Donnell Long, owner and executive chef of the Old Towne Inn in Upper Marlboro in Prince George’s County, has for years fed and provided hundreds of local needy children with a Merry Christmas. To get the holiday season started, however, he has also each year done something to make Thanksgiving happy for Washington-area children. This […]
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AFRO Staff Writer
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Funeral for Macon Ga. Pastor Who Committed Suicide Discloses His Depression
The Macon, Ga. Pastor who committed suicide in the driveway of his home Nov. 10 suffered from depression and though he had shared his diagnosis with some of his loved ones, many of the people close to him and most of his congregation did not know, according to statements made at his Nov. 16 funeral. […]
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D.C. Police Investigate Fatal Stabbing Outside Georgia Ave. Strip Club
Washington D.C. police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred in the early morning hours of Nov. 15 outside of a Georgia Avenue strip club. The incident occurred in the 5300 block of Georgia Avenue outside the Macombo Lounge, a brown-and-beige building at the intersection of Jefferson Street NW, police said. Officers who responded to […]
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Florida School Board Moves to Strip KKK Grand Wizard’s Name from High School
In response to an outcry and a online petition drive that netted more than 160,000 signatures, the DuVal County, Fla., school board on Nov. 8 voted to take steps to rename a high school which carries the name of a 19th century Ku Klux Klan leader. Changing the name will require the board to seek […]
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Friends Mourn Beloved Baltimore ‘Character’ Clinton ‘Shorty’ Buice
Clinton “Shorty” Buice, a popular figure on the nightclub scene who was born and raised in West Baltimore and spent much of his early adult life playing poker, Black Jack and dice on the gambling circuit, died Nov. 10 after suffering heart failure. He was 72. Friends said Buise had experienced recent setbacks in his […]
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Macon Ga. Preacher Fatally Shoots Self Between Sunday Services
The pastor of a church in Macon, Ga., apparently shot himself fatally after returning to his home from Sunday services, authorities said. The Rev. Teddy Parker, Jr., pastor of Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church, was found dead in the driveway of his home in Warner Robins, Houston County Coroner Danny Galpin told Macon’s 13WMAZ. He […]
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Greater Washington Urban League Prez/CEO Maudine Cooper Retiring
After 23 years at the helm of the Greater Washington Urban League, President and CEO Maudine R. Cooper is retiring. Her professional career spanned four decades, 23 of them at the GWUL. An engaging leader with a reputation for being steadfast in her efforts to help the voiceless, Cooper “has been the ultimate advocate of […]
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World-Wide Outrage Follows Dominican Court Ruling Stripping Haitian Descendants of Citizenship
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century(IBW) has joined the chorus of nations and organizations protesting the recent ruling by a Dominican Republic court that revoked the citizenship of hundreds of thousands Dominicans of Haitian descent. The controversial decision, which came in September, was the subject of a strongly-worded letter by IBW president Ronald […]
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Black Brazilian Soccer Player Beheaded
Joao Rodrigo Silva Santos, a former Brazilian professional soccer player, was discovered dead by his wife when she found his severed head in a backpack outside the door of their home on Oct. 29, according to news reports. Santos, 35, who had played for several teams both in and outside of Brazil, had been missing […]
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Prince George’s County, Md. Police Get New Wheels
The Prince George’s County, Md. Police Department is updating its fleet. The vehicles were the first new rides for the department since 1997 and made their debut Oct. 31. The new silver-and-blue Ford Police Interceptor cruisers were purchased to replace some of the traditional white-and-blue vehicles with more than 100,000 miles on them, police said. […]
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Washington Cabbies Unionize
The District’s 6,000 independent taxi drivers have unionized in an effort to give drivers more say in regulating their industry, authorities said. The D.C. Taxi Operators Association “will be affiliated with Teamsters Local 922 in Washington,” according to the Teamsters.org website. The reasons cited for the cabbies’ move include a desire to have a “united, […]
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NAACP Names Interim Prez/CEO
Lorraine C. Miller, an NAACP national board member and real estate executive who served as the first Black clerk and officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, has been named interim president and CEO of the NAACP. She will oversee the organization until a successor is found for retiring President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. […]