Join the Library for a special story time celebrating Black History Month on the Library’s Facebook page 15 February, 10:30AM
Category: Reading
21feb – Ebenezer AME Church Poetry, 6 – 9pm
Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Room 303 7707 Allentown Road Fort Washington, MD 20745 We are blessed and excited that the Ebenezer Social Conscious Ministry will staff a voter registration table at this Black History celebration. Please let friends and family members know […]
1feb – Read Africa Festival 2020
Join us on Saturday, Feb. 1 to celebrate 2020’s Read Africa Week, a literary initiative to showcase young people’s literature with realistic depictions of African life. Featuring: ·Storytelling ·Crafts ·African food ·Book giveaways All ages are welcome, […]
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 […]
Songs & Stories of Freedom & Peace 19jan 10:30am
Did you know that words and music have the power to agitate, motivate, encourage and comfort people? Join us for a special musical story time and art activity honoring voluntary African-American migration and social justice movements […]
DC Emancipation Day: 16April
African American Civil War Museum and Memorial 1925 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Join us for the 3rd Annual Reading of the names of the First Freed under the DC Compensated Emancipation Act in […]

Feb24 ASALH 2018 Author’s Event
10 a.m. – Noon, Washington Renaissance Hotel 999 Ninth Street NW Washington D.C. Free and open to the public. Prior to the annual black history luncheon, a featured authors event which is free and open to […]

Feb 17 & 18: FREDERICK DOUGLASS BICENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
This year’s programs and activities will honor the legacy and activism of Frederick Douglass and his connection to the Anacostia community in which his historic home lies. There will be community lectures, dramatic performances, hands-on kids […]
Feb10 An Evening with Nikki Giovanni 6:30 – 8:30 PM
One of America’s most celebrated poets, Nikki Giovanni reads from her newest collection of poems, “A Good Cry,” in conversation with Andy Shallal. Busboys and Poets Books 1025 5th St NW Washington DC 202-332-6432