Carol Highsmith, photographer.   Join us for a panel discussion about historic preservation in the District of Columbia and the modernization of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. 2022 marks the conclusion of the DC Preservation League's 50th-anniversary, and 50 years since the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library was first opened to the ... Read more

  This webinar will explore the DC Preservation League's Most Endangered Places list and its evolution over the years. The presentation will cover the list's initial creation in 1996, and some of the buildings and structures that have been preserved and restored, thanks to grassroots advocacy. The current list will also be discussed, with a ... Read more

Join us on Tuesday, May 10 at 12:00pm EST for a virtual program with Empower DC and Friends of Crummell School about the history and future of the historic Alexander Crummell School!  Named after abolitionist and preacher, Reverend Alexander Crummel, this DC landmark served as the elementary school for Black children of Ivy City and Trinidad from 1912 until the early 1970s. Since ... Read more