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Louise Beavers (left) plays a maid whose daughter (Fredi Washington) passes for White in “Imitation of Life." (Courtesy of Universal Pictures)

Black Experience, Entertainment

Films to Watch During Black History Month

by WI Guest Author February 2, 2018October 31, 2020

Colin Kaepernick

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Kaepernick’s Protest is Part of a Patriotic Tradition

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. September 1, 2017October 31, 2020

Black Experience, National, Sports

Baseball Great Hank Aaron Calls Out NFL for Not Signing Colin Kaepernick

by WI Guest Author August 25, 2017October 31, 2020

Scholars from the Jackie Robinson Foundation take the field for a pregame ceremony on Jackie Robinson Day at Nationals Park in Southeast on April 15. (John De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

Black History, Community, Sports

Nationals Remember Jackie Robinson on 70th Anniversary

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer April 17, 2017October 30, 2020

David Robinson

James Clingman, Op-Ed, Opinion

CLINGMAN: Making Black History, Pt. 4 — Buy African Coffee

by WI Guest Author March 1, 2017October 30, 2020

Honoring Jackie Robinson Extends Into Orbit This Year

by Washington Informer April 16, 2015October 30, 2020

Hopes High Negro Leagues Stadium Makes Comeback

by Washington Informer April 17, 2014October 30, 2020

As MLB Honors Jackie Robinson, Can it Reverse a Trend?

by Washington Informer April 15, 2014October 30, 2020

Jackie Robinson’s Wife Remembers “Great,” Black Sports Reporter

by Washington Informer September 17, 2013October 30, 2020

Hollywood Reflects on Race in Year of Black, Civil Rights Films

by Washington Informer August 27, 2013October 30, 2020