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Author Archives: Hamil R. Harris

Hamil Harris is an award-winning journalist who worked at the Washington Post from 1992 to 2016. During his tenure he wrote hundreds of stories about the people, government and faith communities in the Greater Washington Area. Hamil has chronicled the Million Man March, the Clinton White House, the September 11 attack, the sniper attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the campaign of President Barack Obama and many other people and events.

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Posted inHamil R. Harris, March on Washington 2023, National

The 60th Anniversary March on Washington: What to Know and Where to Go

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 23, 2023August 24, 2023
This 1967 photograph shows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (right) and his son Marty with the Rev. Walter Fauntroy in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Courtesy photo/dcstatehoodyeswecan.org)
Posted inBlack History, Community, Faith, March on Washington 2023, Religion

D.C. Churches the Bedrock for MLK, the Civil Rights Movement

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 23, 2023August 24, 2023
Posted inCommunity, Faith, Hamil R. Harris, Religion

Bomb Threat at Masjid Muhammad, ‘The Nation’s Mosque,’ Rallies Community

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 23, 2023August 23, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, "I Have a Dream," speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, march on Washington, D.C.
Posted inFaith, Hamil R. Harris, March on Washington 2023, Religion

Six-Part Bible Study Inspired by MLK’s ‘Dream’ Encourages Action

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 16, 2023August 24, 2023
Rev. Jonathan Weaver (top center) with students from the Weaver School in Goma, Eastern Congo (Courtesy of Weaver School)
Posted inFaith, Hamil R. Harris, International, Religion

A Local Ministry of Economic Growth Has Gone Worldwide

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 16, 2023August 16, 2023
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) reflects on what it took to help organize the historic m March on Washington 60 years ago.
Posted inBlack History, Community, Hamil R. Harris, March on Washington 2023

Delegate Norton Reflects on Planning, Being on Stage at the 1963 March on Washington

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 9, 2023August 24, 2023
Mildred Jones Fisher Lockridge, 92, who died on July 21, 2023, was a community activist, day care center director, and educator for more than six decades in the D.C. and Virginia school systems. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity, Hamil R. Harris, Obituary

Remembering Mildred Jones Fisher Lockridge

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 9, 2023August 9, 2023
Exterior school grounds lights and park lights were out on the east side of Adams Morgan, which has had three homicides over the past week. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity, Hamil R. Harris

Street, School and Park Lights Out in Adams Morgan

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 9, 2023August 9, 2023
Family and friends attend the funeral of Tommie Broadwater at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden on Aug. 1. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, Hamil R. Harris, Obituary, Prince George's County

Distinguished Guests Among Hundreds Celebrating Life of Sen. Tommie Broadwater

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 2, 2023August 2, 2023
Posted inBlack History, March on Washington 2023

Celebrating 60 Years of the ‘Dream’: History of the March on Washington

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 2, 2023August 24, 2023

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