The Obama Administration recently announced plans to install new solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of the White House. The new installations will serve as the Department of Energy’s demonstration project to show Americans that solar technologies are reliable, available and ready for use in their homes. “President Obama has […]
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Wyclef Jean Appointed Visiting Fellow at Brown University
Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean recently accepted an appointment as a visiting fellow at Brown University. According to Newsone.com, Jean will be appointed in the university’s Africana Studies program for the 2010-11 academic year. Leaders of the program say Jean will participate in activities dealing with Brown’s Haiti Initiative, including lectures, faculty conversations and classes. The […]
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Legendary Gospel Singer Albertina Walker Dies at 81
Often dubbed the “Queen of Gospel,” vocalist Albertina Walker who spent six decades inspiring future gospel artists and inspiring legions of fans with songs like “Please Be Patient with Me,” “Lord Keep Me Day By Day” and “Walk Around Heaven” passed away Fellow gospel artist Yolanda Adams announced on her radio show that Walker, the […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
First Amendment Rights at Stake in Case of Serviceman’s Funeral
Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder’s father is still wondering how anybody could disrupt something as sacred as a funeral, and now hopes the Supreme Court shares his outrage. Albert Snyder seeks a court ruling that his son’s funeral was a private event after members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church protested at his son’s funeral. The […]
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“The Arch” Retires from Public Life
South African freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner, former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, announced his retirement from public life during the first week of October. . “The Arch,” as he is known in his country, made good on a pledge he issued in July in a televised interview with the Reuters News Service that he […]
Posted inEditorial
The Wall Street Journal is Wrong
Once again historically Black post-secondary institutions find themselves the target of an unwarranted and deceitful attack. This rhetoric marginalizes and mischaracterizes the vital role these public and private schools play to spur the growth and development of individual Black students, their communities and the nation at large. A Wall Street Journal editorial written by Jason […]
Posted inBaltimore Community, Baltimore News
Local Boy Scouts Converge at Fort McHenry, Celebrate 100th Year
Click here to view a slideshow of the activities and faces present at the Fort McHenry jamboree. Local officials, community leaders and volunteers joined several thousand Boy Scouts at Fort McHenry to celebrate the organization’s 100th anniversary. The event was touted as the largest single Boy Scouts event in the Baltimore metro area and included […]
Posted inD.C. Community, Washington D.C. News
From the District to Berklee: Local Student Earns Full Ride to Leading Music School
Like many Black performers, Clifton Williams found God ? and music? at church. From gospel, jazz and classical arrangements to singing, Williams became a skilled musician early on after a church pianist introduced him to the instrument as a child. Williams’ years of study have landed him at the forefront of a new era in […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Battling “Almighty Debt”: Special CNN Screening at Howard School of Divinity
The School of Howard Divinity invites Washington area residents to a special screening of the upcoming CNN documentary “Almighty Debt: A Black in America Special” from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 7, in the Thurman Chapel at 1400 Shepherd St., NE. In this 90-minute special, anchor and special correspondent Soledad O‘Brien focuses on how […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Maryland HBCU Digitizes Half-Century of Memories
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Frederick Douglass Library has digitized a half-century of The Hawk yearbooks – from the first volume in 1959 through 2009 – making it the first Maryland HBCU to accomplish this feat. The conversion was made possible through the LYRASIS Mass Digitization Collaborative, a project supported by a Sloan Foundation […]
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Freedom Sisters Exhibit to Open
Sometimes the contributions of women get lost. In the retelling of history, things men have done are allowed to overshadow the things women did, especially African-American women. But on Oct. 23, when the ninth and final stop of the Freedom Sisters traveling exhibit opens at the Reginald Lewis Museum, there will be an opportunity for […]
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D.C. ‘Divas’ Celebrate First Year of Health Campaign
On Oct. 2, a community-based movement determined to educate and empower metropolitan-area women about their health choices celebrated its first anniversary. Divas, MPH (Making Our People Healthier), is an all-female health outreach organization that offers educational resources about HIV/AIDS, infant mortality, stress management and more throughout the District. The group convened at FunXion, the city’s […]