In celebration of the museum’s 50th anniversary, we are pulling out all the stops. For the first time ever, the museum will hold its annual Mardi Gras event in our own 2,500 square foot main gallery! […]
Category: Lectures, Talks & Panels
MEN OF BRONZE Directed by William Miles – 1977
8:00 – 10:00 PM, Men of Bronze is the definitive story of black American soldiers of the 369th U.S. combat regiment and the 15th Infantry from New York, known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” who served […]
Feb9 “Marking Great Civil and Human Rights Milestones of 2018”
….Douglass – MLK – Mandela Great Black Leaders of the Past and a Look to the Future 6:00 PM, Fraser Mansion – Church of Scientology National Affairs Office 1701 20th Street NW Washington DC 20009 […]
Feb8 C.R. Gibbs Lecture Series on African American History and Culture
“Crusade for Liberty: Frederick Douglass, the Civil War & DC Emancipation.” 7:00PM Georgetown Neighborhood Library 3260 R St. NW Washington DC 20007 202-727-0232 In celebration of 2018 African American History Month, distinguished historian C.R. […]
Feb6 Frederick Douglas, Haiti, and the Civil War
Along with millions of people of color and abolitionists, Haiti inspired Douglass to fight for freedom in America. His lifelong relationship to Haiti culminated in his service as United States Minister to Haiti in 1889 […]
African Americans & World War I
Join local historian C.R. Gibbs presents the Annual Veterans Day Lecture, “Undaunted Courage: African Americans & World War I.” 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM This lecture presentation marks the ongoing international centennial observance of the […]
DC Emancipation Day @AACWM
Reading of the names of the 1st Freed People @ 4:00 pm FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO DC STATEHOOD panel discussion @ 5:00 pm 1925 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001 Ph: 202-667-2667
28Feb, 7:-8:30pm Lecture
Crossing The Rubicon: The Battle for Black Public Education in DC Greenbelt Library 11 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770
28Feb, 12-1:30pm Frederick Douglass 2018 One Million Abolitionists
Library of Congress – James Madison Memorial Building 101 Independence Ave SE Mumford Room Washington, DC 20540
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 