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Lupita Nyong'o (left), Winston Duke (rear) and Evan Alex star in the thriller "Us." (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)

Jordan Peele Brings ‘Us’ to Howard U.

by Brenda C. Siler March 21, 2019October 31, 2020

From the moment the trailer for “Us” premiered Christmas Day, featuring Winston Duke in a Howard University sweatshirt, many were ecstatic that a historically Black institution was so prominent in a major studio release.

Author Paula J. Giddings (left), speaker for Howard University's 2018 Charter Day Convocation, is greeted by Howard President Wayne A.I. Frederick during the university's 2018 Charter Day Convocation at Cramton Auditorium on Howard's northwest D.C. campus on March 2. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Education, Shevry Lassiter

Convocation Speaker Reflects on Howard U.’s Promise and Protest

by WI Guest Author March 7, 2018October 31, 2020

Lifestyle

D.C. Bookstore a Hub for Black Film

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer February 28, 2018October 31, 2020

National

Walters Honored, Lionized at Howard U. Conference

by Washington Informer October 17, 2013October 30, 2020