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Bloody Sunday – March 7, 1965; We\’re Still Crossing That Bridge

Sunday, March 7th marks fifty-six years to the day when Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), led a group of Civil Rights marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They were stopped by 150 Alabama state troopers, sheriffs deputies, and possemen, who […]

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Willie O\’Ree and the History of Black Hockey Players

Black History, Extras, Sports / The Editor

I\’ve been a hockey fan practically all my life. My father\’s love of sports drove him to watch every form of competitive sport. The one that stood out the most to me was hockey. At the time I thought it was a sport for whites. Over time I slowly began to see Black players here

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Willie O\’Ree and the History of Black Hockey Players

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The Solomon Northup Effect – The Enslavement of Free Black People Then and Now

Black History, Extras / The Editor

I\’m going to pull the thread one more time. Writing about the slave trade in D.C. led me to the story of Philp Reed. His marker at Harmony Memorial Park was beside Solomon Northup, the author of 12 Years a Slave. The connection lies in the fact that Northup, a free Black man, was kidnapped

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The Silent Gesture that Changes the Narrative

Black History, Extras / June Coxson

The Awakening I never really saw myself as one who kept abreast of historical events that involved racial inequity or the politics associated with it. That is, and I am embarrassed to say, was not until way into my adult years. Significant points in time were when; you guessed it – when America got its

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Black History in Ward 5 – Philip Reed

Around The City, Black History / admin

Last week we kicked off Black History month with a little-known fact about Slave Markets in DC. We continue this week with a story of one of those enslaved Washingtonians\’ who played a major part in two of the most iconic and historic landmarks in DC. The statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square drew

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Kicking Off Black History Month – Slave Markets in D.C.

Around The City, Black History, News & Politics / The Editor

Let\’s kick off Black History Month with a scarcely reported fact about our nation\’s capital – slavery. The District\’s proximity to Maryland and Virginia, both slave states, made it an active and profitable slave depot. The very mall which fueled the January 6th insurrection was a major marketplace for slave trading. It\’s probably also befitting

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H.R.40 – Why Reparations Matter

Black History, News & Politics / The Editor

Until now, talk of reparations conjured up 40 acres and a mule in my mind. That\’s not to say that I don\’t understand the gravity of the situation. It does mean that it harkens back to an archaic concept bypassing other opportunities America has had to make Black America whole. There\’s a saying about being

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