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Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras J. Baraka, NJIT President Joel S. Bloom and Newark Public Schools Superintendent Roger León pose with students during a press conference in New Jersey. (Courtesy of the City of Newark)

New Jersey Jumps Ahead in Teaching Black History

by Stacy M. Brown March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Gov. Phil Murphy announced the expansion of Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies classes in New Jersey.

African American History Museum Introduces Book on Objects Influencing Music

by WI Web Staff February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

Demonstrators hold a casket symbolic of all the lives lost in their community due to environmental racism. The rally started at Freedom Plaza and headed to the White House part of the People vs. Fossil Fuels Campaign on Oct. 25, demanding a cessation of fossil fuel projects. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

Celebrating Black History Month: Key Moments in the Environmental Justice Movement

by Kayla Benjamin February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

The Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, the first Bishop of the A.M.E. church, is one of the many faith leaders who have contributed to Black resistance. (Courtesy photo)

Faith as Black Resistance

by Hamil R. Harris February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

Viola Fletcher, affectionately known as Mother Fletcher, appeared on the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s morning news program “Let It Be Known” on Monday, July 19, 2021. (NNPA)

Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Set to Receive Ghanaian Citizenship at Ceremony in Washington

by Stacy M. Brown February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

15 Songs of Black Power and Protest

by Micha Green February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

Marian Anderson when she visited Japan in 1953 (Wikimedia Commons)

Music and Faith Set the Tone for Black Resistance

by Micha Green February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (right), shown here with Lisa Fager, executive director of the Black Georgetown Foundation, introduced a D.C. Council resolution honoring Mount Zion-Female Union Band Society Cemetery in early February. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Council Recognizes Black History Site in Georgetown

by Sam P.K. Collins February 20, 2023February 20, 2023

judges desk with gavel and scales

Push Made for Posthumous Admission to Maryland Bar for Black Man

by WI Web Staff February 20, 2023February 20, 2023

Cecilia Marshall (second from left), Justice Thurgood Marshall (right) and their two sons (Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage)

U.Md. to Name New School Building After Thurgood Marshall

by WI Web Staff February 20, 2023February 20, 2023