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Sister Nia X, president of the National Action Network’s D.C. metropolitan region chapter, counted among a bevy of speakers who graced the podium during the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington awards program on the evening of Aug. 25 at St. Luke Catholic Church in Southeast D.C. (Photo courtesy of Harold Goodridge)

March on Washington 2023

March on Washington Commemoration Brings Preservation of History into Greater Focus

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network hosts the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 16. (Travis Riddick/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Health

Civil Rights Groups Escalate Fight Against High Costs of Prescription Drugs

by WI Guest Author December 1, 2020December 21, 2021

The Rev. Al Sharpton leads the Commitment March to fight for criminal justice reform on August 28 with some of the families who have lost loved ones to police brutality. The march, under the rallying call "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks," coincided with the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Marc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks

by WI Guest Author September 9, 2020December 21, 2021

Martin Luther King Jr.

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Black Households Earned 61 Cents for Every Dollar of White Median Incomes

by WI Guest Author September 3, 2020December 21, 2021

The Rev. Mark Thompson, a D.C. native, emceed the 57th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Residents Protest Police Brutality at National March

by James Wright Jr. September 2, 2020December 21, 2021

Black Experience, Video, Videos

2020 March on Washington recap in photos

by WI Webstaff August 29, 2020December 21, 2021

Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network hosts the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 16. (Travis Riddick/The Washington Informer)

Commemorative March to Center on Voting Rights, Police Accountability

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 5, 2020December 21, 2021

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Stacy M. Brown

Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Supports CBC in Protecting Black Health

by WI Guest Author May 4, 2020December 21, 2021

A patron at a local grocery chain dons hand protection and a mask while shopping. (Ulrich Fonou/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Health

Civil Rights Leaders Call on Congress to Address Disproportionate Impact of Coronavirus on Black Americans

by WI Guest Author March 19, 2020December 21, 2021

Former President Bill Clinton speaks as (from left) the Rev. Al Sharpton, Tanya Lombard and Martin Luther King III listen during the National Action Network's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel in D.C. on Jan. 20. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Clinton Calls for Persistent Activism

by James Wright Jr. January 22, 2020December 21, 2021