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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)

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)

MUHAMMAD: White Americans Murdering Truth

by Askia Muhammad June 16, 2021December 21, 2021

Black Experience

Founded by Former Slaves, Residents of Historically Black East Towson Say White Supremacy, Environmental Racism Threaten Their Land

by Stacy M. Brown June 16, 2021December 21, 2021

Sheila Jackson Lee

Black Experience, Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Reintroduces Reparations Bill in New Congress

by Stacy M. Brown January 4, 2021December 21, 2021

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Slave Descendants Fight to Save Land Inherited from Ancestors

by Stacy M. Brown October 14, 2020December 21, 2021

**FILE** Andrea Levy (R) from Queens, New York, joins other demonstrators for slave reparations on the National Mall August 17, 2002, in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of blacks rallied, saying it is long past time to compensate blacks for the ills of slavery. (Manny Ceneta/Getty Images)

Liberal North Carolina Town Votes for Reparations to Black Residents

by WI Guest Author July 16, 2020December 21, 2021

“The National Colored Convention in Session at Washington, DC.” Harper’s Weekly (February 6, 1869). Courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia

150 Years After Ratification of the 15th Amendment, Black Votes Are Still Contested

by WI Guest Author March 5, 2020December 21, 2021

A life-size statue of Harriet Tubman inside the Maryland State House in Annapolis (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Black History, William J. Ford

Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass Statues Unveiled in Md. State House

by William J. Ford February 12, 2020December 21, 2021

DC School Apologizes after Assigning Students to Portray Slaves

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

Thousands of people, including this group from Africa, traveled to Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., the weekend of Aug. 23-25, 2019, in remembrance of the first enslaved Africans brought in 1619 to North America. (Dorothy Rowley/The Washington Informer)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Never Forget

by WI Guest Author September 4, 2019December 21, 2021