by CR GIBBS A multi-media presentation will chronicle one of the District’s oldest neighborhoods, leading us on a journey of heartbreak and hope, of self reliance and resilience, as it fights to preserve its inspiring […]
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From Black Cargoes To Black Lives Matter: The Black American Battle Against Bigotry & Discrimination Tuesday, January 16th, 2024: 6PM
experiments in freedom: the legacy of the dc compensated emancipation act
7 – 8:30 PM online tonight On the 160th anniversary of the DC Compensated Emancipation Act, how does its legacy permeate education, politics, and family histories? Following years of activism led by local Washingtonians including […]
DC Emancipation Day On-Line: April 16, 2020, at NOON
April 16th is D.C. Emancipation Day. This year, celebrate 158 years of the History of D.C. Compensated Emancipation and Learn About the First Freed. Gather to a virtual program of Speakers, On-line Exhibits, Encore of Past Parades, […]
11feb – We Are Rising! The Story of Black Women & The Vote by CR Gibbs, 7pm
Join historian CR Gibbs as he presents “We Are Rising: African American Women & The Vote.” A lecture celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the right to […]
5feb – We Are Rising! The Story of Black Women & the Vote
African History and Culture Lecture Series by CR Gibbs, 7pm Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 Hamlin Street NE 202-541-6226
4feb – Hidden Heroes: African Americans, NASA, & The Quest for the Final Frontier
Spring 2020 African History and Culture Lecture Series Please join us for our Spring 2020 African History and Culture Lecture Series. Historian C. R. Gibbs will present Hidden Heroes: African Americans, NASA, & The Quest […]
HARRIET TUBMAN DAY
2nd Annual Washington, D.C. Commemoration Theme: Celebrate to Educate Friday, March 8, 2019 6:00 pm Light Reception – 7:00pm Program Charles Sumner Museum & Archives 1201 17th Street NW Washington DC 20036 Presented by Tina […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 