• Screening of Documentary Film The Last Battlefront: Quest for the Vote in DC – Featuring a Panel Discussion with filmmaker Anna Reid Jhirad.

    Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States
    Films and Performances

    Presented in partnership with FREE DC and Women in Film & Video This one-hour documentary is the first historical film on the right for self-government in Washington, D.C. told through the lives and voices of its citizens. This is a non-partisan film with conflicting points of view which premiered on PBS. Washington, D.C. is one…

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  • A Nation at Peace with Itself: The Enduring Legacy of John Lewis

    Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States
    Films and Performances

    A Conversation Featuring John Lewis's Longtime Director of Communications, Brenda Jones, Playwright, Psalmayene 24, and Historian, George Derek Musgrove Presented in partnership with Mosaic Theatre Company and their production of Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest by Mosaic's Playwright in-in-Residence, Psalmayene 24 Learn More Here: https://mosaictheater.org/young-john-lewis It's time to make some good trouble. Join us for…

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  • Overbeck Lecture: Shakespeare Re-imagined for the 21st Century

    Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States
    Lectures & Conversations

    Is Shakespeare relevant today? Do we really need a building dedicated to him and his times in the 21st century, when we are so heavily reliant on the virtual world? The Folger Shakespeare Library, a sleek expression of early 20th century neoclassicism, stands as one of the most interesting, privately held buildings on Capitol Hill.…

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  • The Life of a Poet Featuring Brian Gilmore, author of No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC in Conversation with Poet/Editor Kyle Dargan

    Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States
    Lectures & Conversations

    A history of Black poets in Washington, DC, reveals how they have reflected and transformed American cultural discourse The discussion will feature poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Folger Poetry Manager and eminent DC Poet, Karl Carter Washington, DC, has long been home to a dynamic and vibrant African American literary community, despite often being overshadowed…

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  • Eminent Historian Susan Eva O’Donovan Discusses Her New Book Moving Towards Freedom: The Political Education of Enslaved Americans

    Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States
    Lectures & Conversations

    Noted Civil War Historian Jim Downs Moderates the Conversation This discussion is a part of Hill Center's Benjamin Drummond Emancipation Day Celebration* “Susan Eva O’Donovan rightfully implores us to take a new view of American political history by paying the closest attention to what enslaved people were learning, doing, and seeing. Her book is a…

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