Celebrating Black History Month: Television, Events, Soul Food

(Join people across America in celebrating Black history month with commemoration, a taste of African-American flavor and television specials highlighting those who have made their mark on the world.)

SATURDAY

(On TV) Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans— A tour of one of America's oldest black neighborhoods and the birthplace of jazz. This show airs at 4 p.m. on PBS.

SUNDAY

Join the Student Sit-Ins: The National Museum of American History will present “Join the Student Sit-Ins” Fridays and Sundays in February, at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The audience takes part in these 15 to 20-minute performances, staged at the actual lunch counter where the 1960 Greensboro sit-in took place.  Constitution Ave. NW & 14th St. NW, Washington DC 20560.

(On TV) Independent Lens: When I Rise: In 1956, Barbara Smith Conrad, entered her college career as as one of the first Black students to be allowed in the University of Texas. Her beautiful mezzo-soprano landed her the lead role in a romantic school opera, the color of her white male opposite landed her in the heart of a racial controversy that swept the nation. From Independent Lens. This show airs at Midnight on WETA.

Soul Food Restaurants to Try:

If you don't mind traveling here is a list of Soul Food Restaurants that you might enjoy.

• Darker Than Blue Café. 3034 Greenmount Ave., Baltimore, MD 21218. (443) 872-4468
• Miss Shirley’s Café. 750 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202. (410) 528-5373
• Southern Blues Soul Food. 3613 Offutt Rd., Randallstown, MD 21133-3515 (410) 521-1830
• Hitching Post Restaurant. 200 Upshur St. NW. (between N 2nd St. & N Rock Creek Church Rd.) 
Washington, DC 20011. (202) 726-1511.
• Anacostia Restaurant & Catering. 1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20020. (202) 889-9588
• Sugar. 1803 West Virginia Ave., NE Washington, DC 20002 – (202) 832-8887
• Eatonville Restaurant. 2121 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. (202)332-9672.