Adrienne Terrell Washington: Journalist and Educator

Adrienne Washington

Washington received her master’s degree in journalism from Johns Hopkins University and is an award-winning journalist, television and radio commentator.  This Alexandrian is known for her columns that focus on public policy issues, particularly socioeconomic injustices towards women and minorities.  As a college professor, she has taught at the Catholic University of America, Northern Virginia Community College, and the University of the District of Columbia Community College.

Since 2009, Ms. Washington has been the director of the Fort Ward and Seminary African American Descendants Society, leading an effort to preserve, document and create a historical record of a forgotten pre-Civil War African American community. This Society has reclaimed the history of one of Alexandria’s earliest thriving African American communities.