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Federal Judge Upholds Fearless Fund’s Grant Program for Black Female Entrepreneurs

by Stacy M. Brown October 2, 2023October 3, 2023

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is part of the Smithsonian Institution. (Courtesy of nmaahc.si.edu)

Black Experience

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates 10 Millionth Visitor Milestone

by WI Web Staff October 2, 2023October 2, 2023

Rep. Steven Horsford and SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman (not pictured) announced the intentional fight to support minority-owned businesses at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference (ALC). (Micha Green/The Washington Informer)

CBC Chairman Announces Fight for Resources for Minority-Owned Businesses

by Hamil R. Harris September 22, 2023September 27, 2023

Leaders from the Congressional Black Caucus and members of Henrietta Lacks’ family gather in support of the medical pioneer receiving a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously. (Courtesy of Mark Mahoney)

Lawrence Lacks Dies Weeks After Historic Settlement Over Mother’s ‘HeLa’ Cells

by Hamil R. Harris September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

The Sixteenth Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where four little girls were murdered after the Ku Klux Klan set a bomb in September 1963 (Micha Green/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience

Remembering the Four Little Girls 60 Years Later

by Micha Green September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

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BEA Foundation Stands Up for Fearless Fund, Empowering Black Women Entrepreneurs

by Stacy M. Brown September 12, 2023September 12, 2023

MelaninCon Chief Operating Officer Donovan Woodberry checks out the Modernish vendor booth. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

MelaninCon Celebrates Black Excellence and Entrepreneurship in D.C.

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. September 11, 2023September 12, 2023

Kerry James Marshall has designed new racial-justice-themed windows for the Washington National Cathedral to replace windows that previously honored Confederates Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. (Colin S. Johnson/Washington National Cathedral)

Faith

Confederate Generals’ Windows Replaced with Racial-Justice-Themed Stained Glass at Washington National Cathedral

by WI Web Staff September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Sister Nia X, president of the National Action Network’s D.C. metropolitan region chapter, counted among a bevy of speakers who graced the podium during the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington awards program on the evening of Aug. 25 at St. Luke Catholic Church in Southeast D.C. (Photo courtesy of Harold Goodridge)

March on Washington 2023

March on Washington Commemoration Brings Preservation of History into Greater Focus

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

From left: Yolanda Renee King, Andrea Waters King, Martin Luther King Jr. III, Rev. Al Sharpton, an unidentified marcher, Robert Smith, and Sacha Baron Cohen on the front line during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington at Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 26, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt @sdotpdotmedia/The Washington Informer)

March on Washington 2023

March on Washington 60th Anniversary Emphasizes Continued Civil Rights Struggle

by Stacy M. Brown and Hamil R. Harris August 26, 2023August 30, 2023