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The Rolarks' daughter Denise Rolark Barnes (center), along with (from left) their grandsons Lafayette and Desmond Barnes, nephew Stan Rolark and son-in-law Lafayette Barnes Sr., hold the ceremonial street sign on Foxhall Place SE. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Informer Co-Founders Honored with Honorary Street Renaming

by James Wright Jr. May 24, 2023May 25, 2023

**FILE** Community residents continue to be outraged by gun violence and seek solutions to prevent homicides. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Amsterdam News Panel Encourages Community Action Against Gun Violence

by Richard D. Elliott March 8, 2023March 9, 2023

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., Emmett Till’s cousin and one of the last people to see Till alive, spoke at an event held for the opening of the “Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See” exhibition at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Thursday. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Emmett Till Exhibition Opens at MLK Library

by Kayla Benjamin January 27, 2023August 16, 2023

A leader in housing reform, Rep. Emmanueal Cleaver (D-Missouri), UPO Annual MLK King Breakfast keynote speaker, points to the two-room shack in Texas where he was raised without running water, indoor plumbing or electricity. (D.R. Barnes/The Washington Informer)

Remembering King Through Prayer

by Denise Rolark Barnes and Micha Green January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

Denise Rolark Barnes

Message from the Publisher: 2022 Was a Great Year, and 2023 Will Be Better!

by Denise Rolark Barnes December 28, 2022December 28, 2022

Micha Green

Micha Green Named Washington Informer Managing Editor

by WI Web Staff November 30, 2022December 1, 2022

Lafayette Barnes, president of Zulu Global Enterprise, provided funding for a bronze plaque honoring Freedom's Crossing in Anacostia. (DR Barnes/The Washington Informer)

Bronze Plaque Honors Former Slaves Seeking Freedom in Anacostia

by Denise Rolark Barnes June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

Black Experience

WI Charities to Hold Tour of Historic Black Township in Virginia and Juneteenth Celebration

by Denise Rolark Barnes June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Denise Rolark Barnes

WI Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes Among Honorees at AFRO’s Annual Tea

by WI Web Staff May 31, 2022June 2, 2022

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)

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