Humanities Council Calendar

Come join the DC Council for this illuminating presentation in celebration of DC Emancipation Day. The brown bag lunchtime event will be held in room 123 of the John A. Wilson building, and will feature noted scholar, historian, and author Carroll R. Gibbs.

WHO IS CARROLL R. GIBBS?

Mr. Carroll R. Gibbs is the author/co-author of six books and a frequent national and international lecturer on an array of historical topics. He has appeared several times on the History Channel, French and Belgian television, and wrote, researched, and narrated "Sketches in Color," a 13-part companion series to the acclaimed PBS series, "The Civil War" for WHUT-TV, the Howard University television station. The Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture features Mr. Gibbs among its scholars at the museum's Online Academy website. He is also a D.C. Humanities Council scholar. In 1989, he founded the African History and Culture Lecture Series whose scholars continue to provide free presentations at libraries, churches, and other locations in the Washington-Baltimore area. In 1997, he led 26 people across the African continent. He won the 2008 Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation in Public Education, given annually by the Mayor of the District of Columbia. In 2009, the Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust honored Mr. Gibbs for his more than three decades of articles, exhibits, and presentations on the military heritage of Africans and African Americans.