The Washington Informer, a weekly print newspaper founded by Dr. Calvin Rolark in 1964, is celebrating 60 years of providing positive news of the Black community, and continues to be a force for the annual parades and peace walks honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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The U.S. Mint is honoring Harriet Tubman with a commemorative coin program, celebrating her contributions to abolition and feminist activism, and raising funds for two Tubman-related nonprofits.

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Staff Sgt. Waverly B. Woodson, Jr., who died in 2005, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for saving more than 200 casualties during the Allied Invasion of Normandy during World War II.

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Newly discovered research notes and letters from William Bradford Huie, the journalist whose reporting on the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till helped shape the public's understanding of the crime, reveal that Huie deliberately concealed vital details that could have implicated additional participants in the murder.

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The Negro League Legends Hall of Fame and USPS teamed up to honor celebrated baseball player Henry "Hank" Aaron with a stamp, with the ceremony featuring a proclamation for the late Levi "Chappie" Drew and a proclamation for the late Josh Gibson.

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President Joe Biden has signed a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument, preserving 1.57 acres of federal land and highlighting the violent response of a white mob to allegations against two Black men.

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Black August is a monthlong tradition dedicated to raising awareness about Black political prisoners, including Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who is currently serving a life sentence for the 2000 murder of a Fulton County sheriff's deputy.

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John Taylor Chapman founded the Manumission Tour Company in 2016 to educate tourists about Alexandria's rich Black history, including the city's slave trading operations and the Underground Railroad.

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The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League hosted its annual Bobby Bonds Memorial Symposium at the Congressional Auditorium on Capitol Hill, celebrating the impact of African American contributions to baseball and exploring ways to revitalize the sport in inner-city communities.

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The United States Postal Service and the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame are honoring legendary slugger Hank Aaron with a private ceremony and a Forever stamp on August 17 at the Prince George’s County Stadium in Bowie, Maryland.

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