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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presents a proclamation to Vernon Davis naming March 12 as "Vernon Davis Day," honoring his contributions to the community at Truesdale Education Campus in northwest D.C. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

Community, Sports

D.C. Celebrates ‘Vernon Davis Day’

by James Wright Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Norton Rated Best Democrat — Then Shows Why

by James Wright Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Bowser Talks Housing at League of Cities Gathering

by James Wright Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam talks about how he was raised during an interview in the Governor's Mansion February 09, 2019 in Richmond, VA. He and Attorney General Mark R. Herring have admitted to using blackface in the past. And, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denies sexually assaulting two women. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Fauntroy, Pratt Discuss Virginia’s Political Turmoil

by James Wright Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel: The Unapologetic ‘Shero’

by James Wright Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Michael Lomax, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund, delivers the inaugural State of the HBCU address, hosted by Bakari Sellers (left), at the Hyatt Regency in northwest D.C. on March 5. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

UNCF Chief Touts HBCUs in Landmark Speech

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

Kristi Whitfield (James Wright/The Washington Informer)

DSLBD Director to Ward 7 Entrepreneurs: ‘Go For It’

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

The Washington Informer African American Heritage Tour on the campus of Georgetown University at Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, which was built in 1893 (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Black History

Black Georgetown Overflows with History

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

Baltimore skyline (Courtesy photo)

Black Cities are Valuable, Brookings Scholar Says

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

From left: Linda Wharton Boyd, former director of communications for Marion Barry and chair of the Sankofa Archive Commission, oratorical contest winners Kaliah Smith and Nathnael Haile, and Kemry Hughes, of the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute (Courtesy photo)

Youth Praise Barry with Oratory

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020