Lezli Baskerville Archives - The Washington Informer

The Fight for Voting Rights Continues

by WI Web Staff December 30, 2025December 31, 2025

Activists nationwide are pushing against voter suppression, working to uplift Black voters and the promises of the 15th Amendment, in the face of Texas Republicans passing new congressional maps to suppress Black leaders and disenfranchise African American voters.

Preserving Black History, Narratives and Uplifting the Black Press

by WI Web Staff December 30, 2025December 31, 2025

In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 192ndanniversary of the Black Press, Hazel Trice Edney presented the 2019 Stateswomen for Justice luncheon and panel discussion at the National Press Club in Northwest on Friday, March 29. Trice Edney with panelists (L-R): Kezia Williams - CEO of the Black upstart, Dr. Lezli Baskerville - president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Dr. E. Faye Williams - national chair, National Congress of Black Women, Hazel Trice Edney, Dr. Princess Asie Ocansey – Nekotech Center of Excellence, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Janice Mathis, executive director of the National Council of Negro Women, and Kim Sanders, president and CEO of the National Bankers Association. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Business

Edney’s Outstanding Black Women ‘Tell It Like It Is’

by James Wright Jr. April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

From left: Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP; Leon Russell, the chairman of the NAACP; Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA, and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA sign a strategic partnership agreement to join forces in focusing on key issues that affect the Black community, during the 2018 NNPA Mid-Winter Conference in Las Vegas. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

NNPA Conference Focuses on ESSA, State of Black America

by Stacy M. Brown January 31, 2018October 31, 2020

From left: Lisa Frison, the vice president of African American segment strategy at Wells Fargo; Julius Cartwright, the former president of National Association of Real Estate Brokers; Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA; Reverend Tony Lee, the pastor of Community of Hope A.M.E. Church; Dr. Amos Brown, the pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco; Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA; and Dr. Lezli Baskerville, the president and CEO of NAFEO pose for a photo during the NNPA's State of Black America 2018 Forum in Las Vegas. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Experience

State of Black America Is Strong, Experts Say

by WI Guest Author January 28, 2018October 31, 2020

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

CHAVIS: Ford Empowers Blacks in STEAM Careers at HBCUs

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis November 1, 2017October 31, 2020

Education, Video, Videos

HBCUs State of the Union

by WI Guest Author October 13, 2017October 31, 2020

Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education speaks during a panel discussion at the 7th Annual Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon and Issues Forum held March 31, 2017 at the National Press Club in Northwest. (Photo by Lateef Mangum)

Photo Galleries

7th Annual Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon (Photos by Lateef Mangum)

by WI Webstaff March 31, 2017October 30, 2020

**FILE** Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of NAFEO (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Experience, Education

NAFEO’s Baskerville Calls HBCU White House Meetings Successful

by WI Guest Author March 6, 2017October 30, 2020

Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Meets with Black Pastors

by NNPAFreddie December 17, 2015October 30, 2020