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Tag: Calvin W. Rolark

Dr. Calvin W. Rolark Sr. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Street Renaming to Honor the Rolarks in Southeast

by WI Editorial Staff July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

D.C. Council received testimony this week on a bill introduced by Ward 8 Council member Trayon White to rename a D.C. street in honor of Dr. Calvin W. Rolark Sr. and his wife, former Ward 8 Council member Wilhelmina J. Rolark. The 500 block of Foxhall Place SE, where the powerful D.C. couple lived for […]

Biko Sheridan, a fifth grader at the Mundo Verde Public Charter School and the winner of the 38th annual Washington Informer Spelling Bee, poses with second-place winner Amni Amin, a sixth grade student at the School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens, following the competition on Feb. 29 at the studios of the DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment in northeast D.C. (The Washington Informer)
Posted inPress Room

DC OCTFME to Air 40th Annual Washington Informer Spelling Bee on Sunday

by D.C. Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Martin Luther King III, along with his wife and daughter, lead the 2020 King Parade on Martin Luther King Avenue in southeast D.C. on Jan. 20 (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Community, Hamil R. Harris

Thousands Converge on D.C. for Annual MLK Parade

by Hamil R. Harris January 22, 2020December 21, 2021
Denise Rolark Barnes
Posted inCommunity

Council Seeks Rolark Place Street Designation

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer December 20, 2017October 31, 2020
Lenora "Doll" Carter
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Lenora ‘Doll’ Carter Enshrined in NNPA Hall of Fame

by Stacy M. Brown March 29, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inBlack Experience, Community

MLK Parade Tradition Continues in Historic Anacostia

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer January 18, 2017October 30, 2020

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