Tag: Black history
LeDroit Park: Small in Size, Large in History
In Small in Size: LeDroit Park: A History & A Guide, Canden Schwantes’ (now Arciniega) demonstrates her ability as a storyteller, honed through years...
In Memoriam: William H. Outlaw, Mayor of Tenth Street
Mike Soderman moved onto the 200 block of Tenth Street NE in about 2004 and met William Outlaw right away. “He was just a...
Honor Juneteenth at African American History Museum
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American and History and Culture(NMAAHC, 1400 Constitution Ave. NW) will host a variety of virtual and in-person events...
Celebrate Black History Month With #BlackOwned
#BlackOwned is an annual series curated by the Anacostia Art Center (1231 Good Hope Rd. SE) to highlight and celebrate the diversity of the...
John Lewis Mural Celebrates Civil Rights Legend
A crowd gathered Dec. 16 in the parking lot of the Sunoco Station at 1248 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. It is a busy gas station...
A Washington Matriarch
Gloria Jean Campbell is 89 years old and has lived in Washington, DC her whole life. Among the things about life here that she...
At The Movies: Art and Soul
The New Bauhaus
The German Bauhaus (roughly “building-house) was a touchstone for 20th C. Western art, architecture. and design. It was founded after WWI by...
