On March 18, 1941 Jerome Floyd was born in Marion County, S.C. On July 14, he quietly suddenly slipped away. He was the son of the late John H. Floyd Jr. and Priscilla Floyd. Jerome accepted the Lord at an early age and joined First Friendship Baptist Church, Nichols, S.C. He attended elementary school in […]
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John C. Robinson (Jack), 74
John Cornelius Robinson (Jack), beloved son of the late Vernon and Lucia Robinson, passed away June 10, 2011 at Beth Israel Hospital in New York, N.Y. He was born and raised in Baltimore, Md. He graduated from Douglas High School and received, in 1959, a B.S. degree in chemistry from Morgan State University (Baltimore). He […]
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Effie E. Moses, 92
Effie Estelle Moses was born in Cape Charles, Virginia on January 14, 1919 to the late Mary and John Moses. Effie departed this life, after a lengthy illness, on Monday, Sept. 19. Effie had seven siblings; Lucille, Johnny, Victoria, Arenthia, Vasti, Samuel, and Spencer. All of who have preceded her in death. Effie was educated […]
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Lawton J. Pierre, 68
Dr. Lawton John Pierre, 68, died in his home in Grenada on September 29, 2011. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at Sauteurs Roman Catholic Church in St. Patricks, Grenada, West Indies. Dr. Pierre was born on the beautiful Caribbean island of Grenada in 1943 to Joseph and […]
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Feeling the Groove at the 44th Hampton Jazz Festival
This past weekend music lovers from all across the region converged in Hampton, VA for the 44th annual Hampton Jazz Festival, featuring an all-star lineup of established artists. The festival is traditionally held in the last full weekend of June every year. The first festival was in 1968 and showcased jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius […]
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Morgan Choir Entertains Italy
The following are messages sent by Eric Conway, Chairperson of the Fine Arts Department at Morgan State Univeristy, and Director of the MSU Choir, during their recent tour of Italy. Hello everyone, The Morgan State University Choir and entourage arrived safely in Rome, Italy on Tuesday evening. Although exhausted from international travel, we were forced […]
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Ward 4 Welcomes First Full-Service Community Health Center
On May 18, Mary’s Center hosted a grand opening ceremony for its newest location in Ward 4. The facility is the first full-service community health facility in that ward. As part of the festivities, District Mayor Vincent Gray declared May 18 Mary’s Center Day at the grand opening. “The Mayor of the District of Columbia, […]
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District Native Awarded Fulbright for Overseas Teaching
Elon University senior Brittany Carroll has been awarded a Fulbright grant that will fund a year of teaching in Taiwan in 2011-12. Carroll was one of three Elon seniors awarded a Fulbright this spring, the largest number of students in university history to receive the honor in the same academic year. The 2011 Fulbright English […]
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Ferebee-Hope Elementary, Ballou High to Receive READesign Reading Corners from Capital One Bank and The Heart of America Foundation
During the week of May 15-21, Capital One Bank associates will band together as part of the company’s national associate volunteer initiative, “One Week,” to help meet the needs of local communities where associates live and work. In the Washington, D.C., area, more than 400 Capital One Bank associates will spend 2,000 hours partnering with […]
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Giant Food Offers Food Safety Tips & Healthy Ideas for Grilling Season
Get ready to fire up the backyard grill! May is National Barbecue Month, marking the start of grilling season. Giant Food of Landover, Md., wants to make sure customers’ barbecues are safe and healthy by keeping food safety top of mind when grilling. When preparing meats for grilling, marinate foods in the refrigerator, not on […]
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Hundreds Gather at Howard University Hospital to Applaud Drop in D.C. Infant Mortality
WASHINGTON – Natasha Smith is exactly the kind of woman the District of Columbia Department of Health’s Healthy Start Program was designed for when it was established 20 years ago. Smith is 19, single, living with her grandmother in the Trinidad neighborhood of Washington and six months pregnant with her first child. Her initial reaction […]
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Morgan Shares in $95.8 Million Grant; Largest in School History
Morgan State University will receive a landmark $28.5 million portion of a massive $95.8-million, five-year grant from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The grant, which allows the East Baltimore school to conduct research supporting NASA’s Earth and space science projects, is the largest in Morgan’s 144-year history. Morgan will now play an integral part in […]