The Georgetown Neighborhood Library will have a screening of Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story. In 1955, when racial segregation defined the South, two groups of twelve-year-old boys stepped onto a baseball field in a non-violent act […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
2feb – Laces to Bows
Capitol View Neighborhood Library 5001 Central Ave SE Washington, D.C. 20019 capitolviewlibrary@dc.gov 202-645-0755
2feb – Free Community Day at NMWA
Free Community Day: February, The first Sunday of the month is Community Day at The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)! Visit us on Community Day for FREE admission to the museum—take this […]
Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) is best known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words showcases […]
1feb – Read Africa Festival 2020
Join us on Saturday, Feb. 1 to celebrate 2020’s Read Africa Week, a literary initiative to showcase young people’s literature with realistic depictions of African life. Featuring: ·Storytelling ·Crafts ·African food ·Book giveaways All ages are welcome, […]
1feb An Afternoon with Dr. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson Home, 1pm 1538 Ninth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 On Saturdays in February (1, 15, 29), the afternoon tours of the Carter G. Woodson Home NHS will be joined by “Dr. Carter G. Woodson,” […]
The Fannie Lou Hamer Story; “I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired” 25Jan
Come Celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend with us! Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye, which means “beautiful heart that sings”, embodies the heart, passion, and activism of Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin combined with the […]
Aunt Betty & Fort Stevens
It was 1861, only blocks from my house, when Elizabeth Proctor Thomas’ farm was taken from her. It was replaced by a badly needed Union military fort that would defend Washington DC. How Mrs. Thomas […]
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