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Resilience Through Storytelling: How 3 Authors Are Fighting Cultural Erasure

by Jada Ingleton September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Beyond the Mound: Joe Black’s Legacy of Brotherhood and Resistance

by Stacy M. Brown September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

**FILE** President Donald J. Trump signs executive orders on Jan. 20, 2025. (Courtesy of the White House)

Trump’s Order Strips Slavery Exhibits, Removes Black History

by Stacy M. Brown September 16, 2025September 16, 2025

Actor-Activist Samuel Lee Fudge Continues to Uphold Garvey Legacy

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

Retired MLB Players Discuss Black Baseball, Striving For Goals

by Richard D. Elliott August 29, 2025August 29, 2025

Wilson Set to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Million Man March, Revive Unifest

by James Wright Jr. August 27, 2025August 27, 2025

**FILE** Sharon Carr advocates for voting rights at a May 2024 “Souls to the Polls,” a partnership with Community of Hope AME Church and the National Coalition of Black Civic Participation. (Cleveland Nelson/The Washington Informer)

The Voting Rights Act at 60: Advocates Fight Against Voter Suppression in D.C. and Nationwide

by James Wright Jr. August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, African drummer Joseph Ngwa, Lafayette Barnes III and Desmond Barnes pose around the new plaque honoring Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder of The Washington Informer, that sits in front of The Clara at MLK on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE. (Demarco Rush/The Washington Informer)

Informer Founder Calvin Rolark Honored with a Plaque at The Clara

by James Wright Jr. June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Posters of outfielder Larry Doby, the first African American in MLB’s American League, and legendary owner and Negro League player Rube Foster (Richard D. Elliott/The Washington Informer)

Amid Juneteenth Celebrations, DMV Area Honors Black Baseball Legacy

by Richard D. Elliott June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Frank Smith (speaking), executive director of the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum, and Marquette Milton, a soldier reenactor, at the African American Civil War Memorial in May 2022. The African American Civil War Museum honors those Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Memorial Day: A Celebration of Black Military Service to the U.S.

by James Wright Jr. May 21, 2025May 21, 2025