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Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida: Ya no son pilares
VisArts 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, MDDiego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida's exhibition, Ya no son pilares, is opening Friday, January 30th from 7-9pm. Experience this fusion of material, ethnographic research, and visual art surrounding the infrastructure of the Chilean dictatorship at VisArts in Rockville, MD. About the artist Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida is an experimental ethnographic researcher and textile artist based between Los Angeles […]
FreeNational History Day
Howard University, Myrtilla Miner Building 2565 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DCNational History Day in DC is a student research competition taking place on March 28, 2026, at Howard University. As the DC affiliate of National History Day, the DC History Center leads a citywide program that connects students with primary sources, research tools, and content experts as they develop original projects aligned with the year’s […]
Class Action Reads! Nothing Less Than Equality
DC History Center 801 K St NW, Washington, United StatesJoin the DC History Center for a highly anticipated lecture from historian Tikia K. Hamilton about her new book Nothing Less Than Equality: The Battle over Segregated Education in the Nation’s Capital. School desegregation was not inevitable. Before the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education and its companion case in DC, Bolling v. Sharpe, Black Washingtonians built a remarkable school system for their […]
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