Shifting explores how African American female artists turn their gaze on themselves and on other women. Not attempting to provide one answer, this exhibition serves as a platform for creating a dialogue around the questions: Whose […]
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.
1Mar 6:30-8 pm, Film: “Well-Behaved Women Don’t Make HerStory: The Dorie Ladner Story”
This installment of Around the Fire features esteemed elder Dorie Ladner, a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veteran, social worker and lifelong activist. She first got involved with the freedom movement after the murder of […]
1March, 5pm: 10th Wreath Laying Ceremony
The 10th Wreath Laying Ceremony will honor African-American and Ethiopian Veterans who fought for freedom in commemoration of the 121st Anniversary of the decisive victory of Adwa on March 1, 1896 ( የዐድዋ ድል በዓል ). […]
27Feb 6:30-8pm Book Talk
Daina Ramey Berry will be presenting her book, The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to the Grave in the Building of a Nation. How do you ascribe […]
28Feb, 7:-8:30pm Lecture
Crossing The Rubicon: The Battle for Black Public Education in DC Greenbelt Library 11 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770
28Feb, 4pm & 6 pm, 28th Annual Black Film Festival @ MLKing Library
Join us on Tuesdays in February as we celebrate Black History Month with our annual film festival. The 28th Annual Black Film Festival offers a Double Feature every week, with entertaining and thought-provoking shorts and […]
28Feb, 12-1:30pm Frederick Douglass 2018 One Million Abolitionists
Library of Congress – James Madison Memorial Building 101 Independence Ave SE Mumford Room Washington, DC 20540
27Feb, 7:00pm Film at Embassy
Little Senegal 2001 – Algeria/France/Germany – 100 min by Rachid Bouchareb Aging Senegalese man Alloune curates a slavery museum in his home country. Spurred by the reaction of curious patrons, Alloune is inspired to find […]
26Feb, 2-5pm Portrait Story Days
Portrait Story Days – Black History Month: Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Listen to a story and create art inspired by someone in our collection. In partnership with Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, […]
The Uncivil Civil War: Films Beyond the Battlefields in February
921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003 The films of the Civil War are rich in the conflicts between the slave South and the abolitionist North. February 26, 4:00 pm: Slavery by Another Name Samuel D. Pollard’s Slavery […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 