@7PM
D.C. Black History Celebration Committee (DCBHCC) Presents Saving All the Children and Families in Times of Crisis Black History continues with the D.C. Black History Celebration Committee virtual program Saving All the Children and Families in Times […]
24feb@5:30pm ~ Lynchings & Biophobia
Understanding the past is important in helping to move forward into the future. Historians at Montgomery History have done research around racial terror lynchings of African Americans that took place in Rockville, Maryland. This tragic […]
24feb@6pm ~ Generations of Freedom: Gender, Movement, and Violence in Natchez, 1779-1865
In Generations of Freedom Nik Ribianszky employs the lenses of gender and violence to examine family, community, and the tenacious struggles by which free blacks claimed and maintained their freedom under shifting international governance from […]
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