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Requiem for the Enslaved

  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Studio K 2700 F Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20566 United States (map)

From the piano, Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon leads a small ensemble in Requiem for the Enslaved. The program invokes African American spirituals and the form of a Catholic liturgical mass to tell the story of 272 enslaved people sold in 1838 to pay the debts of Georgetown University.

Earlier Event: March 14
An Evening with William H. Macy and Screening of "Fargo"
Later Event: March 14
Meshell Ndegeocello