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Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network president and CEO, speaks during the worship service at Howard University on Aug. 27. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Sharpton Reminds Howard Students to Continue to Fight for Equity

by Hamil R. Harris August 30, 2023August 30, 2023

D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) speaks at the Lincoln Memorial during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington on Aug. 26. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

D.C.-Area Residents Embrace March on Washington 60th Anniversary

by Hamil R. Harris and James Wright Jr. August 30, 2023August 30, 2023

The 60th Anniversary March on Washington: What to Know and Where to Go

by Hamil R. Harris August 23, 2023August 24, 2023

Faith

Bomb Threat at Masjid Muhammad, ‘The Nation’s Mosque,’ Rallies Community

by Hamil R. Harris August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, "I Have a Dream," speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, march on Washington, D.C.

Six-Part Bible Study Inspired by MLK’s ‘Dream’ Encourages Action

by Hamil R. Harris August 16, 2023August 24, 2023

Rev. Jonathan Weaver (top center) with students from the Weaver School in Goma, Eastern Congo (Courtesy of Weaver School)

Faith

A Local Ministry of Economic Growth Has Gone Worldwide

by Hamil R. Harris August 16, 2023August 16, 2023

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) reflects on what it took to help organize the historic m March on Washington 60 years ago.

Delegate Norton Reflects on Planning, Being on Stage at the 1963 March on Washington

by Hamil R. Harris August 9, 2023August 24, 2023

Mildred Jones Fisher Lockridge, 92, who died on July 21, 2023, was a community activist, day care center director, and educator for more than six decades in the D.C. and Virginia school systems. (Courtesy photo)

Remembering Mildred Jones Fisher Lockridge

by Hamil R. Harris August 9, 2023August 9, 2023

Exterior school grounds lights and park lights were out on the east side of Adams Morgan, which has had three homicides over the past week. (Courtesy photo)

Street, School and Park Lights Out in Adams Morgan

by Hamil R. Harris August 9, 2023August 9, 2023

Family and friends attend the funeral of Tommie Broadwater at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden on Aug. 1. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Distinguished Guests Among Hundreds Celebrating Life of Sen. Tommie Broadwater

by Richard D. Elliott and Hamil R. Harris August 2, 2023August 2, 2023