In Washington, D.C., journalist, photographer, jazz critic and poet Askia Muhammad has died at the age of 76. Muhammad was a longtime programmer and news director at Pacifica station WPFW. His column in The Washington Informer regularly appeared in Black-owned newspapers around the United States. In 2018, Askia Muhammad published “The Autobiography of Charles 67X,” a collection of personal stories, photos and poems about his four decades spent covering African American culture and politics.