Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) legacy as the seventh out of nine African-Americans to be elected to the U.S. Senate was enough to impress about 100 Howard University students enough to attend his scheduled hour-long conversation on economic empowerment on Feb. 25. After arriving an hour late, Scott, speaking in the School of Business Auditorium, used […]
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Posted inAfro Briefs
NCBW Honors ‘Audacity of Truth’ Winners at Annual Brunch
A Grammy-nominated blues singer, a straight-A Harvard graduate, a veteran broadcaster and a key officer of a non-profit organization were among the honorees as the National Congress of Black Women (NCBW) presented the 2013 Audacity of Truth awards for Black achievement and service at its annual awards brunch Sept. 22. “We think of our women […]
Posted inHealth
Three-Time Survivor Woman Exposes Cancer Through The Lens
Andrene Taylor celebrated her 35th birthday a day early Sept. 23 with cake, drinks, friends and an exhibit of photos of women who have survived cancer. Seven women of different shades of Black stood before a crowd in a D.C. Chinatown gallery to share their battle with the ugly beast that is cancer. Each of […]
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Gala Benefitting Down Syndrome Research Spreads Awareness, Confidence
“Be Beautiful Be Yourself” was the message for the night at the Global Down Syndrome Foundation held on May 8. The lobby of the Ritz-Carlton in Northwest Washington, D.C. was filled with supporters eager to see the 25 models with Down syndrome walk the runway escorted by congressmen and celebrities. Attendees included DeOndra Dixon, the […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Prince George’s Police Work to Quell Motorcycle Deaths
The wreck happened in the waning hours of May 2, a Thursday, at a well-traveled intersection in Brandywine. According to police, a blue Chrysler van traveling southbound on Route 301 at Shortcut Road failed to yield to oncoming traffic. Traveling in the northbound lanes were two motorcycles, one driven by Caleb Williams, the other by […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Kingman Park Leaders Continue Car Barn Fight
Some residents of a Northeast Washington community near Spingarn High School are still fighting to stop construction of a facility by District officials to store and maintain trolley cars adjacent to the historic school. The residents said their letters and phone calls to Mayor Vincent Gray, asking him to intercede in what they consider a […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
District Youth Takes Medals in South Korea
While the vast majority of 14-year-olds are still in bed at 6 a.m. on Saturday mornings, O’Conner Anderson III is preparing to hit the ice. He rises early, eats breakfast, grabs his skating gear and heads to Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Southeast Washington, where for the last six years, he’s trained and prepared for […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Activist Mark Dixon Remembered for Service
Family and friends gathered at Mount Airy Baptist Church on Feb. 2 to commemorate the life and legacy of Mark Dixon, an influential advisory neighborhood commissioner (ANC) whose only vice seemed to be the soft drink Mountain Dew. He died Jan. 23 at age 70 after a brief illness. Attendees to the homegoing celebration could […]
Posted inInauguration 2013
Obama II Inauguration Kindles Special Emotions for Older Blacks
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Tears rolled down the cheeks of a 60-year-old woman shortly after President Obama took the oath of office for his second term. She calmly let them drop without letting her hand interfere. The woman, Karren Pope-Onwukwe of Hyattsville, Md., was accompanied by Christine Kennard, her 79-year-old mother, who resides in Columbia, Md. The […]