Pin Points Theater, based in Southeast Washington, presented 1001 Black Inventions at Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church in Bowie Sept. 15. The play, which has been touring for 30 years, sheds light on the ingenuity of African-American inventors. The church’s Deaf, Christian Education and Youth & Young Adult ministries presented the production. More than 300 people […]
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Julian Bond Sees Uneven Gains, Tough Civil Rights Battles Ahead
Julian Bond, former NAACP board chairman, veteran state legislator and seasoned civil rights strategist, Sept. 5 chronicled the path of the modern-day Civil Rights Movement from defiance of die-hard segregationists a half-century ago to current battles to sustain political and economic gains. To the 73-year-old founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, speaking from personal […]
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Prince George’s Foreclosures Surge
A group of 16 housing advocacy organizations want the Prince George’s County Foreclosure Task Force to find ways to stem an alarming rise in housing foreclosures recently. Maryland is third in the nation for homes in foreclosure actions, lead largely by a flurry of foreclosure activity in Baltimore City and Prince George’s and Charles counties, […]
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Development of Barry Farm Concerns Residents
On a hot and muggy Tuesday evening, hundreds of people gathered at the Barry Farm basketball courts in Southeast D.C. for the annual summer ritual of The Goodman League. Hundreds of young men and women come out to see local hoop stars, and sometimes a few well known basketball players, show off their ball handling […]
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County Residents Sound Off About Next School Chief
The Prince George’s County Public Schools Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Search Committee held a town hall-style conference call on June 10 to get community feedback on the necessary qualities for a new schools leader. Charlene Dukes, chair of the search committee and president of Prince George’s Community College, moderated the 90-minute call. Prince George’s County […]
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D.C. Tenants Speak Up for Affordable Housing
They came from points in the city where people aren’t enthralled with the boom that has led to an explosion in young, moneyed Whites who have changed the flavor of their neighborhoods and whose willingness, and ability, to pay sky-high prices for housing have left them wondering what they will do to live. For the 125-plus long-time District residents […]
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Schools Takeover Opponents Struggle to Keep Momentum
Citizens for an Elected Board (CEB), a major Prince George’s schools watchdog group, staged a rally outside the Prince George’s Board of Education (BOE) building in Upper Marlboro on May 21 to protest County Executive Rushern L. Baker III’s schools’ takeover plan. A petition drive seeking 8,000 signatures by May 31 is circulating to stop […]
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Outside the Beltway Prince George’s Sees Upswing in Business
Business is starting to percolate in Prince George’s County’s outer beltway areas with new restaurants and businesses opening while the bidding process for a south county casino moves into the final stages, officials said this week. A major project is expected to be announced by mid May. Aubrey Thagard, an assistant deputy chief administrative officer […]
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Celebrity Moms Advocate for Autism Awareness
The panel at Prince George’s Community College included names even a casual fan of television and movies would recognize but the topic was grim—autism and the African American child. Nearly 150 people gathered at the Largo campus for the enlightening, and at times emotional, panel discussion on African-Americans and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sponsored by […]
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Turmoil Continues for Prince George’s School Management
Six weeks before the end of the school year, controversy continues to roil in the Prince George’s County school system’s leadership. In recent weeks, the interim schools superintendent announced his resignation, a Board of Education member was penalized for making unauthorized charges with her county-issued credit card, the selection process for school board appointees began […]
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Anti-Violence Activists March for Peace in D.C. Streets
Community activists and politicians staged an anti-violence demonstration –billed a March for Peace– on April 13 to protest violence and senseless shootings in the city by marching to the Tyler House apartment building, the scene of a drive-by shooting in March that left 13 people wounded. “Thirteen people got shot about five blocks away and […]
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Governor Signs Prince George’s Schools Bill
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on April 9 signed a bill that dramatically enhances Prince George’s County Rushern L. Baker’s powers over the county’s troubled school system. The Academic Revitalization and Management Effectiveness Act bill which changes the process for selecting public school leadership in Prince George’s County. The bill, submitted by Baker, was debated by […]