The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum features Gibbs on its Online Academy website. He is also a D.C. Humanities Council scholar. In 1989, he founded the African History & Culture Lecture Series whose scholars provide free presentations at libraries, churches, and other locations in the Washington-Baltimore area.
In 1997, he led 26 people across the African continent. He won the 2008 Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation in Public Education, given annually by the Mayor of the District of Columbia. In 2009, the Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust honored Gibbs for his more than three decades of articles, exhibits, and presentations on the military heritage of Africans and African Americans.
In 2011, he provided historical commentary for WUSA-TV, Channel 9's coverage of the dedication of the King Memorial. In February 2013, he also appeared in the PBS documentary, "Meet Me at Equality" on the 1963 March on Washington. That same year, Gibbs also spoke at the annual observance of International Emancipation Day in Toronto, Canada.
In 2014, the National Civil War Project featured Gibbs as a speaker at an event sponsored by Arena Stage and George Washington University. Also in 2014, the Washington Informer newspaper chose Gibbs as one of the 50 most influential people in Washington, D.C.
In 2015, "Zindagi 360," a fast-paced lifestyle and entertainment show that the Voice of America aims at young Pakistanis, featured a presentation by Gibbs.
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November 2011 - April 2011 Print Issue
Blacks and the Sport of Kings
June 14 - June 27, 2012
The War of 1812: a Black Bicentennial perspective
February 07 - February 20, 2013
The Way We Were: The Emancipation proclamation in the DMV
May 30 - June 12, 2012
A Rare account of Nat Turner's Rebellion
July 11 - July 24, 2013
The Unheralded Black presence at the Battle of Gettysburg
February 06 - February 19, 2014
Africans’ Role in the First World War
September 04 - September 17, 2011
African Americans & WW 1
February 05 - February 18, 2015
Young, Black, & Presumed Guilty:
The Historical Burden of Being Prejudged a Menace to Society
November 12 - November 25, 2015
Black, Brave, & Bold Part 1 - African American Congressional Medal of Honor Winners
December 24, 2015 - January 06, 2016
Black, Brave, & Bold Part 2 - African American Congressional Medal of Honor Winners - The Indian Wars & The Interim Period
February 04 - February 17, 2016
Black, Brave, & Bold Part 3 - African American Congressional Medal of Honor Winners - The Spanish-American War & World War I
April 14 - April 27, 2016
Book Review: The Roughest Riders
June 09 - June 22, 2016
Black, Brave, & Bold Part 4 - African American Congressional Medal of Honor Winners – World War II & Korean War
August 04 - August 17, 2016
Black, Brave, & Bold Part 5 - African American Congressional Medal of Honor Winners - Vietnam War To The Present
September 01 - September 14, 2016
Black Men Who Used Guns to Solve America’s Race Problem – Part 1
September 29 - October 12, 2016
Black Men Who Used Guns to Solve America’s Race Problem – Part 2
January 19 - February 01, 2017
Black Men Who Used Guns to Solve America’s Race Problem – Part 3
May 25 – June 7, 2017
Forgotten Milestone: The 150th Anniversary of the First Black Vote in D.C.
June 07 - June 20, 2017
"Affrilachia?" - Yes, There are Black People in the Land of Mountains, Moonshine, and Coal Mines
August 1 – August 14, 2019
Jamestown: The 400th Anniversary, Relevance, Reflections, Myths, & Truths
July 02 – July 15, 2020
The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918, the Nation’s Capital, and the Making of Charles Drew
October 22 – November 04, 2020
Black Voter Suppression, Then and Now
December 03 – December 16, 2020
The Hidden Black History of the Electoral College
The Washington Post - C.R. Gibbs helps to judge the annual Frederick Douglass Oratorical Contest
The Washington Post - Kwanzaa’s values a growing part of D.C. congregation’s
cultural fabric
The Washington Informer - Researcher Opens Window to Lost History
September 18, 2012
Galludet University - Gibbs recounts path from slavery to emancipation in D.C. at Galludet University
April 15, 2017
Washington Post
D.C. Emancipation Day: 3,000 slaves in the nation?s capital cried and cheered when they learned they were freed
February 2019
The Baltimore Sun -
For Black History month, Laurel Library hosts historian C.R. Gibbs
April 13, 2019
WTOP - The First Blow Against the Edifice of Slavery: DC’s Emancipation Day, and Why it Matters Now
February 26, 2020
The Greenbelt News Review -
Women Led the Way to Polls: Gibbs Recalls Their Struggles
April 6, 2020
The Nation -
Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery
June 18, 2020
Juneteenth celebrates ?a moment of indescribable joy?: Slavery's end in Texas
June 19, 2020
National Geographic
Remembering ‘Red Summer,’ when white mobs massacred Blacks from Tulsa to D.C.
July 15, 2020
Street Sense - The 1918 Pandemic, the Nation’s Capital, and the Making of Charles Drew
DC Emancipation Day
DC.Gov
A Historical Overview of DC Emancipation
The History Channel - Representative Mike Panetta talk about the District's borders and voting rights.
How The States Got Their Shapes. C.R. Gibbs and D.C. Shadow
SiriusXM
Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey and Black Service Members in WWI
June 17, 2020
WAMU- Washington, DC
Juneteenth’s History In The Washington Region
June 9, 2014
Joe Madison Show
SiriusXM
Talks African American Soldiers and the D-Day Invasion:
70 Years Later & the Truth Ain't Being Told
Make It Plain
December 22, 2014
WAMU
The “Great War” – Historic Moments, Forgotten Fighters
March 10, 2015
C.R. Gibbs Speaks on the 1st Regiment United States
Colored Troops
Civil War Roundtable of DC
October 27, 2017
WYPR
The Hard Road to Ending Slavery in Maryland
August 22, 2017
The “People of Color” Label: Is It Time To Move The Needle (Again)?
Mon, Apr 4, 2022
DC Compensated Emancipation Act – (13 min) President Lincoln freed the enslaved African April 16, 1862, less than a year before the Emancipation Proclamation – the enslaved where not compensated, owners received up to $300 for each freeperson. WPFW’s Amara Evening interviews CR Gibbs and William Jones.
January 14, 2018
African Americans From Maryland in World War 1
June 19, 2018
Juneteenth celebrations mark triumph over slavery in Civil War
July 23, 2018
The New Learning Curve
August 24, 2018
50th Anniversary of Historic Fort Hood Rebellion of Black GIs
August 22, 2019
Make Change Radio - Channel 37 - Fairfax, VA
Jamestown: The 400th Anniversary, Relevance, Reflections, Myths, & Truths
October 29, 2020
Port Of Harlem Talk Radio
Black Voter Suppression, Then and Now
Nov 04 – Nov 17, 2021
Frederick Douglass in Africa, Part 1
Nov 18 – Dec 1, 2021
Frederick Douglass in Africa, Part 2
August 23, 2020RaceToday: Voter Suppression Podcast w/CR Gibbs as Moderator
September 23, 2020
Africa, Enslavement, and the Making of Black American Culture
October 25, 2020
RaceToday! Elections
November 6, 2020
African American Military Experience - 2020 Commemoration
Veterans Committee of Central Virginia.
November 29, 2020
Post Election 2020 Podcast: A Panel Discussion
March 27, 2021
Forgotten Kingdoms and Empires of Africa
April 15, 2021
Becoming Douglass Commonwealth: From D.C. Disenfranchisement to Full Democracy (CR Gibbs start around 12:18)
Apr 25, 2021
RaceToday! Education Podcast
Jun 27, 2021
RaceToday!-George Floyd-Part II
Sep 26, 2021
Podcast-Generational Wealth
Oct 24, 2021
RaceToday! Podcast-Black Business Owners
Nov 29, 2021
RaceToday! Podcast-Intergenerational Trauma
Jan 31, 2022
RaceToday! Colorism and its Impact on African-Americans
Feb 27, 2022
RaceToday! Podcast Black History & Culture
June
26, 2022
Race Today! Black Fathers
Aug 28, 2022
RaceToday! Podcast-Black Health
Sep 25, 2022
RaceToday! Black Pastors
Nov 30, 2022
Budgeting and Financial Wellness
Feb 28, 2023
RaceToday! Seasoned Black Marriage
Apr 30, 2023
RaceToday!-Black Justice
Sep 11, 2023
Back to School
Georgetown, DC History co-narrated by C.R. Gibbs
Urban Renewal, Negro Removal
August 2013
WHUT-TV Special
Meet Me at Equality July 12, 2014
Washington’s Civil War Forts and Parks
November 20, 2013
premiere of Ada M. Babineaux's documentary, "I Don' Been Through The Snake's Skin & Come Out Clean", WDC
Post Panel Discussion on Family & Memory
June 19, 2015
WUSA-TV
Juneteenth, After Charleston Massacre September 12, 2015
The Voice of America's Urdu TV - Pakistan (Gibbs start about 18:45 minutes into the show)
Zindagi 360 (Life 360)
February14, 2016
Jim Crow Freedoms Deferred CH50 - Washington, DC
June 10, 2016
Zip Trip Anacostia: The History of the Neighborhood
February 26, 2017
North Star to Freedom
Channel 50 documentary with Gibbs' commentary
February 24, 2018
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Channel 50 Living Black History WDCW's 2018 Black History Month Special
October 18, 2018
Discussion From the Mary Church Terrell Documentary Screening
Founders Library, Howard University
April 16, 2019
Crusade for Liberty
We Act Radio
June 19, 2019
The Significance of Juneteenth
Good Morning Washington (GMW) ABC7 WJLA-TV
February 15, 2020
Serving While Black (parts at opening and around 8 minutes)
WDC Channel 50
June 27, 2020
Black Wall Street
APPEAL, INC
May 3, 2021
Abraham Lincoln Institute Online Lincoln Symposium
Oct 11, 2021
Sunday Evening with Rev. Sue: Voter Suppression
