By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On April 16, 1862, eight months prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved Blacks were freed in the District of Columbia, and 157 years later, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of Cable, Television, Film, Music and Entertainment (OCTFME) is keeping that history and celebratory moment alive with weeklong festivities […]
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Capital City Mambo Sauce Partners with Papa Johns to Add D.C. Flare
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Despite Mayor Muriel Bowser’s controversial denunciation of mambo sauce as a D.C. staple last November, most Washingtonians laud the flavor as a true District flavor that adds pizzazz to dishes from the carry out to homemade delights. Now, having recently teamed up with local husband and wife entrepreneurs Charles […]
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Bowser Pushes to Give D.C. Residents a ‘Fair Shot’ During State Of the District Address
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Mayor Muriel Bowser gave her State of the District Address on March 18 promising to keep pushing her mission of offering everyone in D.C. a “Fair Shot.” The address was held at the University of the District of Columbia – Theater of the Arts (Auditorium) 4200 Connecticut Avenue and […]
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Ballou Senior Earns Scholarship To George Washington University
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com What started as a regular school day at Frank W. Ballou High School for senior Syamyia Beach, turned in to a life changing moment. Beach, who carries a 4.2 grade point average, while taking an advanced placement curriculum, had her dreams answered when she unexpectedly earned a full scholarship […]
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MPD Employees and Partners Honored at 19th Annual Awards Ceremony
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer It takes a lot of courage to serve your community. It takes even more courage to serve your community as a member of law enforcement. It can be a complicated relationship, one stretched thin by long hours, many moving parts, and engaging with both a city and the citizens […]
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National League of Cities Pushes for Federal Government to Invest in Infrastructure
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Mayor Muriel Bowser and over 2000 municipal leaders met this week during the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference held this week in Washington. Bowser, who is chair of the NLC’s Housing Taskforce, pushed for federal corporation in improving infrastructure and housing for all. “Washington D.C. is […]
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Students Bring Historic Performances from Southeast to the Kennedy Center
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Children from the Department of Recreation’s Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC) are entertaining and educating audiences from ‘East of the River’ to the Kennedy Center with their 13th annual “Blacks in Wax” performance, with this year’s theme, “Young, Gifted and WOKE.” On Friday, March 15 at THEARC in […]
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D.C. to Selma: A Pilgrimage for the People
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On March 7, 1965 one of the most violent days of the Civil Rights Movement occurred as peaceful marchers were brutally attacked and beaten by state troopers and men as they tried to cross along the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma, AL to the state capital of Montgomery. That […]
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District Celebrates Women of Excellence
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off the city’s celebration of Women’s History Month by honoring an elite group of distinguished ladies who’ve made a significant impact on the community. The Women of Excellence Awards celebrated the many significant contributions of women in the D.C. area and highlighted […]
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D.C. Activists Join to Protest Local and Federal Officials During Anti-President’s Day Rally
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer A collective of D.C. organizations and activists took to the streets during the President’s Day holiday to protest the Mayor’s $500 million in funding for police, as well as President’s Trump’s declaration of a National Emergency, pushing of billions of dollars for a wall and further milaterising of the […]
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One Fair Wage Battle Continues to Broaden Across Federal Lines
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Last week the fight for fair wages once again made it to the Hill as legislators and advocates pushed for two pieces of legislation during congressional briefings on the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Raise Wage Act. But organizers advocating for tipped workers in the District say people are […]
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READY Center Pools Resources for Returning Citizens in Order to Lower Recidivism Rates
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The READY Center, 1901 E Street S.E., the new facility created to help returning citizens receive access to a multitude of services, is a quiet nondescript building just behind the treatment facility. But what the outside lacks in architectural pizzaz is surface. What it holds inside is the important […]