The AFRO’s Celebration Gala will bring together and recognize the Founders, Leaders, and Supporters of The AFRO News, who share a demonstrated commitment to the achievements made by The AFRO […]
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DC Afro-Latino Festival – Intro To Summer
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor The DC Afro-Latino festival at Malcolm X Park June 5, offered just the right intro to summertime in the District of Columbia. The new […]
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AFRO Exclusive Part II: Rev. Al Sharpton Talks 2020 March on Washington
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com August 28 is the 57th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, and while honoring the impact and legacy of the historic date, the […]
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Congressional Leaders To Vote for D.C. Statehood
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com June 26 will be a historic day in Congressional and District of Columbia record, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- California) and House Majority […]
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Thousands Celebrate D.C. Emancipation Day
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer It may have been overcast during most of Saturday, but that didn’t seem to damper the spirits of the thousands of people who gathered […]
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Washington Auto Show Rolls Into Town with Thrills for Adults… Oh and Kids Too
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer In Season Two of Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Miriam “Midge” Maisel, played by Rachel Brosnahan, and her family the Weissmans, take a two […]
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Free Rides Offered on DC Circulator In Honor of #FairshotFebruary
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer District of Columbia residents have more than Black History Month to celebrate in February as Mayor Muriel Bowser announced free rides on the D.C. […]
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What to Expect for ‘Unite the Right 2’ Rally and Counter Demonstrations
By Brelaun Douglas, Special to the AFRO Aug. 12 will mark the one-year anniversary of “Unite the Right,” a White supremacist and White nationalist rally that occurred in Charlottesville, Va., and […]