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Venezuelan Embassy Showdown Continues
On Saturday, protesters towing signs, drums, and loudspeakers marched from the Venezuelan Embassy to the White House in support of…
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Black Georgetown Overflows with History
More than 50 people journeyed throughout Georgetown under the auspices of the Washington Informer Charities Black History Tour on Saturday,…
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Black Georgetown Remembered: Serving Up Talent
Professional talent scouts the world over often attest to the fact that natural, home-spun talent remains largely overlooked on the…
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Notes and Footnotes to a Life in Georgetown
The move from our East of the River house in Hillcrest to Georgetown represented, perhaps, the biggest and most pivotal…
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To Recover, Recognize & Commemorate
C.R. Gibbs' work "Black Georgetown Remembered" remains the most pivotal examination of African-American life across socioeconomics and condition.
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Hidden in Plain View: The Overlooked History of Black Georgetown
With First Nations, free and enslaved Blacks, immigrants, poor and working-class whites, and every imaginable socioeconomic group calling it home,…
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The Major Role the Catholic Church Played in Slavery
The Catholic Church played a vital role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, according to historians and several published theses on…
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Motown Legend Mary Wilson Still Reigns ‘Supreme’
Mary Wilson, one of the three founding members of the legendary Supremes, brought her own style of showmanship to the…
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Historic Black Church Celebrates 200th Anniversary
The Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown was packed Sunday with people and songs of praise as generations celebrated…
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Suspected Racial Profiling Results in GroupMe App to be Shut Down
The mobile group messaging app GroupMe, owned by Microsoft, is claimed to have been a useful technological tool in Washington,…
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