National Capital Parks-East Black History Month 2023 Event: Walk with Woodson
Visitors will get a rare chance to honor Black History Month by literally walking in the footsteps of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
Visitors will get a rare chance to honor Black History Month by literally walking in the footsteps of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
A dialogue with an intergenerational group, to include youth from Phokeng Village, South Africa, Bafokeng Nation, and youth from Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, Prince George's County Truth Branch of ASALH, discussing this year's Black History Theme: Black Resistance, relative to the similarities faced by Black youth around the world and the solutions they envision.
Tony Warner author of Black History Walks Volume 1 will detail Black British Civil Rights, a US to UK timeline comparison. The term ‘Civil Rights’ automatically triggers images of the […]
We're doing it big in 2023! Come celebrate with us and enter the Embrace Africa Sweepstakes for the chance to win a FREE TRIP TO AFRICA! Meet the company Co-founders Dr. Gina Paige and Dr. Rick Kittles, and the rest of the AA Team.
Zebulon V. Miletsky, PhD’s new book Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle tells the story of the men and women who struggled and demonstrated to make school desegregation a reality in Boston and provides a clear picture of the long and hard-fought campaigns to break the back of Jim Crow education in the North and make Boston into a better, more democratic city.
Join us as we celebrate Black History Month by sharing the legacy of Julius Rosenwald and his partnerships with Booker T. Washington and nearly 5,000 African American communities that led to the building of 5,357 Rosenwald School facilities in 15 states
The Great Depression and early years of World War II represented a transformative historical moment. For African Americans, particularly those in southern cities like Washington, D.C., these years presented newfound opportunities to press vigorously (and in new ways) for equality and end to racial discrimination.
In the nation that declared 'Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights' during the French Revolution in 1789, France has shown grievous disdain for the rights […]
What role does gender play in your daily experiences? How does race, gender and women's equality impact socio-economic status, access to education, child care and home ownership?
e have CONFIRMED our date, APRIL 8, 2023, for the KICK-OFF OF OUR PEACE CONCERT AND RALLY CAMPAIGN. We selected this date in remembrance of the extraordinary sacrifice and God-inspired service of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose life was taken on April 4, 1968, through an act of GUN VIOLENCE.
UPO is committed to improving the lives of the District’s residents. One way is to bring together thought leaders to address major concerns. Among the most important is inequity in […]
Dr. Jon Willen will deliver a “Civil War Medicine Primer”, an overview of all aspects of Civil War-era medicine, including care of the wounded, surgery, nursing, infectious diseases, innovations in the transportation of the wounded, and the history and operations of the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) -- a forerunner of the American Red Cross.
Join as we discuss the meaning of freedom in people's lives and liberty in their community with a lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, Director of the Public History Program at Howard University.
The Institute for Common Power strives to facilitate the creation of a just and inclusive democracy while working to eliminate racial inequity. Education can and must lead to action. To this end, the Institute offers a series of courses taught by award-winning scholars who are widely recognized experts in their fields of study.
PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association of the Study of African American Life and History, is pleased to host a program in celebration of Poetry Month with best-selling and award-winning writer Clint Smith, author of his newly released book of poetry “Above Ground.” Join us and learn about Clint’s new collection of poetry, his inspiration, his creative process, and more.
Dr. Terry Anne Scott is an expert on the history of anti-lynching activism and the dreadful events that gave rise to it. As she uses primary sources to explore this narrative, she will also share her advice for parents and teachers about how to broach topics that are historically and emotionally challenging.
The Institute for Common Power strives to facilitate the creation of a just and inclusive democracy while working to eliminate racial inequity. Education can and must lead to action. To this end, the Institute offers a series of courses taught by award-winning scholars who are widely recognized experts in their fields of study.
Founded on October 28, 2020, the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice provides a scholarly space for professors, students, social justice workers, and activists to come together to […]
Join Georgia State University for Robert G. Stanton's lecture on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites.
April 17, 2023, DC Emancipation Day weekend activities will culminate with the Reading of the Names of the First Freed at the African American Civil War Memorial on Vermont Ave. […]
The Institute for Common Power strives to facilitate the creation of a just and inclusive democracy while working to eliminate racial inequity. Education can and must lead to action. To this end, the Institute offers a series of courses taught by award-winning scholars who are widely recognized experts in their fields of study.
Please join us for a webinar designed to teach applicants how to successfully complete a federal job application on: May 1, 2023 at 1PM EST or May 4, 2023 at […]
The Institute for Common Power strives to facilitate the creation of a just and inclusive democracy while working to eliminate racial inequity. Education can and must lead to action. To this end, the Institute offers a series of courses taught by award-winning scholars who are widely recognized experts in their fields of study.
Please join us for a webinar designed to teach applicants how to successfully complete a federal job application on: May 1, 2023 at 1PM EST or May 4, 2023 at […]
The Institute for Common Power strives to facilitate the creation of a just and inclusive democracy while working to eliminate racial inequity. Education can and must lead to action. To this end, the Institute offers a series of courses taught by award-winning scholars who are widely recognized experts in their fields of study.
The Institute for Common Power strives to facilitate the creation of a just and inclusive democracy while working to eliminate racial inequity. Education can and must lead to action. To this end, the Institute offers a series of courses taught by award-winning scholars who are widely recognized experts in their fields of study.
The Institute for Common Power strives to facilitate the creation of a just and inclusive democracy while working to eliminate racial inequity. Education can and must lead to action. To this end, the Institute offers a series of courses taught by award-winning scholars who are widely recognized experts in their fields of study.
National Ad Hoc Committee to Honor The 75th Anniversary of Executive Orders 9980 & 9981 www.freedomtoserve75th.org Memorial Day Remembrance From 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET, Friday, May 26, 2023 […]
During Black Music Month, we pay homage to legends of American music, who have composed the soundtrack of American life. Their creativity has given rise to distinctly American art forms that influence contemporary music worldwide and sing to the soul of the American experience.
National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]
National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]
National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]
Join ASALH for a special encore presentation of "African American Music and the Struggle for Freedom"
National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]