Guest post by Robert Oliver, President of the Lamond-Riggs Library Friends

Historian C.R. Gibbs has been invited to give a lecture during Black History Month. He will present “A Dawn Like Thunder: Africa, Black America and Work War II” from his series of lectures on African American History and Culture. The Lamond-Riggs Library proudly hosts this presentation on Thursday, February 15, 2018 starting at 7 p.m.

Mr. Gibbs is an award-winning historian, humanities scholar, and exhibitor of artifacts. He is noted for writing, researching, and narrating Sketches in Color, a 13-part companion series to the acclaimed PBS series The Civil War. He received an Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation in Public Education from the Mayor of the District of Columbia. He was honored by the Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust, and he was named one of the “50 most influential people in Washington, D.C.” by the Washington Informer.

So please come and enjoy an evening of thoughtful discussion at the Lamond-Riggs Library.