Special to the AFRO
Loved ones and colleagues honored the life and legacy of journalist James L. Wright Jr on Dec. 19 at the Hemingway Memorial AME Church in District Heights, Md. Wright Jr. served as a staff writer for the Washington Informer at the time of his death. Prior to that role he was a writer and editor for AFRO News and The Washington Post.
“I wish that we could be honoring James on better pretenses,” said Denise Barnes, publisher and owner of The Washington Informer. “He had such a wonderful impact on Black Press during his time with the Informer and even the AFRO.”…