Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20008 clevelandparklibrary@dc.gov 202-282-3080
DC Black History happens EveryDay…
“Celebrations, Found Truths, Sheroes, Heroes, Events and Programs” which recognize and celebrate the contributions in art, literature, politics and education of the African American community throughout the year in the DC Metropolitan area.
3Feb Uptown Arts House presents Home: A Suite for Gil Scott Heron 6pm
DC-based creative agency and multimedia arts collective Uptown Art House pays tribute to the work of Musician, Poet, Composer, Activist and Educator, Gil Scott Heron. The Harlem native, and once DC resident, was a product […]
3Feb Giving Voices to Hope in Unity Concert 4 – 7pm
CAAPA (the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts) will be partnering with Youth for Human Rights DC for a Black History Month celebration of human rights and freedom. Washington National Opera performers accompanied by Dr. Lester […]
3Feb Portrait Story Days: Toni Morrison 1 – 4pm
Listen to a story and create art inspired by someone in the Portrait Gallery’s collection for kids and families. National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW Washington, DC 20001
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 Know Thyself Book Fair
Thurgood Marshall Center For Services, 11 AM – 7 PM 1816 12th Street Northwest Washington DC 20009
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 […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 