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Howard University graduates shout in excitement as each of their departments are officially bestowed their degrees during the 156th commencement convocation. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Lessons for Young Graduates

by Marian Wright Edelman May 29, 2024May 29, 2024

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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Breaking Earth’s Stillness

by Marian Wright Edelman May 1, 2024May 1, 2024

Two prints from Faith Ringgold's "Jazz Series" were exhibited at the David C. Driskell Center in 2023. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Faith Ringgold

by Marian Wright Edelman April 24, 2024April 24, 2024

In this postcard from the collection of McFarlin Library at the University of Tulsa, a photo from on top of the Santa Fe Freight office at 1st Street and Elgin Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is seen, showing the fires on Archer towards Greenwood. The Goodner-Malone company (1 N. Frankfurt) building is in the center of the photo. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: An Update in a Long Fight for Justice

by Marian Wright Edelman April 17, 2024April 17, 2024

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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Ella Baker, a Lifelong Warrior for Equal Justice and Empowerment

by Marian Wright Edelman March 20, 2024March 20, 2024

The National Urban League has unveiled the 2024 State of Black America Report, offering profound insights into racial equality in the United States. (Courtesy photo)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Reporting on the Road Ahead

by Marian Wright Edelman March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

The emblematic photo of Septima Poinsette Clark 1987, from “I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women” is currently at the National Portrait Gallery (Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Brian Lanker Archive)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Black History, Women’s History — Septima Clark

by Marian Wright Edelman March 6, 2024March 11, 2024

Patricia Turner Walters, with a Harriet Tubman painting by Jessica Marie Hopkins, a Howard University alumna, is in the exhibition “Genesis: The African American Experience in Art,” cur- rently at the Howard University Gallery of Art. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Black History Month — Celebrating the Arts

by Marian Wright Edelman February 28, 2024February 28, 2024

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: The Child Tax Credit — Moving Forward

by Marian Wright Edelman February 7, 2024February 7, 2024

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Transforming Changemakers

by Marian Wright Edelman January 31, 2024February 1, 2024