News & Politics How Black History Month Was Born in DC a Century Ago Carter G. Woodson developed and promoted the idea. Black history, Black History Month, Capital Comment, DC HistoryFebruary 12, 2026
News & Politics The NAACP’s Patrice Willoughby on a Moving Portrait of Her Ancestor Formerly enslaved, Willoughby's great-great-great-grandmother was showing “who she was.” Black history, First PersonJanuary 9, 2026
News & Politics After Decades, the Full African American Civil War Memorial Museum Is Finally Coming The finished museum is set to open in July. Black history, Capital Comment, Civil WarMarch 4, 2025
News & Politics Why the Black Panthers Once Went Searching for Author Marita Golden Golden had penned a college column criticizing the revolutionary party. Black history, First PersonFebruary 28, 2025
News & Politics | Real Estate DC’s Black Architects Are Finally Getting the Documentation They Deserve The DC Preservation League is digging into the undertold history. Architecture, Black history, DC History, I.Q.January 8, 2025
News & Politics The Lost History of a DC Black Neighborhood That Was Never Built Belmont would have been located in Friendship Heights. Black history, Capital Comment, MarylandNovember 18, 2024
News & Politics Inside the Urgent Effort to Preserve Black Newspapers Howard University is scanning these vital records. Archives, Black history, Capital Comment, Howard UniversityMay 1, 2024
News & Politics From Tupac to Sean Taylor: Wild Nights in DC’s Clubs E. Taylor’s new book puts you right there. Black history, I.Q., New Book, NightclubsMarch 27, 2024
News & Politics The Untold Story of the Washington Football Team’s First Black Cheerleaders Amid the boiling racial tension and desegregation battles of the late 1960s and early ’70s, a group of young Black women teamed with a DC civil-rights leader to break the color barrier on the Washington NFL team’s cheer squad. Their story has largely been overlooked—until now. Black history, Washington Football TeamNovember 1, 2023
News & Politics Sheila Johnson Gets Candid About Her Struggles The Salamander hotels CEO has a revealing new memoir. Black history, I.Q., New Book, Sheila JohnsonSeptember 20, 2023
How Black History Month Was Born in DC a Century Ago