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The National Hip-Hop Museum is home to the leading organization in hip-hop preservation, history and education, comprising The House of Hip-Hop, The Hip-Hop Shop, The Hip-Hop Cafe and The Hip-Hop Museum Pop-Up Experience. (Courtesy photo)

Lifestyle, Things to Do DMV

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, April 4-7

by Jada IngletonApril 3, 2024April 3, 2024

Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Dr. Julianne Malveuax, Hazel Trice Edney, Barbara Arnwine, Janice Mathis, Melanie Campbell, and Dr. Symone Campbell served as the honorary women of the day at the 14th annual Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon on March 28. (Jada Ingleton/The Washington Informer)

Pioneers of the Black Press Demand Changes in Black America

by Jada IngletonApril 3, 2024April 3, 2024

NOAA's Science on a Sphere technology promises an interactive and educational opportunity to explore ocean life and the climate change shaping our planet. (Courtesy photo)

Lifestyle, Things to Do DMV

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, March 28-31

by Jada IngletonMarch 27, 2024March 27, 2024

Mary McLeod Bethune and female officers during World War II (Courtesy photo)

Lifestyle, Things to Do DMV

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, March 21-24

by Jada IngletonMarch 20, 2024March 20, 2024

Motion X Dance Company presents "Polyscope," a multimedia dance performance, at Atlas Performing Arts Center on March 7. (Courtesy photo)

Lifestyle, Things to Do DMV

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, March 7-10

by Jada IngletonMarch 6, 2024March 11, 2024

**FILE** Media arts mogul Cathy Hughes launched her barrier-breaking work in D.C. as the owner and operator of the largest Black-owned broadcast company in the nation. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Black History, Black History Month

Cathy Hughes: Media Arts Entrepreneur, ‘Truth-Teller,’ Barrier-Breaker, Living Legend

by Jada IngletonFebruary 28, 2024February 29, 2024

**FILE** The Washington Informer Prince George’s Spelling Bee will be hosted at the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts on March 1 at 7 p.m. Last year’s winner was Lesly Hernandez Martin, seen here posing here with her family. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Lifestyle, Things to Do DMV

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, Feb. 29 – March 3

by Jada IngletonFebruary 28, 2024March 11, 2024

Scurlock Photography Studio's photo of Berniece Hammond’s Northeast Dance Academy class showcases dance as a key aspect of African American artistic expression in the District in the early- to mid-20th century. (Courtesy of Black Dance DMV/Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History)

Black History, Black History Month, Lifestyle

African Americans’ Historic Contributions to Theater and Dance

by Jada IngletonFebruary 21, 2024February 21, 2024

Ceremonial guardsmen from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling were part of the Honor Guard presentation at the beginning of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, Feb. 11. (Courtesy photo)

From JBAB to Gallaudet: Nation’s Capital Represents in Super Bowl LVIII

by Jada IngletonFebruary 14, 2024February 21, 2024

From Negro Spirituals to hip-hop today, Black art has historically been critical to sharing African American narratives and shaping American culture, with African American artists also serving as outspoken freedom fighters. Artists such as Harry Belafonte, classically trained singer, Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and D.C. native and legendary bandleader Duke Ellington, shifted culture through their activism. (Courtesy Photo, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, G. Marshall Wilson, 1956)

Black Experience, Black History, Black History Month

Celebrating African Americans and the Arts Showcases the Power and Worldwide Influence Black Artists Possess

by Micha GreenJanuary 31, 2024February 21, 2024