On one thing, both sides agree. In the wee hours of March 23, 2012, a stolen 2000 Toyota Echo driven by Reynard Osman, 16, was heading south on Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase Circle with three other passengers inside, when it went out of control and was involved in a fiery crash. Osman, along with […]
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Black Sorority Warns Va. Voters
Black Virginia lawmakers did not mince words at a Sept. 25 gathering in Mt. Zion Baptist Church. “Do not go to the polling place on Election Day without ID,” said St. Sen. Mamie Locke, a Democrat who represents Virginia’s 2nd District in the state’s General Assembly. “Have some form of identification. There are any number […]
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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Celebrates Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th Anniversary
Long before he came to Capitol Hill, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was active in the fight for freedom. On Sept. 17, he paid homage to the nation’s progress in treating all of its citizens’ equally in a program that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. He spoke, appropriately, at the […]