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Biden, Harris Attend MLK Memorial 10th Anniversary Celebrations (photos)
• October 23, 2021
The 10th Anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was celebrated on-site on Oct. 21 with a ceremony attended by special guests President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, Speaker […]
Marching for Voting Rights in D.C. (photos)
• August 28, 2021
“The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery […]
‘Good Trouble Candlelight Vigil for Democracy’ at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C. (photos)
• July 18, 2021
Hundreds of advocates for voting and civil rights assembled on Black Lives Matter Plaza, a few blocks from the White House on Saturday, July 17, to mark the one year […]
Joseph Lowery: The Dean of Hope
• April 7, 2020
The civil rights leader, a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died on March 27.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company Premiers ‘A Tribute to Marian Anderson’ (photos)
• February 7, 2020
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s choreographer in residence, Dana Tai Soon Burgess, premiered a new performance in response to the museum’s exhibition “One Life: Marian Anderson” on Feb. 3 and […]
Mayor Bowser Unveils Rosa Parks Plaque at Ceremony (photos)
• June 1, 2019
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, 42 year old Rosa Parks ignored a bus driver’s demand to give up her seat in the “colored section” to a white passenger […]
