Presented by Muneer Nasser, Trumpeter & Jazz Historian Explore the rich history of jazz through live music, rare recordings, and interactive demonstrations. Perfect for music lovers and history enthusiasts interested in discovering jazz’s Memphis blues […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
Couples Arts & Crafts: Crafting History | 15feb@3 – 5pm $$
Celebrate Love, Creativity & Black History Kolor Me Awesome This Valentine’s Day, paint, learn, and connect at a unique couples’ glass painting class inspired by the beauty of stained glass art and the legacy of Black artisans. Create your own hand-painted […]
Whispers from the Water: Reconnecting Ancestral Memory
Saturday, 15 february, 1 – 3 pm Mr. Kamau Sadiki is a diver for the Smithsonian Institute. He and his team travel all over the world to locate and identify ship wrecks from the Transatlantic/Oceanic […]
The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival | 14 – 16feb
The Jazz Academy of Music, Inc proudly presents The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (MAJF). The MAJF is a straight-ahead jazz festival that occurs every year over President’s Day weekend.
The Reshaping of Racial Labor in the Age of A.I., with Golden Owens | 13feb@6pm
The implications and use of AI and GenAI has a pivotal impact on the lives and experiences of African Americans. Golden M. Owens will explore this through the lens of gender and labor.
What is black love day ~ feb 13th
Black Love Day (BLD) is the 5th nationally-commemorated African American Holiday (‘wholyday’) observance of atonement, reconciliation, celebration, and 24-hour demonstration of Black Love BLD also encourages Whites in the 24-hour period to “show love in […]
History Talks: Education and Power in Post-Emancipation America | 11feb@7-8pm
This program is part of History Talks, a webinar series that investigates facets of Abraham Lincoln’s complex legacy and its relevance to today. Reconstruction has long been dismissed as a failure in American history, but in […]
ASALH Book Prize Winner Announcement | 11feb@6-7pm
The winner(s) of the ASALH Book Prize will be announced on ASALH TV on February 11th at 6:00 p.m. EST. This event is part of the 2025 ASALH Black History Month Festival. “Make sure you […]
We The People, Celebrating Black History Together International Art Exhibition-Artist
virtual Gallery Tour & talk | 8Feb@6:30 – 8:30pm With artists from Canada, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, UK, and the USA, we have global representation of artistic voices and perspectives, transcending geographical […]
Hold On, Change is Coming
Celebrating Black History Month Artist talks at 2PM | Feb 8 Julee Dickerson-Thompson, Francine Haskins, Luther Wright ZENITH SALON/UPPER NORTHWEST GALLERY:1429 Iris Street, NW, Washington DC 20012 Gallery Open Wednesday – Saturday, 12:00 PM to […]
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