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The students from the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women in a new film about their graduation (Courtesy photo)

Black History, Entertainment, Local

Baltimore Students ‘Step’ into National Spotlight

by Stacy M. Brown February 15, 2017October 30, 2020

Author Barbara Reynolds discusses her book "My Life, My Love, My Legacy", co-authored with the late Coretta Scott King, at the Annenberg Theater of the Newseum on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Northwest. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Black History

Coretta Scott King: More Than the Widow of an Icon

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor February 8, 2017October 30, 2020

Emmett Till

Petition Seeks Charges Against Emmett Till Accuser

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer February 8, 2017October 30, 2020

Emmett Till

Black History, National

Woman Who Falsely Accused Emmett Till Will Avoid Prosecution

by WI Guest Author February 6, 2017October 30, 2020

Dorothy Bailey (left), a member of the Prince George's County Planning Commission, portrays 121-year-old Sarah Gudger in the play "Voices In the Dark" during a Jan. 27 rehearsal at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland at College Park.

Tales From Slave Journals Featured in Local Play

by William J. Ford February 1, 2017October 30, 2020

Ira Aldridge

Remembering the First Black Othello

by Stacy M. Brown February 1, 2017October 30, 2020

Andrew Young

Ex-UN Ambassador: Jobs, Not Racism, Is America’s Biggest Problem

by Stacy M. Brown February 1, 2017October 30, 2020

LeVar Burton

MLK: Fearless and Determined

by Stacy M. Brown February 1, 2017October 30, 2020

A crowd gathers at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington in "I Am Not Your Negro." (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

Film Connects Civil Rights Heroes to BLM

by Stacy M. Brown February 1, 2017October 30, 2020

Emmett Till

Black Experience, Black History, National

Emmett Till’s Accuser Admits Fabricating Testimony

by Stacy M. Brown January 27, 2017October 30, 2020