#202Creates Join us for #ArtAllNight this Sat. 9/24 from 6pm-8pm @ the historic #MasonicTemple 1000 #ustreet #dc! We’re excited to partner with District Bridges U Street Main Street to bring back the #BlackBroadwayonU #360 #VR Tour.🥽Stop by & teleport with us back to a storied time!⏰

We’re honored to host our #ArtAllNightDC #Shaw #VR Tour 🥽activation Sat. at the historic Masonic Temple's ballroom, 1000 U St. NW. Built in 1929 & designed by Albert I. Cassell (1895-1969), native Washingtonian & Black architect, ca. 1928. Event info: bit.ly/3Bt78MY

Tonight ArtAllNightDC #Shaw! Black Broadway on U #VR Tour 🥽 activation at the historic #ustreet Masonic Temple from 6pm-10pm! Come thru and #getimmersed into the history of these storied #ustreetdc #blackbroadway cultural landmarks. Event info: bit.ly/3Bt78MY

Join our museum's "Save Our African American Treasures" program for a special digital community event on Oct. 20! Explore the resiliency & preservation of the Gullah Geechee, receive a one-on-one Professional Review of your own family treasures, & more: s.si.edu/3yex2DI

Happy Blessed 89th Birthday to our beloved Mrs. Virginia Ali (founder/owner Ben's Chili Bowl)...a beyond beautiful & special guiding light! 🥳💝🙏

Photographer Robert H. McNeill was born #OnThisDay in Washington, D.C. in 1917. McNeill captured life inside the African American community pre-and post-WWII. View his photography in our collection: s.si.edu/329GM4B

The National Black Cultural Information Trust Launches the Protect Black History Initiative - The new initiative will distribute Black history books in communities facing hostility toward teaching Black history in local school systems. #BlackHistoryMonth ProtectBlackHistory.org

Read our news release: nbcit.org/the-national-b…

Great mural. So sad. 😥 (but not nearly as sad as the loss of Bohemian Caverns itself 🎶)

Still true! #BlackHistoryMonth If you don't already please follow Black Broadway on U. 👍

#BlackHistoryMonth #ICYMI Take a deeper historical dive, and #explore Black Broadway on U's guide to #washingtondc's historic #blackbroadway on #ustreet landmarks, visit: blackbroadwayonu.com/explore/

The heart and soul of DC's U Street/Black Broadway's--the historic Lincoln Theatre, aka "The Crown Jewel," circa 1950. "The Crown Jewel," and Ben's Chili Bowl, circa August 2022. Submitted by Black Broadway on U Shellee M. Haynesworth #blackbroadwaydc #BlackHistoryMonth

Thanks for recognizing and sharing the work of the Black Broadway on U Project, blackbroadwayonu.com! Excited to join forces with HAANDS to honor, preserve, and revitalize the historic and storied African American gateways.

Ben’s Chili Bowl is celebrating 65 years in Washington, DC, on U Street:

#WomensHistoryMonth #TBT #MaryMcLeodBethune Bethune NHS Bethune-Cookman Ms. Bethune placed education at her core, emphasizing both her own learning journey & the empowerment of Black women through education. Read our blog: bit.ly/43u1PKN #womenofblackbroadway #ustreetdc

Ida B. Wells was one of our nation’s foremost critics of racial injustice through her journalistic and philanthropic endeavors. She co-founded the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago in 1913 to educate Black women on how to cultivate Black candidates and ensure their votes. #WMH