In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference launched The Poor People’s Campaign — a national, multiethnic, multicultural movement to demand equal access to economic opportunities and security for all people. […]
“Douglass’ college ties extended far and wide,” Letter to the Editor of the Star Democrat, February 1, 2018 [Paper of Record of Maryland’s Eastern Shore]
Thu, December 14, 6:00 – 8:00 PM EST 1925 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 Celebrate the Holiday season with the African American Civil War Museum. Enjoy food, music, and festivities at this annual holiday […]
Mon, December 4, 9:00 – 10:30 PM $10 Busboys and Poets, Langston Hughes Room 2021 14th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009 Had John Brown been killed at Harper’s Ferry we may have never known his […]
Read part of Frank Smith’s Civil Rights Story. One of my favorite pages written by the Daily News of New York features stories of Unsung Heroes of Civil Rights. It’s a great read and you […]
A Collaboration Between the Office of Historic Alexandria, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, and the Gum Springs Museum November 18th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm $50.00 This special tour begins at Mount Vernon with an exclusive […]
Join local historian C.R. Gibbs presents the Annual Veterans Day Lecture, “Undaunted Courage: African Americans & World War I.” 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM This lecture presentation marks the ongoing international centennial observance of the […]
Reading of the names of the 1st Freed People @ 4:00 pm FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO DC STATEHOOD panel discussion @ 5:00 pm 1925 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001 Ph: 202-667-2667
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 