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The University of the District of Columbia unveils a new statue honoring the late Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson. The statue will be located at the Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Complex on the Van Ness Campus. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

UDC Honors Grandfather of Black Basketball

by Ed Hill June 29, 2023July 16, 2024

Community members have brought dozens of toys to the grave of a 7-year-old girl after items left for her over the course of a decade were burned the day after Juneteenth. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Items Burned at the Gravestone of a Young Girl at Historic Black Cemetery

by Kayla Benjamin June 28, 2023August 16, 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)

Medical Pioneer Henrietta Lacks Nominated for Congressional Gold Medal

by Stacy M. Brown June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

**FILE** William Henry Johnson (Wikimedia Commons)

U.S. Army Base in Louisiana Renamed to Honor Black World War I Hero

by Stacy M. Brown June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

Carolyn Bryant

Carolyn Bryant Donham, Emmett Till’s False Accuser, Dies at 88

by Stacy M. Brown April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

After having to relinquish its sanctuary more than 60 years ago, Bethel AME Church will return to its former location. (Courtesy photo)

Faith

Historic Black Church Gets Land Returned from NHL Penguins Franchise

by Stacy M. Brown April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

Fort Lee in Virginia will change its name, which currently commemorates Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, to now honor Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams. (Courtesy photo)

Army Removing Confederate Name of Virginia Fort to Honor Black Heroes

by Stacy M. Brown April 25, 2023April 26, 2023

**FILE** Harry Belafonte (Manfred Werner/Tsui via Wikimedia Commons)

Harry Belafonte, Entertainment Icon and Human Rights Activist , Dies at 96

by Stacy M. Brown April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

On May 13, 1968, Welfare Rights Organization marchers were photographed by W.H. Spradley. (Courtesy of George Mason University Libraries)

Exhibition Shows How Black Female Activists Influence Public Policy

by Brenda C. Siler April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

Harriet Tubman

Women’s History Month: Harriet Tubman, the ‘Original Outdoors Woman’

by Kayla Benjamin March 29, 2023August 16, 2023

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