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Black Experience, National

Black Leaders Push for Fair 2020 Census Count

by James Wright Jr. June 19, 2019December 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)

NAN Convention to Commemorate MLK Death in NYC

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer April 4, 2018October 31, 2020

From left: Demonstrators Melanie Campbell, YoNasDa Lonewolf, Tamika Mallory and Mysonne Linen, along with Rev. Tony Lee (in rear) head to the Capitol Hill office of House Speaker Paul Ryan to stage a protest of the nation's immigration policies on Feb. 27. (Courtesy of National Coalition on Black Civic Participation)

Black Leaders Arrested on Capitol Hill in Immigration Protest

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

Doug Jones

Civil Rights Groups Push Alabama’s Newest Senator to Hire Minorities

by WI Guest Author December 27, 2017October 31, 2020

Black Experience, National

Sharpton, Clergy Push for Social Activism, Blast Trump Presidency

by WI Guest Author August 28, 2017October 31, 2020

From left: Marc Morial, the president and CEO of the National Urban League; Wade Henderson, the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund; Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under the Law; and Melanie Campbell, the president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation hold a press conference following a meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. in March 2017. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Experience, National

Civil Rights Leaders Meet with AG Jeff Sessions

by WI Guest Author April 3, 2017October 30, 2020

The National Action Network holds a march and rally in D.C. on Jan. 14, ahead of the impending Trump inauguration. (Hamil Harris/The Washington Informer)

Demonstrators Brave Weather for March, Rally on Eve of Trump Inauguration

by Hamil R. Harris January 14, 2017October 30, 2020

National Action Network teamed with several civil rights organizations and gun safety and labor groups at Folger Park in southeast D.C. to march to the National Rifle Association headquarters for a rally calling for stricter gun control on Aug. 27. Photo by Roy Lewis

Advocacy Groups Rally Against NRA

by Lauren M. Poteat August 31, 2016October 30, 2020

Corey Jones, a well-known drummer in South Florida, was fatally shot by a plainclothes police officer after his car broke down on I-95 in Palm Beach. (Courtesy of heavy.com)

Hundreds Mourn Corey Jones in Florida

by WI Webstaff November 4, 2015October 30, 2020

GM to Keep Sponsoring Kid Rock Concerts, Discuss Flag Issue

by Washington Informer July 15, 2015October 30, 2020