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The storefront for Sankofa Video Books & Cafe, the popular bookstore specializing in items for the African American community

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Sankofa Deserves Break from City

by WI Guest Author July 2, 2019December 21, 2021

Julianne Malveaux, former president of Bennett College, testifies June 19 at a Capitol Hill hearing on legislation that would set up a commission to study reparations for the ancestors of enslaved Africans kidnapped and brought to America. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No Lip Service for Reparations

by WI Guest Author June 26, 2019December 21, 2021

African-American millennials are opting to take on homeownership and renovations as more move out of the rental market and into "starter homes." (Courtesy photo)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: On the Road to Homeownership

by WI Guest Author June 19, 2019December 21, 2021

Tattoo artist Tro of Black Ink Atlanta giving a tattoo session to an attendee at the DC Tattoo Arts Expo held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va., from May 31 to June 2. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Tattoos Making Mark in Society

by WI Guest Author June 12, 2019December 21, 2021

Lonnie G. Bunch III (Michael Barnes/Smithsonian Institute)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Lonnie Bunch Making Moves

by WI Guest Author June 5, 2019December 21, 2021

Diamond Rust's face after being roughed up by a Metro transit police officer in February 2018 (Courtesy of Eliot Williamson)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Who Polices the Police?

by WI Guest Author May 22, 2019December 21, 2021

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Reviving Chocolate City

by WI Guest Author May 15, 2019December 21, 2021

Sankofa Video and Books store is hoping that a bill being introduced to the D.C. Council Committee on Business and Economic Development will offer equitable relief to help keep its doors open. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Sankofa a Sign of Worse Times?

by WI Guest Author May 8, 2019December 21, 2021

Revelers take part in the 'Congos and Devils' carnival festival in Nombre de Dios, 120 km north of Panama City on March 6, 2019. The celebration dates back to the colonial times with 'congos' representing African slaves and 'devils', the Spanish conquerors. (LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Expanding Horizons

by WI Guest Author May 1, 2019December 21, 2021