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Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network hosts the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 16. (Travis Riddick/The Washington Informer)

Commemorative March to Center on Voting Rights, Police Accountability

by Sam P.K. CollinsAugust 5, 2020December 21, 2021

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Stacy M. Brown

Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Supports CBC in Protecting Black Health

by WI Guest AuthorMay 4, 2020December 21, 2021

A patron at a local grocery chain dons hand protection and a mask while shopping. (Ulrich Fonou/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Health

Civil Rights Leaders Call on Congress to Address Disproportionate Impact of Coronavirus on Black Americans

by WI Guest AuthorMarch 19, 2020December 21, 2021

Former President Bill Clinton speaks as (from left) the Rev. Al Sharpton, Tanya Lombard and Martin Luther King III listen during the National Action Network's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel in D.C. on Jan. 20. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Clinton Calls for Persistent Activism

by James Wright Jr.January 22, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau

Black Experience, National

Black Leaders Push for Fair 2020 Census Count

by James Wright Jr.June 19, 2019December 21, 2021

Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network hosts the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 16. (Travis Riddick/The Washington Informer)

NAN Convention to Commemorate MLK Death in NYC

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff WriterApril 4, 2018October 31, 2020

From left: Demonstrators Melanie Campbell, YoNasDa Lonewolf, Tamika Mallory and Mysonne Linen, along with Rev. Tony Lee (in rear) head to the Capitol Hill office of House Speaker Paul Ryan to stage a protest of the nation's immigration policies on Feb. 27. (Courtesy of National Coalition on Black Civic Participation)

Black Leaders Arrested on Capitol Hill in Immigration Protest

by WI Guest AuthorFebruary 28, 2018October 31, 2020

Doug Jones

Civil Rights Groups Push Alabama’s Newest Senator to Hire Minorities

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 27, 2017October 31, 2020

Black Experience, National

Sharpton, Clergy Push for Social Activism, Blast Trump Presidency

by WI Guest AuthorAugust 28, 2017October 31, 2020

From left: Marc Morial, the president and CEO of the National Urban League; Wade Henderson, the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund; Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under the Law; and Melanie Campbell, the president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation hold a press conference following a meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. in March 2017. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Experience, National

Civil Rights Leaders Meet with AG Jeff Sessions

by WI Guest AuthorApril 3, 2017October 30, 2020