Learn about the history of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the systematic dismantling of this legislation since 2013. Professor ER Shipp will detail the need for attendees to move from apathy and indifference to […]
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The Negro Motorist Green Book
Nov. 2, 2024 – Mar. 2, 2025 | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library The Negro Motorist Green Book, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer and […]
Curator Talk: Currents of Emancipation
Learn the role Black American sailors played during the Civil War Saturday, February 10 · 1 – 2pm EST Southwest Library 900 Wesley Place Southwest Washington, DC 20024 Image: Title image courtesy the National Archives. […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 