Black History Month: Find YOUR story – Use free digital tools to explore your family’s history Wednesday, February 28: 10:00am – 4:00pm | Bellevue (William O. Lockridge) Neighborhood Library Wednesdays and Sundays during Black History […]
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African American Civil War History: Why does this history matter now more than ever?
Why were Black soldiers so important to the outcome of the Civil War? What influence did their role have on America’s future? Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | 6 – 8pm Buffet Dinner followed by Program […]
SWNA Annual Black History Month Program
Arena Stage | Molly Smith Library | 1101 Sixth Street SW Washington DC 20024 | 7:00 pm The 2024 program theme is “African Americans and the Arts”. Spanning the many impacts Black Americans have had on […]
Holding Sacred Space: Connecting Through the Spirituality of Sound
The Georgetown Woodshed Center for Art, Thought, and Culture at the Racial Justice Institute (RJI) in collaboration with Campus Ministries Monday, February 26, 2024 RSVP: Reception at Healy Hall 5:00-5:30 pm | Event at Dahlgren Chapel 5:30-6:30 pm […]
Workshop: My Black D.C.
Today at Apple | 801 K Street NW | Washington, DC 20001 3:00 – 4:00 PM Join choreographer Rashida Bumbray and filmmaker Elissa Blount Moorhead as they discuss Black cultural spaces in D.C. and the […]
The Black History Program with Mayor Lisa Hicks Gilbert of Elaine, Arkansas
sunday, February 25th | 3:00 – 4:00 pm Bethel Dukes Brach of ASALH presents at the Woodridge Library | 1801 Hamlin St NE | Washington, DC 20018 | 202-541-6226 Mayor Lisa Hicks Gilbert talks about […]
Awareness: Through an African American Lens
ARTIST TALKS EVERY SATURDAY IN FEBRUARY Feb. 24, 2:00 pm – Cheryl Edwards, and Hubert Jackson Show Dates: February 2 – March 2, 2024At 1429 Iris Street NW, Washington DC, 20012 Featuring Artists: Doba Afolabi, […]
A Morning with Children’s Author Ruth Forman
Stories for the whole family saturday february 24th | 10:30am – 11:30am Woodridge Neighborhood Library | 1801 Hamlin St NE, Washington, DC 20018 | (202)541-6226 Politics and Prose presents popular children’s author Ruth Forman, who […]
Struggle and Triumph: Black History on Pennsylvania Avenue
Black History from Emancipation to Home Rule $$ Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. | Approximately 2 hours Reservations REQUIRED and limited to fifteen (15) participants $35 per person When Washington, D.C was dubbed “Chocolate […]
James A. Lafayette, Revolutionary War Spy
Southwest Neighborhood Library | 900 Wesley Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024 Friday, February 23 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm James A. Lafayette was a spy for the Patriots in Virginia during the fight for American Independence. […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 