Migrations: The African Presence Around The World, Past & Present An eye opening chronicle of the many travels of people of African descent to distant lands from ancient times to today. Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 […]
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5Feb 30th Annual Black Film Festival 6pm
DC Public Library’s Celebration of Black American Cinema Sorry to Bother You In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, Black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success after adopting a “white” […]
During and after the Civil War, Union officers and missionaries expanded literacy and skills in the south, resulting in a great rise in the reading population and creating schools, some of which exist today. A […]
4Feb The District Black Doughboys of WWI 7pm
Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20008 clevelandparklibrary@dc.gov 202-282-3080
2Feb Going for Freedom: True Accounts of Flight in Verse 2:30pm
Celebrate Black History Month at the Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library! In costume and using monologue and original poetry, Marcia E. Cole will recount dramatic and imaginative escapes on the Underground Railroad with her performance, ‘Going for […]
2Feb Heroes of the Underground Railroad around Washington, D.C. 2pm
Join anthropologist and author Jenny Masur as she tells the stories of the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad who lived and worked in Washington, D.C. Cleveland Park Library 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20008 Men and women, […]
2Feb Read Africa Week Festival
Join us to celebrate Read Africa Week, a literary initiative to showcase juvenile literature with realistic depictions of African life. 11:00 a.m.- Recycled art project with visual artist Karen O. Brown. 12:30 p.m.- Adinkra symbol […]
2Feb Black History Hall of Fame 2pm
So many amazing Americans and so little time to meet them all! Follow us on this amazing journey through Black History as we meet Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, Mae Jemison, the Buffalo Soldiers and more. […]
2Feb CR Gibbs Lecture Series
Come Out Fighting: The Black Panthers and World War II, 2pm Join historian C.R. Gibbs as he discusses the little known but incredible true story of an heroic black tank unit, the first of its […]
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