We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC traces Black feminism in Washington, DC from the turn of the 20th century through the civil rights and Black Power movements to today. on view on the first […]
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Black History Month: NPS
“Walking in the Steps of the Bookman” Every Friday in February, 1:00 pm, Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS (1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005) A free walking tour from the Mary McLeod Bethune […]
U.S. Minister to Liberia Henry Highland Garnet and the U.S.- Liberia Relationship
Join the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) on Wednesday, February 21 from 12:15 to 1:00 pm EST to commemorate Black History Month. NMAD’s Public Historian, Dr. Alison Mann, will offer a talk on the […]
Family History Day
Saturday, April 29 | NOON – 2:00 PM | FREE Become a junior genealogist at Family History Day! Build a family tree and design a family crest while you learn why family history matters. What’s […]
BLACKSPACE DESIGN CHARETTE $$
25Feb, 2:00 – 5:00 PM National Building Museum 401 F Street NW Washington DC 20001 | info@nbm.org 202.272.2448 Join Howard University and BlackSpace for a community speculative design workshop – using Black liberation design principles to […]
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Thank you for joining us for the 48th Annual DC History Conference! We want to hear from you as we strive to make our annual event a more engaging, meaningful, and enjoyable experience. Please fill […]
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
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 