‘From the Deep’: Afrofuturistic Aquatopia at African Art Museum
• May 18, 2023

The artist Ayana V. Jackson is very much part of “From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson,” the exhibit she created now at the Smithsonian Institution’s […]

Hudson Shares New Mission, Preservation Plans at Tudor Place 
• April 24, 2023

Three invitations were extended by The Georgetowner’s April 20 cultural power breakfast speaker, Mark Hudson, executive director of Tudor Place, the National Historic Landmark on five and a half acres […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Ride Aboard the ‘Georgetown Heritage’  
• August 11, 2022

At Lock 3 in Georgetown, on a recent sunny Friday afternoon, lines form near the ticketing kiosk along the towpath near 30th and Thomas Jefferson Streets NW. Eager ticket-holders soon […]

Free Landmark Lecture: Women and Slavery in Georgetown
• September 1, 2021

Elsa Mendoza, Assistant Curator, Georgetown Slavery Archive, Georgetown University will speak about women and slavery at Georgetown, and will examine women’s unique roles in the history of slavery in Georgetown […]

The Life of Georgetown From 1620 to 2020, Part 1
• December 24, 2020

As the nation has expanded and transformed, Georgetown has adapted to hardships and flourished. And in many fascinating ways, the city’s earlier experiences have paralleled our own. 

Remember Us
• February 26, 2020

GU272 MEMORY PROJECTS — GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CONFRONTS ITS LEGACY OF SLAVERY “The affair gave many here a reason for speaking badly about us. No one does this but bad people, […]

GU272: Advocating for Descendants of the Enslaved
• February 12, 2020

In 1838, the Jesuits of Maryland sold 272 enslaved persons to plantations in Louisiana — in part to pay off debts for the struggling Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. It […]

Wreath Laying Marks 400 Years Since Slavery’s Start in America
• August 26, 2019

On Aug. 25, Rock Creek Park Superintendent Julia Washburn welcomed the crowd of more than 100 under the brightest of Sunday summer afternoons for the solemn occasion.