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Tag: Brenda Lawrence

Aretha Franklin
Posted inLifestyle

Detroit Post Office Renamed Posthumously After Aretha Franklin

by WI Guest Author October 5, 2021December 21, 2021

Three years after her death at age 76 from pancreatic cancer, Aretha Franklin is once more being memorialized in her hometown of Detroit with the renaming of a post office.

Posted inPolitics, Stacy M. Brown

CBC Elects Executive Committee for 117th Congress

by Stacy M. Brown December 4, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inElection 2022, NNPA Events, Stacy M. Brown

WATCH: NNPA to Broadcast Live 2020 Election Night Coverage

by WI Guest Author November 2, 2020December 21, 2021
Kamala Harris
Posted inStacy M. Brown

GOP, Dems Try to Reach Consensus on New Stimulus Plan

by Stacy M. Brown August 5, 2020December 21, 2021
**FILE** Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station set up at Grady High School for the midterm elections on November 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics, Stacy M. Brown

Trump Floats Idea of Postponing November Election

by Stacy M. Brown July 30, 2020December 21, 2021
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks during a Black Women's Roundtable press conference hosted by Rep. Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus on the federal budget, civil rights, economic and social justice, and education at the House Triangle at the U.S. Capitol on March 14. (Hamil R. Harris/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Hamil R. Harris, National

Black Women Making Presence Felt on Capitol Hill

by Hamil R. Harris March 20, 2019October 31, 2020
Aretha Franklin
Posted inEntertainment

Lawmakers Float Bill to Honor Aretha Franklin with Congressional Gold Medal

by WI Guest Author August 25, 2018October 31, 2020
NFL football player Anquan Boldin joins congressional members of the Committee on the Judiciary at a forum on Capitol Hill on March 30 discussing experiences to help build trust between communities and police. (Lateef Mangum)
Posted inNational

NFL Players Hit Capitol Hill to Improve Police-Community Relations

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer April 5, 2017October 30, 2020
Rep. Cedric L. Richmond of Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District is sworn in as the 25th chair of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 115th Congress at the Warner Theatre in D.C. on Jan. 3. (Travis Riddick/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Politics

CBC Celebrates History With 49 Members

by WI Guest Author January 3, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inPolitics

Record Number of Black Candidates Seeking Office

by Washington Informer October 15, 2014October 30, 2020

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