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Hundreds of residents fill the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest for the 25th annual Health and Fitness Expo. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

NBC4 Marks 25th Anniversary of Health Expo

by Lauren M. PoteatMarch 14, 2018October 31, 2020

From left: Derrick Young, Mohagany Young and Ramunda Young (Courtesy photo)

Community, Local Business

Black Bookstore Holds Grand Opening

by Lauren M. PoteatMarch 14, 2018October 31, 2020

Jesse L. Holland (right), author of the book "Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther?", presents singer Akon (center) with a copy of the book as Arikana Chihombori-Quao, African Union Ambassador to the U.S., poses with them for a photograph at the Africa House in northwest D.C. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

DC Africa House Launches Town Hall Series

by Lauren M. PoteatMarch 7, 2018October 31, 2020

Political leaders, police and students protest for tighter gun control during a March 5 rally at the Montgomery County Council Office in Rockville. (Courtesy of patch.com)

MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN THE NEWS: County Leaders Call for Stricter Gun Laws

by Lauren M. PoteatMarch 7, 2018October 31, 2020

Aliko Dangote

International, WINAfrica

AFRICA NOW: Africa’s Richest Man Builds School in Nigeria

by Lauren M. PoteatMarch 7, 2018October 31, 2020

Kevin Gover (right), director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, and Lonnie Bunch III, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, hold court during a March 3 symposium on racialized mascots and memorials. (Courtesy of Smithsonian)

Black Experience, Lifestyle

Museums Talk Racist Mascots, Memorials at Symposium

by Lauren M. PoteatMarch 6, 2018October 31, 2020

Black Experience, Lifestyle

TV Show Fetes Everyday Women of Color

by Lauren M. PoteatMarch 1, 2018October 31, 2020

"Seven Seconds," a new Netflix drama, follows the aftermath of a police killing of a Black man. (Courtesy photo)

Entertainment, Lifestyle

New Netflix Drama Tackles Racial Tension, Gun Violence

by Lauren M. PoteatFebruary 28, 2018October 31, 2020

Cyril Ramaphosa

International, WINAfrica

AFRICA NOW: Ramaphosa Succeeds Zuma as South African President

by Lauren M. PoteatFebruary 28, 2018October 31, 2020

Maame Biney

International, WINAfrica

AFRICA NOW: African American Makes History at the Olympics

by Lauren M. PoteatFebruary 21, 2018October 31, 2020