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WHUT-TV is proud to support the 2023 @filmfestDC! Filmfest DC seeks to keep pace with global culture and social activities, taking a special focus on issues of the moment in hopes of increasing clarity and civil discourse. Visit whut.org/filmfestdc23 to learn more!

Hey DC! "Go-Go City: Displacement & Protest in Washington, DC" will begin a broadcast run on @whuttv on April 16 at 6pm! Check out this @BFNA_docs on gentrification, protest, and the funkiest music on earth - all in the nation's capital.

We are pleased to welcome @StaceyAbrams, Esq. to Howard University as the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics! Read more 👇 📰| bit.ly/40JX7X9

Special thanks to @whuttv’s senior production manager, Sharon Drayton, for giving @howarduchsoc students a tour of the historic station. Lots of great memories in these halls. 💙❤️

Howard University is proud to partner with Morgan State and Georgetown Universities to develop the Economic Impact Data Collective. The project is funded by a $3.2 million grant from Jeff Bezos and will focus on environmental justice research. 📰 | bit.ly/40Dqyua

Mary Ann Shadd Cary is known as Howard's first female law student and one of the first Black women to earn a law degree nationwide. 📰| bit.ly/3K8vuQr

Today, celebrate the beginning of #NationalPoetryMonth with two #PoetryinAmerica airings on #PBS. D.C. viewers can catch Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser” on @whuttv at 1pm & tonight, LA poetry lovers can watch Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” on @KVCRPublicMedia at 11pm. Tune in!

A courageous third grader, Alexandria Williams, receives another opportunity to share her Bessie Coleman presentation at the @whuttv program called Black Women Soar after her teacher did not support her hero of choice. #WomensHistoryMonth Full story here: facebook.com/watch/?v=59818…

"[My Dad] used to say to me all the time, 'when I die, the newspaper is yours'." @WashInformer Publisher & Owner Denise Rolark Barnes speaks on how her father passed down the newspaper to her after his passing. Watch the full episode on our YouTube page!

Thanks @whuttv for featuring Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder and his daughter Denise Rolark Barnes @drolarkb continuing a newspaper publishing legacy @WashInformer "The Legacy Series" tells the story. #BlackPress youtu.be/kY3Ro78YNMQ via @YouTube

Should we call #Ward8 "Little Africa"? @W8Ced's Mustafa Abdul-Salaam talks about a potential name change East of the River!

America's divisions often go beyond disputes over policy, regularly spilling into clashes over identity and culture and pitting friends and family against one another. Click to watch more of this latest installment of America at a Crossroads.@pbsnewshour pbs.org/newshour/show/…

Repost from @whuttv In episode two of “The Legacy Series”, we talk to @washinformer publisher and second generation owner @drolarkb about filling in the footsteps of her late father and how she has built her own impact in the DC community! #BlackPress #WomensHistoryMonth

Thank you, Carla, for donating your vehicle to support your favorite station, @whuttv! Just like Carla, you can donate your car to support your favorite nonprofit or station's mission and programs. Visit the link in our bio today! #CARS4Good #PublicMedia #VehicleDonationProgram

New mothers are dying at higher rates than mothers in any other industrialized nation. And while the overall rate of infants dying is at record lows, the deaths of Black infants spiked during the pandemic."(@pbsnewshour) pbs.org/newshour/show/…

In episode two of “The Legacy Series”, we talk to @WashInformer publisher and second-generation owner Denise Rolark Barnes about filling in the footsteps of her late father and how she has built her own impact in the DC community! Watch the full episode on our YouTube page!

Howard Swimming and Diving has made it to the @WhiteHouse Next up is to work on hosting a learn to swim clinic with America's Favorite Swim Team. @USASwimming @NCAA @swimswamnews @necswimdive @NBCNightlyNews @HBCUBuzz @IAmSteveHarvey @Oprah @espn

On this episode of ARTICO we are celebrating women in the DMV! Join us as we visit The Museum For Black Girls, Imagination Stage and Black Pepper Paperie Co. and highlight women in the creative arts! Watch the full episode on our YouTube page. #WomensHistoryMonth

As part of WHUT's Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas Community Engagement Outreach, we recently partnered with @childrensguild to create a live museum to engage with young people to highlight the heroes and sheroes of Black history!

ICYMI: After over 30 years of incarceration and a life sentence without the possibility of parole, Tony Lewis Sr. was released yesterday. Watch as we speak to his son @mrtonylewisjr about this family's incredible journey of fatherhood and redemption on our YouTube page!