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Black History Month Edit-a-Thon
Please join us at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library as we honor Black History Month with a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The event will focus on improving Wikipedia entries using the library's Black Studies collection. Beginners are welcome, and Wikipedia training will be provided.
when
February 18, 2017 at 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
where
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street NW, Washington, DC
Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red / Green / Yellow Lines)
your hosts
District of Columbia Public Library
Wikimedia DC Feel free to also sign your name in the section below.
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Can't make it to the event? You can participate online ! Here's how it works:
1 On the day of the event,
check in with your Wikipedia username .
Don't have a username yet? It's easy to
create one .
2 Choose an article to edit from the list on this page .
Want to work on an article that's not on the list? You're welcome to choose any topic you like!
3 Have questions during the event?
Chat with us ! Some events also include a video or audio conference. You can find more details on this page.
Addison N. Scurlock - Use
Black Renaissance in Washington , Picturing the Promise , and Smithsonian Institution exhibit.
Beatrice M. Murphy - Use
DCPL’s Beatrice M. Murphy page and
DCPL’s Black Studies page .
Bibliographic Survey: The Negro in Print , edited by Beatrice M. Murphy (article or section on Murphy’s page
Black-owned bookstores - Use
Publisher’s Weekly article ,
Black Perspectives article , and
AALBC article .
Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists , ed. by King-Hammond
Thelma Myrtle Duncan (Brown) - Use
Black Renaissance in Washington .
Frank Smith Horne - Use
Black Renaissance in Washington .
James Lesesne Wells - Use
Black Renaissance in Washington .
James A. Porter - Use
Black Renaissance in Washington .
Category:African-American studies organizations - Add DCPL Black Studies, AAIHS, university departments, HU’s Moorland-Spingarn, National African American Archives & Museum.
Leslie King-Hammond - Add exhibitions and books published.
William Waring Cuney - Use
Black Renaissance in Washington .
Rudolph Fisher - Use
Black Renaissance in Washington .
Richard Bruce Nugent - Use
Black Renaissance in Washington .
Willis Richardson - Improve list of literary works; use
Black Renaissance in Washington .
Category:Independent bookstores of the United States
Afrocentric education - Add lists of schools.
Category:African-American history in Boston - Add Malcolm X; add Nubian Notion; add Harriet Tubman House.