Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, 6:30 p.m. Many people are familiar with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. But did you know that was not his first major address in the […]
Tag: black history
3Mar Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony 4pm
To mark the Battle of ADWA and to honor Ethiopian and African American Veterans in the Pan African victory of the Battle (Mar. 1, 1806), an event will be held on Sunday at the African […]
24Feb Brunch & Children’s Show 11am $
AKWAABA returns this February to Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center (CHACC) and NationHouse will host a brunch and the children’s show. Founded by socially conscious visual and performance artists who attended Howard University in the late […]
23Feb Evans-Tibbs Archive of African American Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 10:30am – 4pm
Join us at the National Gallery of Art Library and help to improve and create Wikipedia articles about African American art and artists. National Gallery of Art – East Building 4th Street & Pennsylvania Ave […]
21Feb Migrations: The African Presence Around The World, Past & Present – CR Gibbs 7pm
An eye opening chronicle of the many travels of people of African descent to distant lands from ancient times to today. Join author, C.R. Gibbs for his Winter Lecture series at the Deanwood Neighborhood Library in […]
17Feb U.S. Army Band 6pm
Millennium Stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F St NW Washington DC 20566 The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” presents a performance featuring African American composers. They celebrate the […]
17Feb Voices From the Past: Sissieretta Jones 4 – 5:30pm
Montpelier Arts Center 9652 Muirkirk Road Laurel, MD 20708 Sissieretta Jones was the first African American to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1892. This Black History program is dedicated to the […]
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7Feb The Black LGBTQ Experience with Rayceen Pendarvis 6pm
The Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library and Team Rayceen Presents The Black LGBTQ Experience with Rayceen Pendarvis Celebrate Black History Month with an evening of live music, poetry, comedy, and more with co-hosts Larry Miller (WUSA 9) […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 