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GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES THE SESQUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION ACT OF 1862

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Noted historian, lecturer and author, Mr. C.R. Gibbs, will speak to the Gallaudet University community about the "Triumph of Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Civil War in the District of Columbia." This presentation will be followed by a book signing at the Bison Shop. This is the kick off event of a semester long celebration commemorating the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862.

FREEDOM SONGS!

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This is an event celebrating the African American and Quaker Cemeteries at Walter Pierce Park, featuring The Jubilee Singers of All Souls Unitarian Church, The Massachusetts 54th and 23rd Regiments of the U.S. Colored Troops, and the Ladies of FREED - Women of the Civil War. This event is free and all ages are welcome. No reservations are required.

Triumph of Freedom: The Forgotten Story of Emancipation in the District of Columbia

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IKG Cultural Resource Center in the Thurgood Marshall Building presents the accomplished author/co-author, frequent national and international lecturer, and noted historian of the African Diaspora, Mr. C.R. Gibbs, who will present the DC Emancipation Story, as part of the commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the ending of slavery in the District of Columbi and freeing of 3100 enslaved persons.

DC Emancipation Day 150th Anniversary Reception and Candlelight Vigil

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The Honorble Frank Smith invites you to attend a reception and candlelight vigil at the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum in honor of the 150th Anniversary of DC Emancipation Day.

Government Printing Office Exhibit of the Emanicpation Proclamation

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The Government Printing Office (GPO) is displaying a copy of an original printed preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1862, GPO printed the preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation in general orders format issued as an order from President Lincoln in his role as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. GPO printed 15,000 copies for the War Department, which were distributed to military commanders and their troops and diplomats in foreign countries.

The Washington Informer Presents: A Conversation with Civil Rights Icon and Congressman John Lewis

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Congressman Lewis will discuss his involvement in the civil rights movement of the 1950's and '60's, its relevance to present day and where we are now as a culture. The event will also feature, inspirational entertainment, a showing of the short documentary, "John Lewis - An American Hero," a discussion between Denise Rolark and Congressman Lewis, and presaentation of the Washington Informer Humanitarian Award.

Emancipation, the Constitution and Bill of Rights

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Mr. Johnny Branes, Executrive Director Emeritus of the American Civil Liberties Union in the Nation's Capital and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, will discuss the emancipation of slaves in Washington, DC, the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

African-American Labor, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Task of Emancipation

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Dr. Amensen, Professor of History at the George Washington University, will discuss issues of race, labor, politics, and civil rights of the period as it relates to African Americans.

Historical Society of Washington Emancipation Day Open House

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Come by the Historical Society of Washington's (HSW) home at the Carnegie Library to view a display of highlights from local church collections and HSW's collection including several pieces from the Kiplinger Washington Collection. Selected pieces include: a copy of "Lincoln's Emancipation Draft" from NYAPC; HSW List of Emancipated Persons; and a Kiplinger Collection "antislavery broadside.

A District of Columbia Freedmen's Cemetery in Virgnia? Arlington's Section 27

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Timothy J. Dennee, independent historian, and architectural historian with the DC Historic Preservation Office, discusses the origin of the cemetery and its earliest section, which contains the graves of Civil War soldiers and civilians, black and white. The presentation concentrates on the origins of the majority of the burials, African American freedpeople who were mostly short-term residents of Washington.

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