Up The Rough Side of the Mountain:African Americans & Organized Labor, 7:00pm Woodridge Library 1801 Hamlin Street NE Washington, D.C. 20018 woodridgelibrary@dc.gov. 202-541-6226
“Celebrations, Found Truths, Sheroes, Heroes, Events and Programs” which recognize and celebrate the contributions in art, literature, politics and education of the African American community throughout the year in the DC Metropolitan area.
Tag: race relations
17May – Before the Freedom Riders: The Fight to Integrate Glen Echo Amusement Park
See exclusive, advance clips from Emmy award–winning filmmaker Ilana Trachtman’s documentary in progress, Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round (2019). The film will tell a little-known and groundbreaking story of the integration of Glen Echo […]
Feb17 Community Conversation and Film Review of “The Road to Brown”
You are cordially invited to join the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, Inc. Board of Directors in partnership with Members of the Federal City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for a Community Conversation and Film […]
February 2018 Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital
A provocative book by noted scholars Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove. Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital has been called “an ambitious, kaleidoscopic history…essential American history, deeply researched and […]
