Hiram Revels: First African American Senator Two days after Mississippi is readmitted to the Union on February 23, 1870, Hiram Revels, a schoolmaster and preacher, becomes the first African American to serve in the U.S. […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
18feb – Film: Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, 7pm
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote Film Screenings Multiple Dates Francis A. Gregory Library 3660 Alabama Ave SE Anacostia Library 1800 Good Hope Rd SE 2018 was a contentious year featuring a high stakes mid-term election […]
18feb – Celebrating Harriet Tubman and 100 years of Women’s Suffrage, 6pm
A panel discussion including Harriet Tubman descendant and historian CR Gibbs: How did Harriet Tubman and other African Americans influence the women’s suffrage movement? Fraser Mansion 1701 20th St NW (202) 667-6404
18feb – Art AfterWords: Brown Girl Dreaming, 5:30pm
Join staff from the National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library for a monthly conversation about portraits and prose. Discuss a portrait from the museum’s collection in addition to Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Brown […]
18feb – Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era, 12pm
Investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell takes readers on the twisting road that led to the reopening of four of the most infamous killings during the civil rights movement. His work played a central role in bringing […]
16feb – African American Men Sing Songs of Praise, 3pm
The DC Black History Celebration Committee will again sponsor a City-wide Black History event, entitled “African American Men Sing Songs of Praise.” Featuring Male Choirs, Soloists, Ushers with M.C. TV News Anchor (channel 7) Sam […]
African Americans and the Vote: 150th Anniversary of the 15th Amendment
Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building – Great Hall – 2nd Floor (LJ200-E) 10 First Street SE ON DISPLAY FOR A LIMITED TIME In the aftermath of the Civil War, Northern Republicans in Congress proposed […]
15feb – Black Composers Concert, 3pm
Please join us and invite your family and friends to enjoy a wonderful afternoon concert of classical, jazz, Gospel, and sacred music by composers of African descent performed by top area artists. We have an exciting program planned […]
14feb – Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Season 6 @7pm
Join WETA and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Sirius XM host Joe Madison for a screening & discussion of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Season Six.
