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The Washington Informer is a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C. The Informer is female-owned and is targeted at the African-American population of the D.C. metropolitan area. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The publisher is Denise Rolark Barnes, whose father, Calvin W. Rolark (1927–1994), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] founded the paper in 1964.
The Washington Informer: 1964, weekly African American issues OCLC 10269159, LCCN sn84007874 [11] [6] Washington Jewish Week (National Jewish Ledger) 1930, weekly Jewish World Journal (DC edition) 1976 Chinese language
Although Washington was home to abolitionist papers prior to the American Civil War (1861-1865), the first known newspaper published by and for African Americans in the District of Columbia was the New Era, which Frederick Douglass launched in 1870. Notable newspapers in Washington today include the Washington Afro-American and Washington Informer.
A Washington Examiner dispenser, from the time when the newspaper was a free daily paper.. The publication now known as the Washington Examiner began its life as a handful of suburban news outlets known as the Journal Newspapers, distributed not in Washington D.C. itself, but only in its suburbs: Montgomery Journal, Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. [8]
As Washington, D.C., prepares for the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, several restaurants in the nation's capital are commemorating the occasion with special menus and experiences.
Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (September 12, 1916 – February 14, 2006) [1] [2] was a Democratic politician and activist in Washington, D.C. She was elected to represent Ward 8 on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1976 and served four terms.
Rolark moved from Texas to Washington in either 1952 [5] or 1959. [6] He founded The Washington Informer, a newspaper, in 1962.In 1969, he founded the United Black Fund, a foundation structured similarly to United Way that supported charitable activities for Black and Latino residents in the Washington, D.C., area.
Tourism is among the DC region's largest and most important industries. In 2019, the city attracted 24.6 million tourists, including 1.8 million from foreign countries. Collectively, tourists spent $8.15 billion during their stay. [43] The city and wider Washington region has a diverse array of attractions for tourists.