LEITH, N.D. (AP) — It has been four years since this Grant County village of about 20 people was briefly and ingloriously home to a White nationalist. However, recent events in Charlottesville, Va., brought it all back again like a movie rerun with a worse ending. A young woman was run over and killed Aug. […]
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Kids Ride Free
John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 727-2643 Email: muriel.bowser@dc.gov Chief of Staff: John Falcicchio City Administrator: Rashad Young Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel: Mark Tuohey Senior Advisor: Beverly Perry Director of Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs: Charon Hines Director of Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services: […]
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Kaepernick’s Fraternity Brothers Show up in Droves at Protest in Front of the NFL Headquarters
The brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi showed up in large numbers to support their brother Colin Kaepernick at the United We Stand Rally in front of the NFL headquarters today. Kaepernick, a 2010 initiate of the fraternity, came under heavy criticism for kneeling during the national anthem last year and remains unsigned by any team. INVICTUS at […]
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These Teenagers Showed Up To Howard University Wearing MAGA Hats And Quickly Got Criticized
Two teenagers stirred up controversy at Howard University — a historically black college, or HBCU — on Saturday when they arrived at the campus wearing Make America Great Again paraphernalia, drawing a sharp response from the college’s students and prompting a Twitter thread from the university. (Twitter Photo) The high school students said Howard students […]
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Move-in Weekend at UVA: Solidarity and Solace for Students of Color
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Siena Hart and her family spent the weekend unpacking five carloads of clothing, school supplies and dorm necessities at the University of Virginia, where she’s a proud incoming member of the Class of 2021. First year students tour the University of Virginia, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va., a week after […]
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HBCU Scientist Behind NOAA Total Eclipse Imagery
WASHINGTON — Well before the nation’s first total solar eclipse dominated the headlines of every news organization in America, it was affixed to the mind of Jamese Sims. Jamese Sims meterologist, engineer, and scientist for NOAA pictured with the Goes-16. (Photo courtesy/scijinks.gov) Sims, a native of Meridian, Miss., graduate of two historically black universities and one […]
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Baltimore’s Confederate Monument Was Never About ‘History and Culture’
Americans have probably had about enough of Confederate monuments this week, but the dual equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson whisked away from its pedestal Wednesday morning in Baltimore is worth examining, especially in light of President Trump’s continued fixation on the issue. Workers remove the Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” […]
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Coppin State Joins Mayor Pugh’s Offer of Free College Tuition
BALTIMORE (WBFF) – Coppin State University is tagging on to Mayor Catherine Pugh’s offer of free college tuition for public school students in Baltimore. Coppin announced Thursday that any city high school graduate who also gets an Associate’s Degree from Baltimore City Community College will be able to get free tuition at Coppin State for two […]
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Morgan Journalism Students Earn 2017 NABJ ‘Student Chapter of the Year’ Honors
Congratulations to the Morgan State University Association of Black Journalists (MSUABJ) for receiving the highest honor given to a student chapter by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) at this year’s NABJ Annual Convention and Career Fair, held in New Orleans. Morgan’s students were selected as the 2017 NABJ Student Chapter of the Year, […]
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Carmen de Lavallade, a Dance Legend, to Skip a White House Reception
It is not just business executives who are moving away from President Trump after his remarks about neo-Nazis, white supremacists and protesters. The dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, who will be honored by the Kennedy Center in December, announced on Thursday that she will forgo the related reception at the White House. Dance Legend, Carmen de […]
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Girls Trip Crosses $100M, 1st Film to do so Produced, Directed, Written and Starring African Americans
When Thursday’s take comes in tomorrow, Universal’s Girl Trip will have crossed the $100M mark domestically, making it the first film to be produced (Will Packer, Malcolm D. Lee), directed (Malcolm D. Lee), written (Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver) and starring (Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Tiffany Haddish) African Americans. GIRLS TRIP (2017) […]
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Jared Kushner’s Firm Seeks Arrest of Maryland Tenants to Collect Debt
The real estate company owned by Jared Kushner, son-in-law and top adviser to President Donald Trump, has been the most aggressive in Maryland in using a controversial debt-collection tactic: getting judges to order the arrest of people who owe his company money. White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during […]