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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Posted inWashington D.C. News
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 […]
Posted inBaltimore News
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 […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
White House Announces 2011 Easter Egg Roll Poster Design Contest
WASHINGTON (March 21, 2011) – Today, the White House announced an Easter Egg Roll Poster Contest for local school children. First lady Michelle Obama will be selecting the winning design, which will serve as the official 2011 White House Easter Egg Roll poster. The White House invites all elementary and middle school students in the […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
School Admissions Director Fights Truancy at Students’ Front Doors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – David Clarke isn’t a cop or a truant officer, but for a few years now he has taken his fight against truancy directly to students’ front doors. Behind those doors, Clarke often finds students and their families in crisis causing unexcused absences. Clarke, the admissions director for the six D.C. schools operated […]
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A Debutante Ball to Remember
A US Navy cruiser anchored in Mississippi for a week’s shore leave. The first evening, the ship’s Captain received the following note from the wife of a wealthy plantation owner: “Dear Captain, Thursday will be my daughter Melinda’s Debutante Ball. I would like you to send four well-mannered, handsome, unmarried officers in their formal dress […]
Posted inNational News
Remarks of President Barack Obama At a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona
To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. […]
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The Negro Motorist Green Book
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a publication released in 1936 that served as a guide for African-American travelers. Because of the racist conditions that existed from segregation, blacks needed a reference manual to guide them to integrated or black-friendly establishments. That’s when they turned to “The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide […]
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25th Olender Foundation Awards
Anchors JC Hayward, Paul Berry and Gordon Peterson got together Dec. 1 at the Ronald Reagan Building for the 25th Annual Olender Foundation Awards event. Paul Berry was the emcee, JC Hayward was the recipient of the Generous Heart Award for her civic and charitable work, and Gordon Peterson was her honored guest at the […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Bowie State Exceeds Maryland MBE goals
For the second consecutive year, Bowie State University exceeded the state’s expectation of 25 percent for issuing contract awards to Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) during fiscal year 2010. MBE awards accounted for more than 31 percent or approximately $7.5 million of the University’s overall contracts for the 12-month period. “The Division of Finance and Administration […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Rawlings-Blake Denounces Misleading Robo Calls Intended to Suppress Voter Turnout in Baltimore City
BALTIMORE – Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake denounced a serious of misleading automated phone calls intended to suppress democratic voter turnout by targeting Baltimore City residents. The call urges voters to “relax” and stay home because “President Obama and Governor O’Malley have been successful” even before the polls officially close at 8:00pm. “I was deeply troubled to […]
Posted inCollege
Weekly HBCU Football Power Rankings Poll
NEW YORK/Fuquay-Varina, N.C. — For the fourth straight week, South Carolina State (3-1) is the top team in the latest editions of the Boxtorow.com/BASN HBCU media and coaches top 10 polls. The Bulldogs were again a unanimous choice in the coaches’ top 10 while they garnered 20 of 23 first-place votes from the media poll. […]
