Kick Off Event: Juneteenth DC 2009

Monday June 15, 2009
6:00 PM

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC  

Hosted by Sam Ford, WJLA-TV 7
A reception will follow.

Performances:
Female Re-enactors of Distinction (FREED), the African-American Ladies Auxiliary Group of the African-American Civil War Memorial
Ayo Handy Kendi, founder, African-American Holidays Association
Joy “Sistah Joy” Matthews Alford 
Drum and Bugle Corps of the African-American Civil War Memorial

Remarks:
Hon. Harry Thomas Jr., member, DC City Council (Ward 5) (invited)
Ms. Pamela Stovall, associate director, DC Public Library
Dr. Frank Smith, founding director, African-American Civil War Memorial and Foundation

For more information, call the Black Studies Center, (202) 727-1211.


Sponsor: DC Public Library, DC Office on Aging and the African-American Civil War Memorial and Foundation


 

Contact:	India Young
	india.young.dc.gov