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Compiled from reports by staff writers Michael D. Shear, Martin Weil, Phuong Ly and Neely Tucker, The Washington Post, February 25, 2000

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Breaking The Silence On Home Rule
By Courtland Milloy, The Washington Post, January 22, 2000

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 17:26

D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY - APRIL 16th

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THE HISTORY OF D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY

ANISE JENKINS AND D.C.’S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

Sen. Lauch Faircloth (R-N.C.) wasn't home. But that didn't stop an estimated 600 demonstrators -- about 400 of whom had journeyed from Washington in a bus caravan -- from picketing outside his house today, protesting Faircloth's role in legislation that stripped D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D) and other elected D.C. officials of much of their power.

Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:02

Lawrence B. Harris

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Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of DC statehood activist Lawrence Benjamin Harris.

Details of the Celebration of Life for Lawrence B. Harris:

Thursday, June 15, 2023, 11:00 am
Epiphany Episcopal Church (inside Canterbury Hall)
3125 Ritchie Road
Forestville, Maryland 20747
Presiding Pastor E. Gregory

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), Monday night lead a screening of Loudmouth

Special to the Black Star News, November 16, 2022

Local activists rally for support of D.C. statehood and budgetary autonomy on Capitol Hill this afternoon. Pictured, David Barrows, in white wig, of the DC Healthcare Coalition, belts out a protest song with various other activists lined up along the sidewalk across First street from the Republican National Committee headquarters.

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