The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and the D.C. Black History Celebration Committee are honored to work together to offer a guide to events for Black History Month 2025. If you are coordinating, […]
Category: DC Black History Happens Now
Present at the 2025 DC History Conference
Call for Submissions It’s that time again! The conference committee is now accepting submissions for the 51st Annual DC History Conference, April 3 – 6, 2025. Deadline: December 9, 2024 WHO SHOULD APPLY If DC’s […]
DC Emancipation Day 2024
Sunday, April 14th: 2-4 pm – D.C. Emancipation Day: From Franklin Park to Mount Vernon Square – Hear why D.C.’s enslaved persons were granted freedom nine months before nation-wide emancipation occurred and where annual celebrations […]
Celebrate Women’s History Month at National Capital Parks-East!
Women’s History Month Programs – Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site1318 Vermont Avenue NWWashington, DC 20005 Friday, March 8th | […]
Annual Harriet Tubman day
Westminster Presbyterian Church | 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024 | (202) 484-7700
The Guinness Award Winning USCT Memorial
The Rock Creek Civil War Round Table (RCCWRT) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86567095081 Meeting ID: 865 6709 5081 — One tap mobile +19292056099,,86567095081# US (New York) +13017158592,,86567095081# US […]
Thursday, february 29th, 2024
Black History Month Scavenger Hunt Thursday, February 29: 12:00pm – 7:00pm | Parklands-Turner Neighborhood Library Recognize the triumphs, trials, and achievements of Black Americans with a scavenger hunt. The Birth of a Nation – Viewing […]
Workshop: Compelling Portraits with Jada Imani M
Today at Apple | 801 K Street NW | Washington, DC 20001 Celebrate the beauty of Black hair culture in a visual showcase led by photographer and filmmaker Jada Imani M. Experience her latest work, […]
Black History Month: NPS
Every Thursday in February, 10:00 am, Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS (1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005) “Reading Ranger, historic African Myths and Folk Tales by Dr. Carter G. Woodson” Join the Ranger […]
South Africa: Democracy and Arts Activism
Georgetown Racial Justice Institute (RJI), and African Studies Riggs Library, Healy Hall, Third Floor – Georgetown University Campus | O St NW & 37th St NW Washington DC 20057 Thursday, February 29, 2024 | 6:00 […]
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