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Join us for a Juneteenth lecture on Black Empowerment on June 16th at 6 pm! Register here: https://t.co/P01NiN1GOZ

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Join us for a Juneteenth lecture on Black Empowerment on June 16th at 6 pm! Register here: https://t.co/P01NiN1GOZ

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Glad to have participated in the #DChistcon 2026! Promoting and protecting DC history is what we do. #WeareDC #DCProud

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Join us tonight! lecture by historian CR Gibbs this Thursday, April 23rd, at 6 pm. Register Here: https://t.co/Oe9tvDxtEu

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Join us for this lecture by historian CR Gibbs this Thursday, April 23rd, at 6 pm. Register Here: https://t.co/Oe9tvDxtEu

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As part of the commemoration, we recieved the following letter from the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia

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Still celebrating our 40th Anniversary, check out our commemorative Booklet here: https://t.co/v8aiy7xnUH

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Join us for this lecture by historian CR Gibbs this Thursday, April 23rd, at 6 pm. Register Here: https://t.co/Oe9tvDxtEu

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The opening of the Pride, Inc. Gas Station in Columbia Heights, September 1968, with Mayor Marion Barry and others. Part of the currently being digitized Marion Barry Photograph Collection, DC Archives. #wearedc #dcproud

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Join us this afternoon for a Black History Month Lunch and learn session with our former intern, Alice Smith. Join us here: https://t.co/uK7IPg65Io

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Rest in peace, Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Activist and former D.C. Shadow Senator. Here is Jackson at two events with former Mayor Marion Barry, c. 1990.

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Join us tomorrow afternoon for a lunch and learn session on African American History in DC with our former intern Alice Thomas! Register here: https://t.co/uK7IPg65Io

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"These are my children" a quote from Dorothy Provine, the first DC Archivist, about the records. For our 40th Anniversary, check out this interview with her, reprinted from 1986: https://t.co/DTXtzSsU6O

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Happy Birthday to Us!! This day in 1986, Mayor Marion Barry issued Mayor's Order 86-28, establishing this office within the @SecretaryofDC

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On Super Bowl Sunday, look back at the parade for Super Bowl XXII in 1988 when Washington took home the win! Images: A father and son at the 1988 Super Bowl Victory Parade; "Mr. Redskins" during the 1988 Victory Parade; H.D. Woodson Marching Band members via the DC Archives.

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We are closed for in-person research today. Please submit requests via [email protected] or by telephone at 202-671-1105

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📢We are not open for in-person research today. For requests, please submit them via email at [email protected] or by telephone at 202-671-1105

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We have had a productive year!! Here are some recent accomplishments, including images from the Archives Crawl at the link below...https://t.co/okonKiLIGI

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#digitalpreservation matters

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