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Harriet Tubman

Black Experience, Black History

Nation Observes March 10 as Harriet Tubman Day

by WI Guest Author March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

A sign commemorates the first African landing in America. (Courtesy of Hampton Fort Monroe Visitor's Center)

Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Hampton to Commemorate Landing of First African in America

by Stacy M. Brown March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel: The Unapologetic ‘Shero’

by James Wright Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Courtesy of DPR

Black Experience, Black History

Southeast Tennis and Learning Center Presents 13th Annual ‘Blacks in Wax’ Performances

by WI Guest Author March 12, 2019October 31, 2020

The Washington Informer African American Heritage Tour on the campus of Georgetown University at Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, which was built in 1893 (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Black History

Black Georgetown Overflows with History

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

Fannie Lou Hamer after being beaten in jail, June 1963 (FBI photo)

Black Experience, Black History

Phenomenal Women: Fannie Lou Hamer

by WI Webstaff March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

**FILE** Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. of the television show "Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life" speaks during the 2019 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena in Pasadena, California, on Feb. 2, 2019. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

New Interactive Website Featuring Henry Louis Gates Tracks Slave Voyages

by WI Guest Author March 5, 2019October 31, 2020

Courtesy of defenderNetwork.com

Black Experience, Black History

Local Leaders Step Up to Protect Sacred Remains of ‘Sugar Land 95’

by WI Guest Author March 4, 2019October 31, 2020

Roumania and Margaret Peters at Tuskegee Institute (University), c. 1937 – 1941 (Courtesy photo)

Black Experience, Black History

Black Georgetown Remembered: Serving Up Talent

by Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman February 27, 2019October 31, 2020

Photo by Hamil R. Harris/The Washington Informer

Black Experience, Black History, Hamil R. Harris

Man’s Harrowing Jim Crow-Era Stories Brought to Life by Son

by Hamil R. Harris February 27, 2019October 31, 2020