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Born in 19 th century rural Louisiana to former slaves Sarah Breedlove rose tobecome the first female African-American self-made millionaire in the United States. Known as Madam C.J. Walker, she developed a line of beauty care products for black women. Walker built a factory, hair salon, mail-order business and a beauty school which trained 20,000 […]

A Virtual Ranger Talk from Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Wednesday, February 7 from 7-8pm Frederick Douglass spent his life fighting for justice and equality. Born into slavery in 1818, he escaped as a young man and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. People everywhere still find inspiration today in his tireless struggle, […]

Join us for a lecture by travel expert Chris McCormack and get an insider guide to visiting the US National Parks. Topics covering include where to go, how to get there,  some tips/apps to use and much more. Great preparation for planning your trip. To register, click here. .

The World through Cinematic Animation Animated films can speak to both children and adults, sometimes simultaneously. This deceptively simple form of storytelling is an appealing way to explore history, politics, ethics, and the arts from various cultural perspectives. It’s also a way to focus on aesthetics, how thousands of carefully crafted still frames create the […]