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Students competed in the 2024 Prince George's County Spelling Bee held at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on the campus of University of Maryland. Victoria McFetridge was the winner and John Johnson was the runner-up (front row center). (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Washington Informer Charities: A Culture of Leadership, Advocacy for Black D.C.

by Jada Ingleton March 26, 2025March 31, 2025

Audiences will celebrate the beauty and breadth of the Washington metropolitan area’s African American community when Portraits of Excellence, in conjunction with Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, Inc., present the DMV Fine Arts Honor Awards on April 5. Honorees include Washington Informer Denise Rolark Barnes and her husband Lafayette Barnes. (WI file photo)

DMV Fine Arts Honor Awards Coming to Historic Thurgood Marshall Center on April 5

by D. Kevin McNeir, Special to The Informer March 25, 2025March 25, 2025

National Council of Negro Womem (NCNW) President Shavon Arline-Bradley speaks at the Trice Edney News Wire Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon at National Press Club in Northwest D.C. on March 19. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon Stresses the Importance of Organization

by Ashleigh Fields and James Wright Jr. March 20, 2025March 22, 2025

**FILE** Ward 8 resident Vera Abbott is affected by the new Social Security Fairness Act. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

The Social Security Fairness Act, Signed by Biden, Kicks In

by James Wright Jr. March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

As the victor of the Prince George’s County Spelling Bee, Abigail Adegbite, 11, will represent her county at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will take place on May 27, 28 and 29. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Prince George’s County’s Top Young Spellers Compete in 2025 Regional Spelling Bee

by Mya Trujillo March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

Faith

Inaugural Service Reinforces the Role of Faith in Founding, Sustaining the Black Press

by Jada Ingleton March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

During Black Press Week, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) president Dr. Benjamin Chavis Jr., NNPA Fund Chair Karen Carter Richards, and NNPA Chair Bobby R. Henry Sr. toast to 198 years of African American publishing and storytelling at Kitchen + Kocktails in Northwest D.C. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Black Press Day Honors 198 Years of Championing Black Voices, History in Media

by Jada Ingleton March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

Metropolitan AME Church Hosts Black Press Sunday Commemorating 198 Years of the Black Press and Celebrating The Washington Informer’s 60th Anniversary

by WI Web Staff March 7, 2025March 13, 2025

**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: Celebrating Black Women Who Have Made Contributions Nationally, Globally

by WI Editorial Staff March 5, 2025March 5, 2025

Industrial Bank President B. Doyle Mitchell Jr. (center) poses with D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (left) and former Ward 1 D.C. Council member Frank Smith. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

B. Doyle Mitchell Jr. Excels Like His Paternal Kin, Continues Family Legacy

by James Wright Jr. March 5, 2025March 13, 2025