Sen. Booker (D-N.J.), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and former Joint Center President and CEO Ralph Everett attend the center’s annual dinner at the Marriott Marquis Washington D.C. hotel. The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies honored Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and its former President and CEO Ralph Everett June 25 for their work […]
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HBCU Choir and Orchestra Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act
The 105 Voices of History HBCU National Concert Choir and Orchestra paid a special tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The event was held June 22 at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Northwest D.C. Guest artist Ben Tankard, the “Godfather of Gospel Jazz,” was the […]
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Prince George’s County Celebrates Diversity with the International Festival
LaRian Finney, producer of the festival and , Alan Leinwand, vice president and general manager from Radio One. In celebration of diversity, Festival Productions will bring the first International Festival to Prince George’s County, Md. in July. The festival will be held at The Boulevard at Capital Centre in Upper Marlboro. The festival is aimed […]
Posted inNational News
Fewer African Americans Are Bone Marrow Donors
Sheldon Mba, an African-American junior at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., knows firsthand how short life can be. He was diagnosed with blood cancer two years ago and is still trying to find a donor to save his life. Unfortunately, his match may not even know. “We’re working on changing that, in terms of […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Urban League and Walgreens Health Tour Starts in D.C.
The Greater Washington Urban League and Walgreens kicked off a nationwide healthcare tour targeted to urban and minority communities June 11 to provide them with free access to health care resources. “I’m delighted to be in the partnership with Walgreens,” George Lambert Jr., president and CEO of the Urban League told the AFRO after the kickoff […]
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Hill Harper Brings Youth Empowerment Foundation to D.C.
Actor and author Hill Harper Actor and author Hill Harper’s initiative to help young African Americans and Latinos succeed is bringing his Los Angeles-based Manifest Your Destiny Foundation to D.C. “No matter how well I may be doing in Hollywood, if the young brother or sister in D.C. or Baltimore are not doing well, then […]
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Amendment to Bar Racial Profiling Passes House
House lawmakers on June 10 passed the fiscal year 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, which included an amendment sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) to prohibit states that receive federal transportation funding from engaging in unconstitutional profiling. Racial Profiling (Photo:istock.com) The bill passed in a 229-192 vote. “My amendment enforces section […]
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Justice Reform Advocate Nkechi Taifa Receives 2014 Wiley A. Branton Award
Criminal justice lawyer Nkechi Taifa is scheduled to receive the prestigious 2014 Wiley A. Branton Award June 18 from the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Northwest D.C. “It would be difficult to imagine an attorney whose service as a public interest lawyer and educator better […]
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Teen Hero Receives Hope Award for Rescuing Five Year Old Girl
Temar Boggs and Chris Garcia helped rescue a five-year-old girl who had been kidnapped in Lancaster, Penn. For their heroic effort, the boys were presented the 2014 Hope Award from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “I just feel normal, like myself. I didn’t care what anybody thought of me of as a […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore Mayor Expected to Sign “Ban the Box” Bill
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to sign a controversial “ban the box” bill that will bar employers from asking job seekers about their criminal background on job applications. “When it comes to the crime fight, we have to use every tool available, which includes creating opportunities for those who have paid their debt to […]
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Local Nonprofit Addresses Need for Black Girls in STEM Field
In an effort to help African American girls succeed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), a local nonprofit joined other women in the field on two panels to answer specific need-to-know questions at the USA Science & Engineering Festival April 26-27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest D.C. “When we’re talking […]
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SpiritHouse Breaks the Silence On Unlawful Murders of Black People
Family members shared stories of their Black male relatives killed in extrajudicial crimes, part of the Spirithouse Project’s first break the silence movement in D.C., April 22, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I Street SW. “This is not a press conference with famous people, this a press conference for the relatives of victims who […]