African History and Culture Lecture Series by CR Gibbs, 7pm Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 Hamlin Street NE 202-541-6226
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
5feb – Answering the Call
Fifty-one years ago, the nation watched in horror as bloody images of police attacks on civil rights protestors in Selma, Alabama aired on television. John Witeck was a sophomore at the University of Virginia when […]
Black History Month Celebrate the History, Achievements and Futures of African Americans @DCPL
Black History Month Celebrate the History, Achievements, and Futures of African Americans at DC Public Libraries.
4feb – Film, “Suppressed: The Fight to Vote”
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, a new documentary by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, & the NRA), weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to […]
4feb – Make Your Own Museum
In celebration of Black History Month, make your own museum and share your own history in a special display at Rosedale! We invite children and teenagers of all ages to talk to their parents, grandparents, uncles, […]
4feb – Hidden Heroes: African Americans, NASA, & The Quest for the Final Frontier
Spring 2020 African History and Culture Lecture Series Please join us for our Spring 2020 African History and Culture Lecture Series. Historian C. R. Gibbs will present Hidden Heroes: African Americans, NASA, & The Quest […]
THE CENTENNIAL OF THE NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE 2020 IN DC
Rube Foster incorporated the Negro National League in Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania before the meeting in Kansas City, MO that took place on February 13, 1920. Each team paid a franchise […]
3feb – Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company: A Tribute to Marian Anderson
Join us for a new performance by the Portrait Gallery’s first Choreographer-in-Residence, Dana Tai Soon Burgess. This suite of modern dances pays homage to vocalist Marian Anderson, an icon who broke racial barriers through her […]
3feb – THE “BLACKITY BLACKITY BLACK” SHOW
“We all have a goal of bringing people together by challenging their biases and perspectives, amplifying the voices of folks often unheard, and making space for all types to be. To simply be. These things […]
3feb – Film: “Fruitvale Station”
A drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Bay Area father who was gunned down by a BART subway officer on New Year’s Day in 2009, and whose murder shocked the […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 