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**FILE** Brian McKnight (Gage Skidmore)

Brian McKnight Kicks Off King Holiday with Scintillating Performance

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 21, 2022January 22, 2022

On Friday, Jan. 14, Brian McKnight showed why he remains one of the most respected singers and songwriters in the business, captivating an audience at the Strathmore in North Bethesda, Md.

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

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EDITOR’S COLUMN: My Neighbor Murders His Wife Because of Finances, Reminding Me to Cherish Every Day and Life

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

**FILE** Retired U.S. Air Force (USAF) Pilot Colonel Charles Edward McGee (center), Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated (TAI) National Historian William F. Holton (left) watches USAF Historical Research Agency Organizational Histories Branch Chief Daniel L Haulman presentation about the history of the TuskeGee Airmen, during the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) event “In conversation With Tuskegee Airmen,” which honors the airmen’s successes, at the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday March 27, 2014. Mr. Haulman presentation covers the history of the all black military flying unit, then Col. McGee present his first hand recount his Army Air Corp (later Army Air Force and Air Force) times starting in the 1940’s as did Mr. Holton with his perspective from the U.S. Navy. Questions from the audience provided several opportunities to open the discussion about civil rights challenges and how they achieved success and respect. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

Former Tuskegee Airman Brig. Gen. Charles McGee Dead at 102

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 17, 2022January 18, 2022

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EDITOR’S COLUMN: How Should We Respond to the Prediction that ‘Everyone Will Eventually Get COVID-19?’

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 12, 2022January 13, 2022

Artist Alma W. Thomas – Pioneer, Educator Taught Us How to See Beauty in the Everyday

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 12, 2022January 13, 2022

The first snow of 2022 blanketed the Washington, D.C., area with 4.5 to 16 inches of snow. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Winter Weather Wallops D.C. Area

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

David Driskell

The Phillips Collection Showcases Artwork of David Driskell

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

Max Julien (center) and Richard Pryor (right) star in 1973's “The Mack." (Courtesy of American International Pictures)

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EDITOR’S COLUMN: Blaxploitation Film Star Max Julien Displayed the Complexities of the Black Male in ‘The Mack’

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

COVID-19 Changes the Roles for Many of Today’s Black Grandparents

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 5, 2022January 6, 2022

EDITOR’S COLUMN: I Want to Believe ‘United We Stand’ Will Return but Fear ‘Divided We Fall’ Will Continue in 2022

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor December 28, 2021December 28, 2021