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Lauren Poteat is a versatile writer with a strong background in communications and media experience with an additional background in education and development.

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Brély Evans and Andra Fuller star in the new TV One film "You Can't Fight Christmas." (Courtesy photo)
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TV One Christmas Movie Casts New Light on Blacks

by Lauren M. PoteatDecember 6, 2017October 31, 2020
Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu
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AFRICA NOW: South African Ambassador Talks Education, Race

by Lauren M. PoteatDecember 6, 2017October 31, 2020
Dozens gather at Sankofa bookstore in Northwest for a Nov. 19 public forum on Caribbean music, based on the new book "Voices of Pan Pioneers of Trinidad & Tobago: A Global Legacy" by historian Von Martin. (E Watson/EDI Photo)
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Author Highlights Caribbean History Through Music

by Lauren M. PoteatNovember 29, 2017October 31, 2020
The Olympics' first African bobsled team (Courtesy of obigrant.com)
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AFRICA NOW: Olympics 2018 Gets First African Bobsled Team

by Lauren M. PoteatNovember 29, 2017October 31, 2020
Bishop Steve Smith, executive director of the Rainbow Push Coalition Media and Telecommunications Project (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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Rainbow Push Exec Talks Legacy of Jesse Jackson

by Lauren M. PoteatNovember 21, 2017October 31, 2020
In Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, the Jollof reigns supreme. (Courtesy of okayafrica.com)
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AFRICA NOW: Tips for African-Themed Thanksgiving

by Lauren M. PoteatNovember 21, 2017October 31, 2020
The cast of "Nothing to Lose" (Courtesy of Woolly Mammoth)
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Play Humorously Details Comic’s Struggle to Prominence

by Lauren M. PoteatNovember 21, 2017October 31, 2020
BMW of North America salutes female military veterans during a Nov. 12 brunch at The Park at 14th in northwest D.C. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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Female Military Veterans Get Elusive Shine

by Lauren M. PoteatNovember 15, 2017October 31, 2020
Residents participate in "Community Clean Up Day" in Ward 8 on Nov. 10. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
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Ward 8 Keeps the Neighborhood Clean

by Lauren M. PoteatNovember 15, 2017October 31, 2020
Virgin Islands Rep. Stacey Plaskett joined several dozen attendants for the documentary premiere of "Dear Everybody." (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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Virgin Islands: After the Storm

by Lauren M. PoteatNovember 15, 2017October 31, 2020

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