Opening Reception Tuesday, April 3, 6–8 PM District Architecture Center 421 7th Street NW. Washington DC 20004 202.347.9403 The 1960s was a decade of upheaval. Post-World War II suburbanization had left American cities economically fragile and […]
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Apr 2 to Jun 1 reBirth::Washington DC 50 Years after 1968
The 1960s was a decade of upheaval. Post-World War II suburbanization had left American cities economically fragile and socially stratified. An unpopular and seemingly endless war in Vietnam was fueling dissent. And racial inequality remained […]
DC Black History Calendar online
Printed copies available at African American Civil War Museum 1925 Vermont Avenue NW Washington DC 20001 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities 200 I Street, SE Washington, DC 20003
City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
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. […]
