Black Excellence — Past, Present and Future — in D.C. and Georgetown  

February 12, 2025

  In this issue, with Black History Month in mind, The Georgetowner proudly calls its readers’ attention to a Georgetown University history professor’s new book and upcoming 50th anniversary events at […]

Celebrating Black History Month in D.C.

February 3, 2025

By Zoe Howard-Barr There are plenty of options for things to do to honor Black History Month this February from visiting museum exhibits to seeing comedy shows and taking in […]

Weekend Roundup: Jan. 30-Feb. 2

January 29, 2025

There are plenty of options for things to do this weekend, including the Reading Room Festival at the Folger, seeing emerging artists from Nashville at Wolf Trap, and ice cream […]

Black History Month Celebrated, Explored in Holy Trinity, Citizens Association Event 

February 7, 2024

In honor of Black History Month, Holy Trinity Church at 3513 N St. NW and the Citizens Association of Georgetown presented “Black Georgetown: The Story of a Proud Community with […]

Weekend Roundup, Feb. 1 – 4

February 1, 2024

Happy weekend! February is Black History Month and The National Gallery of Art is hosting some great programming. Lunar New Year celebrations are at The National Museum of Asian Art […]

D.C. Black History Spotlight: Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) 

February 8, 2023

While browsing the Peabody Room of the Georgetown Neighborhood Library in search of a fitting subject for Black History Month, I came upon an intriguing 1906 local news report which […]

Georgetown Historical Markers Teach Black History, Offer Tours 


Thanks to work by Andrena Crockett and others, Georgetown’s Black history is being rediscovered and taught to anyone walking by and willing to read the signs on the street.  The […]

Mapping Georgetown: Reflections on Rose Park, a Vital Piece of Black History for Georgetown

February 6, 2023

For Black History Month, we thought these heartwarming recollections about childhood play at Rose Park and the Georgetown Black history interwoven into the narrative by Emily Durso might make a […]

G.U. Launches $400,000 Annual Fund to Support Descendants of the Enslaved  


Georgetown University has created a new fund that will award $400,000 annually to community-based projects that can impact the descendants of the men, women and children enslaved on Jesuit plantations […]

Citizens Kick Off Black History Month at Holy Trinity

February 2, 2023

“Let us remember their names. Let us remember their lives,” said Bernard Cook from the pulpit of Holy Trinity Church on 36th Street in Georgetown on the first day of […]