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Feb 16, 2024

How To Spend A Day Enjoying D.C.’s Black-Owned Businesses, Restaurants, and Black History

You’d need way more than a day to hit all of D.C.’s Black-owned establishments, so we picked some highlights and came up with an agenda for spending a day sampling as many as possible.

Jan 30, 2024

7 Ways To Celebrate Black History Month Around D.C.

From special exhibits to ballet performances, there are many ways to engage with Black history in the D.C. region throughout February.

Feb 02, 2023

5 Local Black-Owned Businesses To Check Out This Black History Month (Or Anytime)

Their owners talk about why they share their culture in their work, and what goals they have for the future.

Feb 03, 2022

11 Virtual And IRL Things To Do In D.C. This Weekend

Celebrate Black History Month and Lunar New Year across the region, see a comedy show (or two), and listen to some extraterrestrial music.

Feb 01, 2021

22 Ways To Celebrate Black History Month In D.C.

There are musical celebrations, museum events for learning, and self-guided tours for soaking up history.

Feb 20, 2020

Smithsonian Is Looking For Help Digitizing A Historic D.C.-Based Black Newspaper

This Black History Month, volunteers have joined the Smithsonian in transcribing more than 1,500 pages of historic records.

Feb 08, 2019

Lyft is Offering Free Rides To D.C.’s Black History Museums This Month

D.C. riders can get a ride worth up to $10

Feb 08, 2019

5 Ways To Have A Totally Free Weekend: February Holiday Edition

This weekend includes festivities for Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Black History Month.

Mar 03, 2017

The Shaw Home Of Carter G. Woodson, The Father Of Black History Month, Has Been Restored

And it will be open for public tours in April.

Feb 08, 2016

#MakeYourMap Marks D.C.’s Black History And Heritage

Instagram has partnered with the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to help people “creatively share their history.”

 
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