A Season of Splendor with Dr. C.R. Gibbs Tickets, Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite

An overview of the events, people, and circumstances leading to the Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 and DC Emancipation Day. This program will include a Q & A session.

Introduction by Commissioner Mary Ivey of the DC Emancipation Day Commemoration Commission.

C.R. Gibbs is the author/co-author of six books and a frequent national and international lecturer on an array of historical topics. He has appeared several times on the History Channel, and narrated Sketches in Color, for WHUT-TV, the Howard University television station. His work, “Sketches in Color,” is a 13-part companion series to the acclaimed PBS series, The Civil War.