Black History Month Archives - Page 18 of 28 - The Washington Informer

Georgette "Gigi" Dixon

Black Experience

I’m a Bank Exec Who Grew Up in the South During Desegregation. Here Are 3 Lessons About Being Black in America That Have Guided My Life and Career Choices.

by WI Guest Author February 12, 2020December 21, 2021

From left: DC Black History Celebration Committee Director Chuck Hicks presents the Black History Community Service Award to Sandra Butler-Truesdale with African American Civil War Museum founder Frank Smith and Aaron Holmes present during an event at the museum in northwest D.C. on Feb. 1, 2020. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience

Black History Month Celebration Kicks Off at Civil War Museum

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 5, 2020December 21, 2021

D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Black History Remains an Epic Saga Whose Truth Remains Untold

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor February 5, 2020December 21, 2021

Carter G. Woodson

EDITORIAL: Dr. Carter G. Woodson — A ‘Radical’ Author and Scholar

by WI Guest Author February 5, 2020December 21, 2021

Black Experience, Black History, Video, Videos

Gwen Ifill Stamp Unveiling

by Shevry Lassiter February 3, 2020December 21, 2021

The Washington Informer African American Heritage Tour on the campus of Georgetown University at Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, which was built in 1893 (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Black History

Black Georgetown Overflows with History

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

Roumania and Margaret Peters at Tuskegee Institute (University), c. 1937 – 1941 (Courtesy photo)

Black Experience, Black History

Black Georgetown Remembered: Serving Up Talent

by Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman February 27, 2019October 31, 2020

This African-American female legal mastermind, pictured with Thurgood Marshall, drafted what would become the argument for Brown v. Board. (Courtesy photo)

African-American History Trivia Challenge

by Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman February 27, 2019October 31, 2020

The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia honors several prominent city figures during its annual Black History Month program at the University of the District of Columbia Theater of the Arts on Feb. 10. (Hamil R. Harris/The Washington Informer)

Community, Hamil R. Harris

D.C. Lodge Honors City’s Finest at Black History Fete

by Hamil R. Harris February 21, 2019October 31, 2020

Police contribute to the confusion during white mob violence at a newly integrated federal D.C.-area pool in 1949. (Courtesy photo)

African-American History Trivia Challenge

by Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman February 20, 2019October 31, 2020