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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.
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.
Demonstrators in front of the John A. Wilson Building in Washington, D.C.. Day Without Immigrants (or A Day Without Immigrants) was a protest and boycott that took place on February 16, 2017, to demonstrate the importance of immigration, [1] [2] and to protest President Donald Trump's plans to build a border wall and to potentially deport millions of undocumented immigrants. [3]
Please don't boycott Target: That's the message from Black founders and influencers to consumers about a backlash against the retailer's decision to end its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Arab League boycott of Israel: 1977: Various: Nestlé: Nestlé's promotion of infant formula over breast milk in developing countries: Nestlé boycott [19] 1989: Liverpudlians: The Sun: The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster: Coverage of the Hillsborough disaster by The Sun § Merseyside boycott [20] [21] [failed verification] [22 ...
Consumers are boycotting Starbucks for many reasons and it is hurting the company's bottom line. Here is why.
From 17 July 1990 to 12 May 1993, a boycott supported by the NAACP and other civil rights groups urged visitors to steer clear, inflicting potentially tens of millions of dollars in lost tourism ...
Dorie Ann Ladner (June 28, 1942 – March 11, 2024) was an American civil rights activist and social worker. Along with her sister Joyce, she was a leading community organizer in Mississippi for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s.