Susan Benjamin, candy historian, and author will give a talk about the historic origins of candy based on her most recent book, “Sweet as Sin: The Unwrapped Story of How Candy Became America’s Favorite Pleasure.” […]
Category: Lectures, Talks & Panels
17Feb, 4:00pm CR Gibbs Lecture
Hidden Heroes: Africans American, NASA, & the Quest for the Final Frontier Long Branch Library 8800 Garland Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20901 Celebrate Black History Month […]
16Feb, 7:-8:30pm Lecture
Crossing The Rubicon: The Battle for Black Public Education in DC Tenley-Friendship Library 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20016
16Feb 6:00pm Lecture
The Contraband Hospital and the African Americans Who Served There A lecture and PowerPoint presentation on African Americans in the Army medical service during the American Civil War. Jill Newmark is a historian who works for the […]
14Feb 7:00 pm Lecture
Festivals of Freedom: A History of African-American Holidays, CR Gibbs Greenbelt Library 11 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770
14Feb 9:30-11am Book Talk
“The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life” By Kwame Alexander, Thai Neave (Photographer) The Playbook isn’t quite a basketball how-to manual for young athletes but an advice book […]
13Feb 7:00pm Black Georgetown Remembered
William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Neighborhood Library 115 Atlantic St. SW Washington, D.C. 20032
12Feb, 2-4pm The Boyds School & Education
African-American History in Montgomery County: The Boyds School & Education The Boyd (or Boyds) Negro School was a rural, segregated school that served the African-American children of Boyds and several surrounding communities from 1896 to […]
11Feb, 2-3pm Book Talk
Presented by Janet Willen, author of “Five Thousand Years of Slavery”, the author will use personal accounts of American slaves to tell the story of their bondage and battles for freedom. The presentation will also […]
11Feb, 11am-12:30pm Lecture
How Black Beaches Became White Wealth During the twentieth century, a significant amount of coastal property in the South was home to, and owned by, African Americans. In The Land Was Ours, Andrew W. Kahrl […]
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