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Martin Luther King Jr.

Community, Stacy M. Brown

Remembering MLK With Service, Reflection

by Stacy M. Brown January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Kenyan McDuffie

McDuffie, White Float Key Bills in New Council Session

by James Wright Jr. January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Members of the #Vote16DC coalition speak about their efforts to expand voting rights to 16- and 17-year-old District residents during a Jan. 10 town hall at THEARC on Mississippi Avenue SE. (Courtesy photo)

D.C. Youths Renew Efforts to Lower Voting Age

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Blake Myles Hopkins performs a mime routine at a King holiday prayer breakfast held at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church in southeast D.C. on Jan. 12. (Courtesy photo/Maurice G. Fitzgerald)

Youths Shine at MLK Prayer Breakfast

by James Wright Jr. January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Anthony Lorenzo Green, ANC commissioner 7C04 and April Goggans of Black Lives Matter share pointers with community activists on how to canvass neighborhoods and discuss issues with residents near Nook`s Barber Shop’s in northeast D.C. on Jan. 5. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Nook’s Barbershop on the Cusp of Change

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signs the "Love Act." (Courtesy of dc.gov)

Love is Again in the Air in D.C.

by Stacy M. Brown January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Tatiana Robinson (right), a senior at Ballou Senior High School and State Board of Education student representative, presents her group's findings at a Safe Passage and student safety roundtable at the FBR Boys & Girls Club at THEARC in Southeast on Jan. 8. (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Community Commits to Strengthening Safe Passage Program

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Officer Involved in Death of Black Teen Placed on Leave

by WI Guest Author January 11, 2019October 31, 2020

Blacks on Eastern Shore Seek Justice for Teen

by WI Guest Author January 9, 2019October 31, 2020

More than 150 organizations, bands and city officials participate in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade in southeast D.C. on Jan. 15. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Peace Walk, Parade to Carry on MLK Legacy

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 9, 2019October 31, 2020