2018 was a contentious year featuring a high stakes mid-term election with several marquee races making news globally. Filmmaker Robert Greenwald examines that year’s voter suppression efforts through the eyes of the Georgia voters affected […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
20feb – Film: Beloved, 5:30pm
Adapted from Nobel-prize winning author Toni Morrison’s acclaimed novel, Beloved is set in 1873 Ohio, as Sethe, a mother of three, is haunted by her horrific past of enslavement, and her desperate efforts to achieve […]
20feb – Rayceen Pendarvis Is Living Black History, 6:30pm
Please join us for an evening of performances, interviews, artwork and more, starring emcee, columnist, community advocate, and lifelong Washingtonian Rayceen Pendarvis. Together with LGBTQ+ individuals and allies, Rayceen will guide the audience through a program […]
22feb – ASALH Annual Author’s book Signing, 10am – 12pm
Over 40 authors will sign and sell their books. A great opportunity to meet authors and have them autographed.
LOC blogs…
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. […]
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 […]
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