By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com June 17, 2015, a Bible study at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church turned into a bloody crime scene. June 17, 2015, nine innocent people in their safe place of worship were brutally killed simply because of the color of their skin. On June 17, 2019, four years […]
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S.E. Shooting Kills 1 Man, Injures 1 Woman
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Seventy-six people have been killed in the District of Columbia in 2019, according to D.C. Witness. This time last year there had been 72 homicides. Last week, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser exhorted residents to stop the violence and encouraged federal lawmakers to consider legislation for gun control. “We need […]
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Mayor Calls On Congress, Community
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com This time last year 66 people had been killed in the District of Columbia, D.C. Witness reported. In 2019 there have been 71 homicides in the nation’s capital, and according to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, 48 of them have been due to guns. “When we look at the data […]
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AFRO Exclusive with Taraji P. Henson
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In the Black community, mental health is often treated as the elephant in the room that no one really wants to talk about. Between “praying the pain away,” worrying about “airing dirty laundry,” and thinking therapy is for “privileged people,” many in communities of color keep mental and emotional […]
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Rodham Institute Emphasizes Intersection of Arts, Health
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com What do you get when a scientist and a musician are both in a lab? The sixth annual Rodham Institute Summit 2019 answered this riddle through a series of panels, presentations, discussions and entertainment on May 23 at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC). This year’s theme was, […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, LIFE & STYLE, TV and Film
AFRO Exclusive: Smollett Siblings Team Up for New Lifestyle Series
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Let’s be real- despite any negative publicity its seen in the last few months- the Smollett family name has been in Black Hollywood for about three decades. With two of the siblings, Jazz and Jake featured on CLEO TV’s new show “Living By Design,” the family is ensuring that […]
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Former Miss USA Brings STEAM to D.C. Kids
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On June 1, District youth will be able to have fun while learning as former Miss USA (2017) Kára McCullough is offering her second annual, “Take Flight with SE4K,” a program to expose children to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) work in an interactive way. “The second […]
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Largest Group of Black Women Graduate in University History
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Since its founding in 1802, West Point has been known for its prestige, not its diversity; however 217 years since the university’s doors opened, the esteemed military academy will graduate its largest class of African American women in the school’s history. When 34 Black women receive their degrees […]
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AFRO Exclusive: U.S. Dream Academy Gala Inspires to “Dream”
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Minister, Grammy- nominated Gospel singer and U.S. Dream Academy Founder Wintley Phipps has spent 20 years dedicating his ministry to the children of incarcerated parents, identifying the school to prison pipeline and trying to change the narrative through inspiring children to dream. As U.S. Dream Academy celebrated 20 years […]
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New CAH Director Claps Back
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com What About Wards 4, 7 and 8? In the wake of the #DontMute movement happening in the District, which fights against the silencing of D.C. culture such as GoGo music, another agency important to maintaining and sustaining D.C. culture is now being threatened. The D.C. Commission on the Arts […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Area Artist Highlights Black Georgetown, Receives Award from Arena Stage
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com An area artist, Lindsey Brittain Collins, has dedicated much of her career to examining topics of economic and social issues through art and is now being honored as an “Emerging Leader,” by Arena Stage at their annual gala on May 21. Brittain Collins will receive the “Emerging Leader Award” […]
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AFRO Series: Black Facts: May Edition
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com As the “Black Media Authority,” the AFRO is committed to educating readers by sharing Black history, while also offering news, trends, issues and modern stories in the African American community. Beyond Black History month, the AFRO is featuring historic “Black Facts,” each month. In effort to share remind our readership if […]
