Sankofa Video, Books, & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA Akata: The Saga of an American Girl Finding Her Roots Unemployment brings horrible flashbacks that Victoria Gregg would much rather forget. So […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
Warrior Queen Nzingha: Tell Them We Fought Back
What are your royal roots? In August of 1619, “20 and odd” Africans arrived in the Virginia Colony which was founded in 1607. In 2019, a 400th Commemoration took place featuring events in the United […]
Women of Spirit Share Rituals Divine
A Panel Discussion about how Ritual has sustained us throughout Black History. Women of Spirit share Rituals Divine provides first-hand access to the personal spiritual space of 40 awesome and diverse storytellers who share evolution-empowering […]
Photo Lab: Defining Your Truth with Reginald Cunningham
Sat, February 4 | 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Apple Carnegie | Free & Open to the Public Join Reginald Cunningham, also known as Kid Noble, to create portraits on iPhone using personal affirmation prompts […]
Celebrating Black Resistance
Westminster Presbyterian Church 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024 Join D.C. Black History Celebration Committee (DCBHCC), African American Civil War Museum and Westminster Presbyterian[…]
2023 Black History Month Resources
Sharing a guide created by Lopez D. Matthews, Jr., PhD, State Archivist and Public Records Administrator with resources for studying this year’s Black history theme of Black Resistance. In collaboration with the Association for the […]
Honoring The Black in US
Exhibit Dates: February 3, 2023 – March 4, 2023 Opening Receptions to meet the artists:RSVP on eventbrite: Saturday Feb 4, 2-6pmAt 1429 Iris Street NW, Washington DC, 20012 Featuring Artists: Doba Afolabi, Ram Brisueno, Sheryll […]
Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality (Pantheon, 2022), Brown-Nagin explores the life and times of Constance Baker Motley, the pathbreaking lawyer, politician, and judge. Join me in my conversation with Harvard […]
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