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Tag: slavery

Civil War era image of 1315 Duke Street
Posted inBlack History

Alexandria’s Freedom House Museum Reopens

by Jamila Bey May 27, 2022May 27, 2022

After a pandemic closure and a change of ownership, the Freedom House Museum at 1315 Duke Street has reopened. The City of Alexandria-owned historic property will have its grand reopening […]

**FILE** Eleanor Holmes Norton represents D.C. in the U.S. Congress. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Norton Bill for Memorial to Honor Enslaved Americans Passes Committee

by WI Web Staff January 19, 2022January 19, 2022
Posted inPolitics

Dem Lawmakers Reintroduce Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution

by Stacy M. Brown November 17, 2021December 21, 2021
Courtesy of The Johns Hopkins House, Inc.
Posted inLifestyle

Hopkins’ Plantation Slaves’ Names to Adorn Scholarships

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer October 20, 2021December 21, 2021
The universal church taught that slavery enjoyed the sanction of Scripture and natural law. (iStockphoto/NNPA)
Posted inOpinion

MUHAMMAD: Critical Race Teaching vs. Truth-Telling

by Askia Muhammad September 15, 2021December 21, 2021
William G. Thomas III (left) and Psalmayene 24 chat at Joe's Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier, Maryland, on Sept. 9. Both will participate in a project to highlight the legacy of slavery in the United States. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPrince George's County

Prince George’s Groups Collaborate for Two-Year Project on ‘Freedom Stories’

by William J. Ford September 9, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inNational

Biden Signs Legislation Making Juneteenth a U.S. Holiday

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor June 18, 2021December 21, 2021
**FILE** In 2020, two blocks on 16th Street between K and H Streets in northwest D.C. was renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza.” People celebrated Juneteenth on the Plaza protesting the murder of George Floyd. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inNational

Senate Passes Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

by WI Guest Author June 16, 2021December 21, 2021
This drawing, "Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619," chronicles the first 20 African slaves arriving in Jameston, Virginia. (Library of Congress)
Posted inOpinion

MORIAL: Juneteenth is Opportunity to Confront the Nation’s ‘Hard History’

by WI Guest Author June 16, 2021December 21, 2021
The Electoral College began with slavery. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inOpinion

MUHAMMAD: White Americans Murdering Truth

by Askia Muhammad June 16, 2021December 21, 2021

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