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Tag: Frederick Douglass

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser with Ward 6 Council member Charles Allen and city officials and supporters walk across the newly opened Frederick Douglass Bridge as they prepared for the ribbon-cutting on Sept. 7. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Excited About New Frederick Douglass Bridge

by James Wright Jr. September 8, 2021December 21, 2021

District residents are jubilant over the opening of the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge over the Anacostia River that will serve as a direct link between Wards 6 and 8.

Posted inCommunity

D.C. Readies Fete for New Frederick Douglass Bridge

by WI Guest Author August 31, 2021December 21, 2021
A voter exits after casting her ballot at a polling place at Highland Colony Baptist Church, November 27, 2018, in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Voters in Mississippi head to the polls for today's special runoff election, where Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Espy is running in a close race with appointed Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS). (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Still Watching for Weasels

by WI Guest Author July 7, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inLifestyle

Ford’s ‘Necessary Sacrifices’ Details Lincoln’s Relationship with Black Leaders

by Brenda C. Siler April 17, 2021December 21, 2021
Frederick Douglass
Posted inBlack History

The Lost History of Frederick Douglass and the Black Church

by WI Guest Author February 24, 2021December 21, 2021
Frederick Douglass
Posted inCommunity

Norton Celebrates 203rd Birthday of Frederick Douglass, D.C. Voting Rights Champion

by WI Guest Author February 17, 2021December 21, 2021
Frederick Douglass
Posted inBlack History

More Than Statues Needed to Honor Frederick Douglass

by WI Guest Author February 3, 2021December 21, 2021
Lewis "Big June" Marshall Carrying the U.S. Flag, Selma to Montgomery March on March 21, 1965 (Courtesy of the estate of James Karales)
Posted inColumnists, D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: The Truth, the Whole Truth — Blacks, Latinos Share an American Horror Story

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor October 7, 2020December 21, 2021
Nathan M. Richardson portrays Frederick Douglass in D.C.'s Lincoln Park on June 26. (Photo by Bruce Guthrie)
Posted inLifestyle

Nathan Richardson to Honor Frederick Douglass at D.C.’s Lincoln Park

by WI Guest Author July 2, 2020December 21, 2021
A life-size statue of Harriet Tubman inside the Maryland State House in Annapolis (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, William J. Ford

Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass Statues Unveiled in Md. State House

by William J. Ford February 12, 2020December 21, 2021

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