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**FILE** Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Gage Skidmore)

MORIAL: DeSantis on the Wrong Side of History

by Marc H. Morial March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Ron DeSantis

MYRICK: Black History Isn’t ‘Controversial,’ It’s Real Life

by Svante Myrick March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

white house

EDITORIAL: Oval Office is Important to Black History

by WI Editorial Staff February 22, 2023February 27, 2023

**FILE** Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin speaks during a campaign rally inside Manassas Park Community Center in Manassas Park, Virginia, on Oct. 30. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

WILLIAMS: Revisionism Won’t Work!

by E. Faye Williams February 22, 2023February 26, 2023

The Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, the first Bishop of the A.M.E. church, is one of the many faith leaders who have contributed to Black resistance. (Courtesy photo)

Faith as Black Resistance

by Hamil R. Harris February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

15 Songs of Black Power and Protest

by Micha Green February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (right), shown here with Lisa Fager, executive director of the Black Georgetown Foundation, introduced a D.C. Council resolution honoring Mount Zion-Female Union Band Society Cemetery in early February. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Council Recognizes Black History Site in Georgetown

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 20, 2023February 20, 2023

Cecilia Marshall (second from left), Justice Thurgood Marshall (right) and their two sons (Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage)

U.Md. to Name New School Building After Thurgood Marshall

by WI Web Staff February 20, 2023February 20, 2023

Langston Tingling-Clemmons, affectionately called Mr. TC, is an 8th and 9th grade U.S. history teacher at Jefferson Academy. He graduated from Bucknell University with a bachelor's degree in history and Spanish. He also has a master’s degree from Lehigh University in education. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Educators Continue Efforts to Update Social Studies Standards

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 9, 2023March 1, 2023

The officers and members of the first fully African American fire company in Washington, D.C., stand for a commemorative portrait outside their fire station in 1919.

The Hornet’s Nest: Washington, D.C.’s First African American Fire Station

by Roland Hesmondhalgh, Special to The Informer February 8, 2023February 9, 2023