Calendar of Events

Events & Public Meetings

Date    TimeEvent
Feb 8, 2025 Sat 10:00 AMStorytime for Little Historians
Dynamic storytellers use books written by and about African American people and other communities of color to engage with ages 5-8.
Feb 8, 2025 Sat
CANCELLED: American Hair Wrap History
Dr. Darnella McGuire-Nelson will discuss her research on Black women’s natural hair in the workplace, exploring why society often feels the need to micromanage natural hairstyles. In this context, she will highlight the important role of local Black hair salons as spaces of refuge for Black women. Attendees will also learn about the CROWN Act.
Feb 9, 2025 Sun 1:00 PMMartin Luther King Jr. Poster Exhibition Awards
The Alexandria Black History Museum with the Office of Historic Alexandria sponsors an annual Student Poster Exhibition for Alexandria City Public School students, grades 2-5.
Feb 16, 2025 Sun 2:00 PMThe Washington Revels Jubilee Voices Concert
The Washington Revels Jubilee Voices ensemble is dedicated to preserving African American history and traditions through a cappella music, drama, and dance. Established in 2010, the group performs regularly throughout the Washington, D.C., area, sharing songs and stories of struggle, perseverance, trials, and triumphs.
Feb 20, 2025 Thu 7:00 PMMeaningful Conversations About Racism
Join us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us, and seek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected, interdependent human family.
Mar 1, 2025 Sat 6:00 PMTables of Conscience Book-Themed Dinners
Back by Popular Demand! Tables of Conscience book-themed dinners to raise money for the 2025 scholarships in the names of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. Book: How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.
Mar 6, 2025 Thu 7:00 PMLecture: Robert Colby
Between Fort Sumter and Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands of men, women, and children through a persisting trade in enslaved people. These transactions had profound impacts on the enslaved, their lives and families, and the ways in which they pursued freedom during the war.
Mar 8, 2025 Sat 10:00 AMStorytime for Little Historians
Dynamic storytellers use books written by and about African American people and other communities of color to engage with ages 5-8.
Mar 20, 2025 Thu 7:00 PMMeaningful Conversations: Loving Our Neighbors
Join us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us, and seek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected, interdependent human family.
Apr 17, 2025 Thu 7:00 PMMeaningful Conversations:Building Your Own Network
Join us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us, and seek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected, interdependent human family.
Apr 23, 2025 Wed 6:30 PMACRP McCoy Remembrance
Alexandria Community Remembrance Project McCoy Remembrance at Roberts Memorial with a special guest speaker.

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