Join us for a special evening to celebrate Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti’s 83rd birthday! The event will include a reception and book presentation honoring his influential work and lasting impact on literature and culture.
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“Queer Awakenings” Pride Poetry Workshop | 18feb@6:30-8:30pm
Arts Club of Washington I 2017 I St. NW I Washington DC 20006 In honor of African American History Month In this workshop, we will look at poems that document queer joy, and write celebratory […]
From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America’s First Muslims | featured On pbs
Even before the United States was founded, tens of thousands of Muslims were already present, captured in West Africa and brought to colonial America in chains. Host Asma Khalid (NPR’s White House correspondent and ABC […]
Reel & Meal Film: Finally Got the Word | 17feb@7pm
Reel and Meal at the New Deal: Finally Got the News (1970) captures a watershed moment when Black autoworkers challenged both racial discrimination and exploitative working conditions in Detroit’s automotive plants. More information and dinner plans!
The Reshaping of Racial Labor in the Age of A.I., with Golden Owens | 13feb@6pm
The implications and use of AI and GenAI has a pivotal impact on the lives and experiences of African Americans. Golden M. Owens will explore this through the lens of gender and labor.
History Talks: Education and Power in Post-Emancipation America | 11feb@7-8pm
This program is part of History Talks, a webinar series that investigates facets of Abraham Lincoln’s complex legacy and its relevance to today. Reconstruction has long been dismissed as a failure in American history, but in […]
ASALH Book Prize Winner Announcement | 11feb@6-7pm
The winner(s) of the ASALH Book Prize will be announced on ASALH TV on February 11th at 6:00 p.m. EST. This event is part of the 2025 ASALH Black History Month Festival. “Make sure you […]
Written Then, Spoken Now: Freedom Was In Sight! | 7feb@7-9:30pm
In celebration of the book Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region, Ford’s Theatre is proud to present an elevated book talk with acclaimed Reconstruction scholar Dr. Kate […]
The Origins of Black History Month
Join for a conversation highlighting the life and times of A. Philip Randolph, labor activist and freedom fighter. Randolph lived a life that embodied the message within “Culture for Service and Service for Humanity” the […]
nps Black History Month with a special Ranger-guided tour | Saturday and Sunday
Commemorate Black History Month with a special National Park Service Ranger-guided tour of Fort Washington that focuses on the role of African Americans in the fort’s history. Examine the enslavement of people on the Digges’ […]
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