SAAM is home to one of the largest collections of work made by African American artists in the world. Join artist and scholar Allan deSouza, art adviser Schwanda Rountree, and DC-based art collectors Mel and […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
8feb – Film: Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask, 2 – 4pm
This film about Paul Laurence Dunbar features Maya Angelou reading the poet’s famous poem, ‘We Wear the Mask.” Born to former slaves in Dayton, Ohio, where he was boyhood friends with the Wright Brothers, Paul […]
8feb – Carter G. Woodson: History, the Black Press and Public Relations
Join author Burnis R. Morris as he discusses the evolution of Negro History Week to Black History Month and how Woodson used the press to promote the contributions of African Americans as part of the […]
8feb – Seafarers Yacht Club Black History
Seafarers Yacht Club Black History 1950 M St SE Washington DC 20003 Please join us on Saturday, February 8, 2020 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Light Refreshments 12:30 PM – 1:30 […]
8feb – Investment 101: How to Start Investing Now!
Martha’s Table, 11am 2755 Elvans Rd SE Investment 101: How to start investing now! The public is invited to join the ladies of the Federal City Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated for a […]
6feb – Film: “A Raisin in the Sun”
The film adaptation of the award-winning play, by Lorraine Hansberry, about a struggling black family living on Chicago’s South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as […]
6feb – 100 Years of the Whitelaw
Come celebrate the historic Whitelaw Hotel during Black History Month and listen to a panel of speakers discuss the past, present, and future of the Whitelaw and the Shaw neighborhood. The panel will be moderated […]
6feb – In Focus: Come Let Us Build a New World Together
12:30 & 5:30PM National Portrait Gallery, G Street Lobby 8th & F Sts NW Celebrate Black History Month as we take a close look at a 1963 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) poster of John […]
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