Black Love Day is a national wholyday to observe 5 Loving Acts to heal relationships celebrated in 2021 in a Conference and 28th Black Love Relationship Ceremony. 1st Virtual Black Love Conference from 10 a.m. to […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
AAHgS Black History conference
Keynote Speaker – Ted Ellis: African American Artist The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society’s Maryland and Washington, DC Chapters, the Laurel (MD) and Washington, DC Family History Centers, as well as the African American Special […]
WETA.org Black History programs
4PM After School Activities Tune in to DC Public Library’s Youtube every school day at 4 p.m. for fun and educational after-school live events and videos! To the Stars with Mae Jemison – Learn about the first black woman to […]
Candid Conversations: Topics that Impact the African American Community
February 10, 17 24 at Noon
Organizing Black Families: The Colored Conventions
updated: February 9, 7pm
Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion
February 9, 5:30PM – 7PM The National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library invite you to a virtual conversation about representation, kinship and storytelling. Join us as we analyze Bernard Gotfryd’s portrait of Alice Walker and discuss the related book “Training School […]
“How African American Families Have Been Portrayed in the Media”
February 7, 4pm – 6pm
THE DUNBAR LEGACY: PASSING THE TORCH OF EXCELLENCE 1870-2013
February 8, 14, 21, 28 at 7:30PM
ASALH, the founders of black history month
February 6, 12pm – 2pm A panel of authors, chefs and historians will share their work and discuss the important role food has played Black family life throughout the diaspora.
