FIRST ASALH VIRTUAL CONVENING | 3/24/25 7:30-9:00p ET American democracy is fragile. It is an unspoken agreement between us (the people) and them (our elected officials). It is not perfect, and it is not finished. According to Hary […]
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Avoice: African Americans in Congress
The CBCF Avoice Virtual Library is a premier source of information about historical and contemporary African American policy issues important to researchers, academics, educators and students. Roll Call: Black Members of Congress Avoice Exhibits Avoice […]
DC history conference thursday-sunday, April 3-6
The DC History Conference is co-presented by the DC History Center, DC Public Library, and HumanitiesDC, and supported by organizational partners and a volunteer planning committee. REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE The DC History Conference is […]
women who changed america: tour 8mar@2pm $
If you haven’t been on a Washington Walk, you haven’t been to Washington They founded organizations, they sponsored legislation, they blazed trails and suffered trials. For generations, women living and working in Washington, D.C. have […]
“President Grant – An Inclusive President” Panel Discussion
If you missed the insightful “President Grant – An Inclusive President” panel discussion, you can now watch the full recording. Hosted by the Institute for Politics, Policy, and History and the Association for the Study of African […]
HOW TO help your doctor help you | 1mar@6-8pm
SANKOFA VIDEO & BOOKS | 2714 Georgia Ave NW Washington DC 20001
Eve L. Ewing — Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism – with Clint Smith | 1mar@3pm
Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20008 In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare […]
celebrate national women’s history month
Events begin with the Women of Valor: The Six Triple Eight program, featuring retired colonel of the U.S. Army, Edna W. Cummings, Saturday, March 1st at 1:00 pm Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic […]
Leveraging Our Dollars For Change | @NAACP
In the wake of nationwide protests against systemic racism in 2020, many corporations and institutions publicly committed to being more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Five years later and some are starting to backtrack without ever […]
jazz jams@busboys & poets | 26feb@7pm
Monthly Jazz Jam session led by DC based saxophonist Elijah Balbed! Hyattsville Busboys & Poets 5331 Baltimore Ave Hyattsville MD 20781 Clarice Presents’ Jazz Jams, in partnership with Busboys and Poets, brings D.C.-based saxophonist Elijah […]
