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Category: Historical Property
20feb@6:45pm ~ Vigil for Frederick Douglass’s Passing
In this video, we dwell in the space where Frederick Douglass passed on February 20, 1895, share in a reading of the description of his final moments, and then shift into a time of reflection […]
13feb@12PM ~ The Frederick Douglass Home and the History of Historic House Museums
While the Frederick Douglass Home had been a place where people came to honor the legacy of the great abolitionist, it was only the third site honoring an African American when it entered the national […]
22feb – The Artifact, Archivist & Activists, 2pm
Archivist Ken Chandler shows the pen used by President Johnson to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and his talk about how the National Archives for Black Women’s History preserves the history of the […]
18feb – Celebrating Harriet Tubman and 100 years of Women’s Suffrage, 6pm
A panel discussion including Harriet Tubman descendant and historian CR Gibbs: How did Harriet Tubman and other African Americans influence the women’s suffrage movement? Fraser Mansion 1701 20th St NW (202) 667-6404
18feb – Art AfterWords: Brown Girl Dreaming, 5:30pm
Join staff from the National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library for a monthly conversation about portraits and prose. Discuss a portrait from the museum’s collection in addition to Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Brown […]
18feb – Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era, 12pm
Investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell takes readers on the twisting road that led to the reopening of four of the most infamous killings during the civil rights movement. His work played a central role in bringing […]
16feb – African American Men Sing Songs of Praise, 3pm
The DC Black History Celebration Committee will again sponsor a City-wide Black History event, entitled “African American Men Sing Songs of Praise.” Featuring Male Choirs, Soloists, Ushers with M.C. TV News Anchor (channel 7) Sam […]
African Americans and the Vote: 150th Anniversary of the 15th Amendment
Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building – Great Hall – 2nd Floor (LJ200-E) 10 First Street SE ON DISPLAY FOR A LIMITED TIME In the aftermath of the Civil War, Northern Republicans in Congress proposed […]
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