Target, The Heart of America Foundation and HGTV designer Sabrina Soto are supporting the military in addition to their ongoing education initiatives by unveiling a completely renovated school library and Teachers’ Resource Room at Manor View. The renovation includes redesigned spaces, new technology, art and books for the school and even books for students to […]
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Howard’s Keith Pough Earns Double Honors
Howard’s Keith Pough has been honored as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Week following his latest play against Norfolk State. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound red-shirt sophomore linebacker from Orangeburg, S.C., was also named the College Football Performance Award National FCS Defensive Player of the Week for the outstanding performance, marking the second consecutive […]
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New Bakery Opens in D.C.-Baltimore Sweet Spot
Business owner Adrienne Holmes has decided to have her cake and eat it, too. The self-taught baker recently opened her own storefront on Gorman Avenue in D.C.-Baltimore midpoint, Laurel. Her timing is impeccable, with the nation currently in a “cake craze” heightened by popular shows like “Cake Boss,” “D.C. Cupcake” and “Ace of Cakes.” But […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Norton to Hold Her Election Watch Party at LOVE in Unity with New City Administration
To show unity with the city’s new administration, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold her election night watch party in an area provided to her at LOVE Nightclub, 1350 Okie St., N.E., along with D.C. Mayor-elect Vincent Gray and Council Chairman-elect Kwame Brown, from 8 to 10 p.m. She encourages her supporters to watch […]
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Equal Rights Legal Giant to Receive Thurgood Marshall Award
Elaine R. Jones, retired president and director-counsel emeritus of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) and Howard University alumna, has been named the recipient of the American Bar Association’s 2011 Thurgood Marshall Award. In 1993, Jones became the first woman and only the fourth person to head LDF, the nation’s oldest law firm […]
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John Hope Franklin Park a Milestone in U.S. History
Hundreds of people from across the nation assembled to dedicate and formally open the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Okla. to the public last week. JHF Reconciliation Park celebrates the lifetime achievements and legacy of world-renowned civil rights leader and American historian Dr. John Hope Franklin. The park also gives voice to the […]
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Numbers of Black Republicans May Emerge As Part of the New Congress
With 14 Black Republicans running for voting seats in the House–and a Black GOP candidate for a non-voting seat representing the U.S. Virgin Islands– the stage is set for the Republican Party’s attempt to place a record number of African-Americans in Congress. Facing little opposition in his home state of South Carolina, Tim Scott appears […]
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Impact On Blacks of Republican Health Care Reform Repeal
Promises by House Republicans to overturn health care reform measures passed earlier this year would disproportionately affect the Black community, according to one prominent health care expert. One central proposal of the current Republican agenda, called the “Pledge to America,” would repeal the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, the comprehensive health care reform bill passed […]
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Rev. Sharpton Going to France in Response to French Designer Guerlain’s Use of “N-Word”
French perfume designer Jean-Paul Guerlain’s use of the “n-word” during a recent interview on French state TV sparked an outcry from anti-racist groups, capped by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s announcement of plans to travel to Paris to speak to the groups in November. “The fact that Jean-Paul Guerlain felt comfortable enough to use the ‘n-word’ […]
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NAACP Calls-Out Deceptive, Misleading Campaign Tactics
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous Oct. 27 called for an end to deceptive and misleading campaign tactics designed to discourage voters from visiting the polls by both parties. Jealous urged the change in tactics in letters he issued to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and Democratic National Committee Chairman Gov. Tim Kaine. […]
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NPR Receives Bomb Threat over Juan Williams Firing
A bomb threat was sent to the headquarters of National Public Radio on Oct. 25, five days after the firing of controversial political pundit Juan Williams, the FBI said. According to The Washington Post, sources at NPR said the news organization received the threat via U.S. mail and then forwarded the messages to local authorities […]
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Newark New Black Panthers Challenge Police Abuse
A Newark, N.J. woman who claims that city officers wrongfully arrested and abused her following a neighborhood party Oct. 23 has found support from The New Black Panther Party. The support for Erika Hankerson was announced at a press conference Oct. 28 in front of Newark City Hall at which the New Black Panther Party […]