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Julianne Malveaux, former president of Bennett College, testifies June 19 at a Capitol Hill hearing on legislation that would set up a commission to study reparations for the ancestors of enslaved Africans kidnapped and brought to America. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Lauren Victoria Burke, National

Juneteenth Hearing on the Hill Puts Reparations Debate in National Spotlight

by WI Guest Author June 20, 2019December 21, 2021

John Conyers

Black Experience

Congress Mulls Issue of Reparations on Juneteenth

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 19, 2019December 21, 2021

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (center) attend a May 15 press conference on Capitol Hill to announce a bill calling for the creation of the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, National

Lawmakers Propose Commission on Social Status of Black Males

by Stacy M. Brown May 22, 2019December 21, 2021

From left: Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), former Chibok girl and Dickson College student Patience Bulus, Margee Ensign, Dickinson College president, and Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob, visiting international scholar at Dickinson College participate in a discussion on Capitol Hill on April 9. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

D Kevin McNeir, International

Boko Haram Survivor Pleads, ‘Do Not Forget Us’

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor April 10, 2019October 31, 2020

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks during a Black Women's Roundtable press conference hosted by Rep. Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus on the federal budget, civil rights, economic and social justice, and education at the House Triangle at the U.S. Capitol on March 14. (Hamil R. Harris/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Hamil R. Harris, National

Black Women Making Presence Felt on Capitol Hill

by Hamil R. Harris March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Sheila Jackson Lee

Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Sheila Jackson Lee Steps Down from Two Powerful Positions

by Stacy M. Brown January 24, 2019October 31, 2020

Karen Bass

Black Experience, Politics

CBCF to Host Historic Swearing-In Ceremony

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor December 26, 2018October 31, 2020

From left: Ben Jealous, Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum, the three gubernatorial hopefuls in Maryland, Georgia and Florida, respectively, speak about the midterm elections in November during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference on Sept. 13. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, National

ALC Wraps with Trump Impeachment Talk

by Stacy M. Brown September 19, 2018October 31, 2020

Business, Columnists, William Reed

BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Is Jackson Lee on Fools’ Errand in Reparations Chase?

by William Reed September 12, 2018October 31, 2020

Cory Booker, Kamala Harris

Black Experience, National

CBCF Preps for 48th Legislative Conference

by Stacy M. Brown September 5, 2018October 31, 2020