St. Luke’s in Columbia Heights was DC’s first independent Black Episcopal church, built in the 1870s by minister and radical ...

Thousands are gathered in Washington DC to commemorate the 1963 ... and self-determination shaped history and brought us to this moment." "We are Black with a capital B," she said.

the history, give us the values and the symbols of our people,” she said. “I feel like I’m part of a continuum of those who felt the importance of that.” With the lighting of the black ...