Lectures, Talks & Panels by DC Black HistoryFeb 14, 20173:33 am

14Feb 7:00 pm Lecture

Festivals of Freedom: A History of African-American Holidays, CR Gibbs Greenbelt Library 11 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770

Films & Documentaries by DC Black HistoryFeb 14, 20173:26 am

14Feb, 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 […]

Lectures, Talks & Panels by DC Black HistoryFeb 14, 20173:05 am

14Feb 9:30-11am Book Talk

“The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life” By Kwame Alexander, Thai Neave (Photographer) The Playbook isn’t quite a basketball how-to manual for young athletes but an advice book […]

Plays & Performances by DC Black HistoryFeb 13, 20174:29 pm

13Feb 7-9pm Staged Reading

Edward Albee’s The Death of Bessie Smith Ford’s Theatre and Mosaic Theater Company present a staged reading and discussion of Edward Albee’s The Death of Bessie Smith, directed by Jennifer L. Nelson. Playwright Edward Albee explores the intersection of […]

Lectures, Talks & Panels by DC Black HistoryFeb 13, 20174:19 pm

13Feb 7:00pm Black Georgetown Remembered

William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Neighborhood Library 115 Atlantic St. SW Washington, D.C. 20032

Celebrations & Commemorations by DC Black HistoryFeb 13, 20174:14 pm

13Feb, 6:30-9:30pm 24th Black Love Day

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Workshops by DC Black HistoryFeb 13, 20173:54 pm

13Feb, 6-8pm Genealogy Database Workshop

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW Washington DC 20001 Computer Lab, Room 311 Beginning to trace your Family Tree? Maybe you have researched a good amount of your family history […]

Films & Documentaries by DC Black HistoryFeb 12, 20171:10 am

The Uncivil Civil War: Three 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 12, 4:00pm: Ride with the Devil Ang Lee’s Ride with the […]

Service by DC Black HistoryFeb 12, 201712:27 am

February Sundays

Lectures, Talks & Panels by DC Black HistoryFeb 11, 20172:03 am

12Feb, 2-4pm The Boyds School & Education

African-American History in Montgomery County: The Boyds School & Education The Boyd (or Boyds) Negro School was a rural, segregated school that served the African-American children of Boyds and several surrounding communities from 1896 to […]