From Black Cargoes To Black Lives Matter: The Black American Battle Against Bigotry & Discrimination Tuesday, January 16th, 2024: 6PM
Category: Public Library
34th Annual Black Film Festival
Join us at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library for The 34th Annual Black Film Festival! We present a selection of great Black Films and short documentaries before each film, to celebrate and showcase […]
Strengthening African & African-Americans Relationships
6:00 – 8:30 pm Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 Hamlin Street NE | Washington DC 20018 | 202-541-6226 A panel of cross cultural citizen-experts will discuss historic and current relationships between Africans and African-Americans and how […]
Book Talk: We Who Believe in Freedom – the Life and Times of Ella Baker
sunday 26th | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Author talk with lea e. williams at the Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 Hamlin Street NE Washington DC 20018 woodridgelibrary@dc.gov | 202-541-6226
MLK’s Beloved Community and the DC Art Bank
This event explores how the art on the walls at the MLK Library might bring Dr. King’s teachings to life. Saturday, February 11 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library – […]
take the survey
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 […]
we’re not asking politely
We Are Not Asking Politely: How letter writers won the campaign to rename the library tells the story of how D.C.’s downtown central library became the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Only months after […]
9feb@6:30PM ~ Black Lives Matter Describe-A-Thon
Celebrate activism in DC by helping provide access to posters collected from the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence in Lafayette Square. Celebrate activism in DC by helping The People’s Archive add posters collected from the […]
DC Public Library february
Check each day for covid updates, film series are cancelled for all branches The DC Public Library branches have Black History virtual programs, in-person programs, exhibits, and grab and go activity kits everyday. Arts & […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 