Black History Month Events
Black History Month 2024 Schedule of Events
Georgetown Events
Black Women’s Political Panel
February 5, 5:30-7 p.m.
Arrupe Hall, Multipurpose Room
Hosted by: College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Government; Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Intersectionality Series: Lachi: Performance and Workshop
February 6, 6-7:30 p.m.
Lohrfink Auditorium, Rafik B. Hariri Building
Hosted by: Disability Cultural Center
Readings and Talks Featuring Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Saddiq Dzukogi, Henneh Kyereh Kwaku, and Tolu Oloruntoba
February 6, 7-8:30 p.m.
Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall
Hosted by: Lannan Center; African Studies Program
Black Theatre Ensemble Presents: Black History Month Coffeehouse: Honoring Our Foremothers
February 10, 4-6 p.m.
Davis Performing Arts Center Lobby
Hosted by: Black Theatre Ensemble
“Philosophical Dimensions of 18th Century Debates about Slavery” with Professor Julia Jorati
February 12, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Intercultural Center (ICC), Room 662
Hosted by: The Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies
Honorary Degree Ceremony & Oliver Tambo Lecture with Leymah Gbowee
February 13, 5-7 p.m.
Gaston Hall, Healy Hall
Hosted by: Office of the President
Douglass Day 2024: Transcribe-a-thon Featuring the Correspondence of Frederick Douglass from the Library of Congress
February 14, 12-2 p.m.
Riggs Library, Healy Hall
Hosted by: Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies
Office of Student Equity & Inclusion Open House
February 14, 2-3 p.m.
New South, Lower Level of Healey Student Family Center
Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series featuring Deidra Crews, MD – “Centering the Margins to Achieve Kidney Health Equity”
February 22, 4-5 p.m.
New Research Building Auditorium
Prof. Alfreda Davis and Black Movements Dance Theatre Present: Angels Sin Too, The Weight of Consciousness
February 23 & 24, 8-9:30 p.m.
Davis Performing Arts Center
Book Event with Ruth J. Simmons, Author of Memoir: Up Home: One Girl’s Journey
February 26, 5-7 p.m.
Riggs Library, Healy Hall
Hosted by: Office of the President
Holding Sacred Space as Sanctuary. Connecting through the Spirituality of Sound
February 26, 5 p.m.
Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart
South Africa: Democracy and Arts Activism
February 29, 6-8 p.m.
Riggs Library, Healy Hall
Hosted by: Racial Justice Institute; African Studies Program
Student-led Events
Black Leadership Forum Blaxa Block Reopening
February 3, 12 p.m.
Blaxa Block
Blaxa x Black House: Queer Georgetown Past, Present, and Looking into the Future
February 10, 2 p.m.
Black House
BSA’s Late Skate
February 21, 6 p.m.
Washington Harbour
First Annual Black History Month Gala
February 24, 7 p.m.
Copley Formal Lounge
Hosted by: Georgetown’s Black Graduate Student Alliance
Washington, D.C. Events
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Events
Throughout February
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Onward and Upward
February 3, 4 p.m.
National Cathedral
Historically Black Phrases Live!
February 8, 7-9 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
DC Black History Film Festival
February 9-11
Lincoln Theatre
Black History Month at Library of Congress
Throughout February, Every Thursday
Library of Congress
Living the Dream … Singing the Dream
February 18, 7 p.m.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Seven Black Minutes: Black History Month
February 23, 7-9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets