Street Organized Noize will be hosting a community drumming session on Sept. 16 at the Archives Metro Station, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, from 4:30 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. The event is free of charge and is open to all ages. Musicians should bring their drums, instruments and voices. For more information about the event, visit streetorganizednoize.com.
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Chinese Disco Hosts Free Comedy Show
Chinese Disco will be hosting a free comedy show Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. at 3251 Prospect Street NW. Drink specials will include $5 Budlights and $5 wines. The event is open to ages 18 and up, but performers must be at least 21 years old. The winner will receive a free drink and $25. […]
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Dardanella Hosts The Great Gatsby Party on the Lawn
1930s musical group Dardanella is scheduled to host The Great Gatsby Party on the Lawn on Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW. General admission tickets are $55, and Gatsby fans under 14 years old may attend free of charge. Take a flash to the […]
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Spreading Smiles Across Northern Virginia
The fourth annual Spreading Smiles event, comprised of offices in Vienna, Fairfax, Arlington, and The Plains, Va. will include local dentists providing services to local residents in need of free dental care on Sept. 17 at 2553 Chain Bridge Road. Doors are scheduled to open at 7:30 a.m. and the event will go all day, […]
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4th Cherry Hill Gang Caught in Law Enforcement Dragnet
Law enforcement authorities have thrown a wide net in Baltimore’s Cherry Hill neighborhood. And, this week, they netted another gang, bringing to four the number of criminal enterprises prosecuted in that area. Since 2013, federal prosecutors have convicted at least 35 members of three other drug-dealing organizations that operated in Cherry Hill: “Up da Hill,” […]
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Black History Research Pays Off for Descendants of Slaves
“Why are you digging up that old stuff?” friends asked as I searched old records and plodded through cemeteries seeking to find my roots. While I did not uncover an unbearable truth, a friend did. While tracing his family tree, he learned that American Catholic priests of the Jesuit order owned several large plantations in […]
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Trump Support Comes Up Short in Baltimore
Organizers of a “Maryland for Trump” rally in support of his appearance at the National Guard convention at the Baltimore Convention Center Monday afternoon who called for “over 2,000 people to greet Donald Trump…(and) pack the streets with overwhelming support for the next President of the United States” seemed to fall significantly short of their […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Monday, September 12.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. National politics with political strategist Catalina Byrd and commentator Sean Breeze, including a special report on Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Guard’s convention at the Convention Center at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. We’ll have observations directly from the front lines of the confrontation between Trump supporters […]
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REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THE 9/11 MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE CEREMONY
(September 11, 2016) White House Press 9:43 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Scripture tells us, “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you…write them on the tablet of your heart.” President Barack Obama speaks at the Sept. 11 memorial observance ceremony at the Pentagon, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Secretary Carter, Chairman […]
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ATTACKED! Reaping the Whirlwind?
Sept. 15, 2001 WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A prominent African American lawyer who has recently represented an Islamic former terrorist says United States arrogance has caused the nation to be hated by many people around the world, hatred that could lead to more violent the nation this week. “We, as Americans, know that these people, these […]
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Good News in HBCU Enrollments
The last few years have been an upward climb for the nation’s HBCUs as falling enrollments took many to the brink of a financial chasm. This fall, however, brings good news, as several Black institutions have reported upticks in enrollment, signaling a possible reversal in fortunes, as demonstrated by a compilation of data by the […]
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Report: Black Students Badly Lag in College Preparedness
An alarming rate of African-American students in the high school graduating rate of 2016 are not “college-ready” in the areas of math, English, reading and science, according to a new report by the American College Testing Program. Among the 272,363 Black students in the 2016 high school graduating class who took the ACT test, only 6 percent […]