Learn about the history of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the systematic dismantling of this legislation since 2013. Professor ER Shipp will detail the need for attendees to move from apathy and indifference to […]
Category: On the Web & In Person (Hybrid)
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 […]
2025 Black History Calendar Online Form
The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and the D.C. Black History Celebration Committee are honored to work together to offer a guide to events for Black History Month 2025. If you are coordinating, […]
“An Evening with Mary McLeod Bethune”
at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS 1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 Email DouglassNHS@nps.gov to reserve your seat or to view the program online. This program will feature music, a performance by […]
Zumba Gold: Wednesday, february 21st
virtual: 11:00am in-person classes: 2:00pm @west end library | 2301 L St. NWWashington, DC 20037
Iconic Looks: Muse: Cicely Tyson and Me: A Relationship Forged in Fashion
In his glorious four-color visual memoir entitled Muse: Cicely Tyson and Me: A Relationship Forged in Fashion, renowned designer B Michael recalls the bond of friendship that emerged between him and Ms. Tyson. Through vivid […]
black love movement month 2024
african american holiday association Black Love: All Ways & Always… AAHA is a :Co-Creator, Steward, Coordinator, Educator and Collaborator of Holidays, Celebrations and Rituals for the African American Community AAHA has added to the culture, by […]
exhibition@mlking jr memorial library
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 […]
Black History 2023
ASALH: “Why does Black History Month occur in February? The relevance of February goes back to 1926, when ASALH’s founder Dr. Carter G. Woodson first established “Negro History Week” during the second week of February. […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 