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Statehood Lobbyist, Norton Testify at Trial
Written by Neely Tucker | The Washington Post
Compiled from reports by staff writers Michael D. Shear, Martin Weil, Phuong Ly and Neely Tucker, The Washington Post, February 25, 2000
Breaking The Silence On Home Rule
Written by Courtland Milloy | The Washington Postt
Breaking The Silence On Home Rule
By Courtland Milloy, The Washington Post, January 22, 2000
THE HISTORY OF D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY
YES, WE WILL SEE STATEHOOD FOR D.C.
Written by ACLU – District of Columbia
600 PROTESTERS PICKET FOR D.C. OUTSIDE FAIRCLOTH'S FRONT DOOR
Written by Knight Chamberlain | The Washington Post
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.
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
DEAR U.S. SENATORS: Please vote "NO" on disapproval resolutions
Written by Karen Szulgit
SHARPTON DOCUMENTARY ‘LOUDMOUTH’ SCREENS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Written by Special to the Black Star News
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
Written by Karen Szulgit
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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I am a Black woman living in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., and an historic event is taking place in my hometown this week.
In June 2020, Vice President Joe Biden promised to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court of the United States. President Biden has done just that by nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to that judicially supreme seat on the highest court in the land.
This is an historic first! Never in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court has such a nomination occurred!
As a Black woman, I can remember the great pride I experienced in the decisions by, and performance of, Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall while on the court and the exquisite disappointment I felt in the conservative stances taken by his successor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.
The nomination of Judge Jackson – a Black woman and a native Washingtonian – is a great break in that proverbial “glass ceiling.” I should be more joyful, but I cannot fully participate in the celebration. I do not feel all the pride I should for Judge Jackson’s nomination because the Constitution requires that the United States Senate’s role in the process is to give advice and consent on the president's nomination. As a D.C. resident, I have no voice. I play no role in the process because I have no VOTING SENATORS to speak for me and cast votes.
I am very aware that we are locked out of this historic consequential vote. Yet again, D.C. residents have no say and play no role in our so-called democracy. And I have heard no mention or discussion of our unique political situation.
I heard the impassioned speech of U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on television, but he made no such observation. I was devastated by Senator Booker's omission, as he has been a strong D.C. statehood supporter.
Our lack of citizenship rights affects all aspects of our lives, and our omission from the Union must be properly noted in order to end it once and for all.
We must demand D.C. statehood now, so that we are no longer by-standers of history in the making.
ANISE JENKINS, Executive Director
Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. (FREE D.C.)
March 21, 2022
History
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Happy Heavenly Birthday, Mrs. Hanes!
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Pianist Peter Hanes
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Loretta Carter Hanes
In celebration of DC Emancipation Day, we’re taking a closer look at the remarkable life of DC native Loretta Carter Hanes. Hanes spent her life fighting for educational equality and for official recognition of April 16 as Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia.
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Obituary - Lillian J. Huff
Lillian J. Huff (Age 87) peacefully transitioned from this life on Monday, September 17, 2018. She was a community activist and leader throughout the city especially in the Lamond Riggs Civic Association, political activist on the DC Statehood Committee and a leader in the DC Federation of Democratic Women's Organization.
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"Statehood is Far More Difficult" The Struggle for D.C. Self-Determination, 1980-2017
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Remembering Our Fallen Activists of Stand Up / Free DC
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Activists challenge and reshape our social and political consciousness.
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Stand Up! / Free DC! awarded grant from Diverse City Fund
The Diverse City Fund works to nurture community leaders and grassroots projects which are acting to transform DC into a more just, vibrant place to live. Through their grantmaking, they identify, support and connect people in communities of color who are engaged in change work. The DCF supports the development of community-level social change by…
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