Arena Stage ad George Washington University will host a national, two-day creative conference at the Marvin Center on the campus of GW focused on exploring life during the Civil War, workshops on specific topics and issues of life during the War, and creating new theatrical, visual and movement-based work from these discoveries.
Using oral interviews, qualitative and quantitative data to explore the experiences and ideas of African Americans confronting and constructing gentrification in Washington, DC, African Americans and Gentrification in Washington, DC is a highly anticipated ethnography on a subject of great intrigue and consequences from a well-known public scholar and intellectual.
Join eventgoers for a free live concert celebrating DC Emancipation Day, featuring Talib Kweli, Doug E. Fresh, DJ Kool, J. Ivy,
DC's own Black Alley Band, and more. Numerous vendors will be on hand with food, drinks, and more.
CENTRIC, A BET Network, The Office of Cable Television, The Office of DC Councilmember Vincent Orange, Sr. and Howard University's WHUT partner to present The Emancipation Day Panel, a town hall-style discussion focused on important topics affecting youth and the African American community. Topics include: education, employment, closures of hospitals and healthcare facilities, anti-violence, prison reform and other emerging social issues.
The Daniel A.P. Muray African American Culture Association of the Library of Congress presents author, scholar, lecturer,
and historian of the African diaspora, C.R. Gibbs, to talk about the Solomon Northrup story - his drugging and kidnapping
in the District, sale into slavery in the deep south, and eventual return to the District to seek justice. Those who have
read the book "Twelve Years A Slave" or saw the Oscar winning movie with the same title, will learn even more
Emancipation Day is an official public holiday in Washington, DC. On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the DC Compensated Emancipation Act, which abolished slavery in the District and freed 3,100 enslaved persons.
Each year to honor and commemorate this historic event a grand parade is held on Pennsylvania Avenue. Participants include public officials, government agencies, the DC schools, the US military, churches, universities, community organizations, and more.
Presented by the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and DC Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
Featuring Historian CR Gibbs, presenting "Twelve Years A Slave: Solomon Northrup's Washington."
The presentation will trace the kidnapping of Northrup in Washington, DC and his return to the city to seek justice.
It will include a portrait of slave life in the Washington, DC area in the 1840's and 1850's, and the District of Columbia's Emancipation.
Donet D. Graves, a Cleveland, Ohio based attorney has been traveling back and forth to Washington frequently over the
past decade to research his family history. During that time he has become the leading expert on the Wormley family,
a leader and forerunner in business and politics.
This discussion revolves around the role of his family, as free people of color, influencing life both in the District and the nation.
His presentaton will bring forth historical items which illustrate some lesser known and controversial perspectives
This forum is presented in conjunction with the Felix E. Grant JAZZ ARCHIVES and features four journal contributors. Panelists Rusty Hassan, Willard Jenkins, and Blair Ruble and moderator Michael Fitzgerald will discuss the influential people and places of over a century's worth of great music.
Open conversation lead by DC Statehood activists will feature DC Emancipation and fundamental rights of citizens.
Learn why statehood is as important a concept now as it was in 1862 and the differences today.
