February 28, 4:00 – 5:00pm February 28,2021. This day will serve us to commemorate 3 important events at the same time. We will have a wreath Laying Ceremony at the African American Civil War Memorial […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity
February 28: 12 – 2PM
Black Power in DC
February 26, 3 – 4PM free Pre-registration for all ages George Derek Musgrove, Associate Professor of History at UMBC, has launched a website exploring the history of Black Power organizing in the nation’s capital. Black Power […]
Village Talk Series
No matter the time, from Africa, slavery on the plantation, to Reconstruction, Jim Crow and Civil Rights, we took care and loved one another, we had a “Village” that helped and sustained us. Do we […]
February 25, 7:00 PM
Enslaved at the Georgetown Hotel tells the story of three generations of one family enslaved by the owner of the hotel, Eleanor Lang, and explains the process of their emancipation in 1862 under the D.C. […]
Diving with a Purpose: Recovering and Reexamining Our Roots
February 24, 6:30 – 8pm A panel discussion featuring divers who seek to preserve the heritage of Black people through discovering and investigating wreckages of slave ships and salvaging artifacts.
Black History is American History Reception
February 24, 5pm – 8pm (four 45-minute timed slots) PLEASE ONLY RESERVED A TICKET IF YOU ARE 100% CERTAIN YOU WILL ATTEND. MASKS ARE REQUIRED, TEMPERATURE WILL BE TAKEN AT THE DOOR. Zenith Gallery – […]
February 24, 2021 at 6:30 pm University of the District of Columbia’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Office of Alumni Affairs for a Black History Month program celebrating esteemed alumnus, Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson
Around Town DC
UnRacism-The intricate pathways of structural racism FEBRUARY 23, 1-2PM Courtney Tolbert hosts a monthly discussion on how we can move forward at this time and improve our world. All are invited to attend, please pre-register.
