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June 2022. Volume 8. Issue 6.
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The Fight for Our Rights
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Vol. 57, No. 37 • June 30 - July 6, 2022
Bowser Cuts Ribbon on New Lamond-Riggs/ Lillian J. Huff Library Lyndia Grant WI Contributing Writer
With a grand ribbon-cutting celebration held on Monday, June 27, Mayor Muriel Bowser and community leaders celebrated the completion of the new $20 million Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Library. Located in Ward 5 at 5401 South Dakota Avenue, the two-story structure replaces the original Lamond-Riggs Library. “We are proud that here in D.C., our libraries are constantly evolving to better meet the needs of our community – whether that need is books, or spaces to gather, or even access to COVID tests,” Bowser said. “We are particularly proud to name this beautiful new facility in honor of Lillian Huff, a woman who fought hard to secure the original Lamond-Riggs Library.” Other program guests included former Mayor Sharon Pratt who shared comments about her relationship with and memories of Huff including Huff’s talents and her effectiveness in getting things done. During the mayor’s comments, she talked about how she had worked on 5 The effort that began 30 years ago by the late community activist Lillian J. Huff to build the Lamond/Riggs Library in Ward 5 now committees with Huff since she was a young girl, learning the ropes. stands as a monument to her legacy. D.C. leaders joined a celebration to rename the newly-renovated library in Huff’s honor Monday, June 27. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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District Defiantly Responds to Overturn of Roe v. Wade
NNPA, Transformative Justice Coalition Join Forces to Target 10 Million More Black Voters
Growing Number of Leaders Embrace Sanctuary City Stance
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
James Wright WI Staff Writer
Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – including about 10 million Blacks, eligible to vote but unregistered. Whether apathy, suppression or other reasons account for the massive number, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the Transformative Justice Coalition seek to get to the bottom of why, with so much at stake, voter registration and GOTV mobilization remain lacking across the nation,
A growing number of District leaders have made it clear that women in D.C. will be able to get an abortion without the fear of any governmental interference. They also remain open to the District becoming a sanctuary city for nonresidents who wish to undergo the procedure. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton expressed outrage that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24. The court’s ruling that a woman does not have a constitutional right to abortion concerns her. But she said she’s even more
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5 Leaders of the new initiative to increase Black voters. (Courtesy photo/NNPA Newswire)
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SPELLING BEE Page 12 Celebrating 57 Years of Service / Serving More Than 50,000 Readers Throughout The Metropolitan Area
