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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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I'll attend in person edit
- Kirill Lokshin (talk) 14:43, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- Bluejamz 19:16, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- Brock-brac (talk) 19:16, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- Theelephantparade (talk) 19:18, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- As877 (talk) 19:38, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- Jehanjillani (talk) 19:52, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
I'll participate online edit
Can't make it to the event? You can participate online! Here's how it works:
Don't have a username yet? It's easy to create one.
Want to work on an article that's not on the list? You're welcome to choose any topic you like!
Some events also include a video or audio conference. You can find more details on this page.
Articles to work on edit
Articles to create edit
- 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.
Articles to improve edit
- 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.