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Tag: D.R. Barnes

Posted inBusiness

Wells Fargo Fulfills Commitment to Invest $50 Million in 13 Black-Owned Banks

by Denise Rolark Barnes May 26, 2021December 21, 2021

Wells Fargo & Company announced Monday it has finalized investments in two additional African American Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs): The Harbor Bank of Maryland and Industrial Bank of Washington, D.C.

Belva J. Jenkins (seated) and her daughter, Lavana Jenkins Reed, are the third- and fourth-generation owners of Johnson and Jenkins Funeral Home in northwest D.C. (D.R. Barnes/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Family Builds Legacy on Business of Death

by Denise Rolark Barnes February 12, 2020December 21, 2021
Robert Hooks, celebrated actor and political activist, returned to his hometown for an anniversary tribute honoring him for establishing the DC Black Repertory Company 47 years ago. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLifestyle

Theater Veterans Celebrate DC Black Rep’s 47th Anniversary

by WI Guest Author October 24, 2018October 31, 2020
The Anacostia Coordinating Council holds its annual boat ride on the Spirit of Washington on Oct. 4. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

ACC Sails a New Attitude on Annual Boat Ride

by Denise Rolark Barnes October 10, 2018October 31, 2020
Ronald A. Stroman, deputy postmaster general of the United States, and ASALH President Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham unveil the 2018 commemorative Black Heritage stamp of Lena Horne during the 92nd annual Black History Luncheon at the Washington Renaissance Hotel in D.C. on Feb. 24. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

ASALH Honors Blacks in the Military at Annual Luncheon

by WI Guest Author February 28, 2018October 31, 2020

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