Janelle Berry Archives - The Washington Informer

President Obama Celebrates 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment

by NNPAFreddie December 14, 2015October 30, 2020

By Janelle Berry Special to the NNPA News Wire from the HU News Service WASHINGTON – Ask Americans what the Emancipation Proclamation is and most who know of President Abraham Lincoln’s executive order will respond like 20-year-old Ebony Harris, a student of Howard University from Chicago, Ill., and say, “Isn’t that the thing that freed […]

John Brennan (left) and Johnny Taylor discussing the need for diversity in the CIA workplace as George Curry moderates a press conference in D.C. on Nov. 13. Photo by Travis Riddick

CIA Commits to Increasing Agents of Color

by WI Guest Author November 18, 2015October 30, 2020

Black College Fund, CIA Vow to Create More Agents of Color

by NNPAFreddie November 16, 2015October 30, 2020

Emmanuel "E-Man" Azoro, also known as the “Shape-Up King" — a charismatic, part-salesman, full-time barber — has emerged as the owner of one of the first mobile barbershops in the nation's capital. (Robert Eubanks/District Chronicles)

‘Shape-Up King’: Mobile Barbershop Hits D.C.

by WI Guest Author November 11, 2015October 30, 2020

Traci Braxton, singer and producer, tells students how important the film "Carter High" is in terms of its message about the impact of choices at the Howard University Blackburn Center on Nov. 2. Photo by Roy Lewis

‘Carter High’ Film Shows Impact of Bad Decisions

by WI Guest Author November 4, 2015October 30, 2020