by Micha Green It’s the final week of Black History Month, and The Washington Informer, following the Association for the Study
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Dick Gregory: An Accessible D.C. Comedy Legend and Activist
by Sam P.K. Collins In 2017, Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory died in the District at the age of 84 with the
Laughter from the Capital: D.C.’s Rich Legacy of Black Comedians
by Stacy M. Brown In the heart of the United States, where the Potomac River flows, and history unfolds, Washington, D.C.,
After a spate of education bans, Florida churches are taking Black history into their own hands
(Black PR Wire) Some 100 people — Black and white, from elementary school-aged children to adults in their 80s — filed
Remembering Joe Madison: ‘The Black Eagle’s’ Legacy and Fight for Justice
by Stacy M. Brown Tributes continued to pour in throughout Friday for the talk show host, activist and philanthropist known as
How Do We Reckon With Our Racial Past?
By Selen Ozturk How can we reckon with a racial past if we don’t know it? At a Mon., November
Mississippi Leaders Unite in Plea to Honor Medgar Evers with Medal of Freedom
by Stacy M. Brown Mississippi’s congressional delegation has called on President Joe Biden to posthumously award civil rights icon Medgar Wiley
Iconic ‘Shaft’ Actor Richard Roundtree Dies at 81 After Battle with Pancreatic Cancer
by Stacy M. Brown Richard Roundtree, the iconic actor renowned for portraying the suave private detective in the groundbreaking “Shaft”
Historic $48 Million Settlement Reached for Black Men Wrongfully Convicted in Baltimore Killing
by Stacy M. Brown Baltimore officials have agreed to pay $48 million to three Black men wrongfully convicted of a
Hughes Van Ellis, One of the Last Three Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors, Dies at 102
by Stacy M. Brown Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last three survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died
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