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Gospel Concert

Virtual

This event is free and open to the public. Attend this virtual event on Zoom.

Free

Lecture by Ana Lucia Araujo: “Slavery at Mount Vernon and Monticello: Black and White Battles of Memories and Public History”

Virtual

Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo is a professor of history at Howard University. Based on her recent book, "Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past," this lecture will explore how history and the memory of slavery have been concealed and exposed over the last three decades at Mount Vernon and Monticello, the homes of […]

Free

Kuumba Dancers

Virtual

This event is free and open to the public. Attend this virtual event on Google Meet.

Free

Documentary Q&A: “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”

Virtual

Participate in this virtual Q&A with Bennett Singer (director, producer) and Walter Naegle (Rustin Bayard's partner) after viewing "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin." Please submit questions for the Q&A to [email protected]. This virtual event is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement and the […]

Free

Documentary Screening: “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”

Virtual

Five years in the making and winner of more than 25 international awards and honors, "Brother Outsider" illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin, a visionary activist and strategist who has been called "the unknown hero" of the civil rights movement. A mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a disciple of Gandhi, and chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

Free

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