Regina Turner (Courtesy Photo) The second annual D.C. “Ride to Conquer Cancer,” a two-day bicycle ride benefitting cancer research, carries a special meaning to one rider. Wendell Smith, 64, of Gwynn Oak, Maryland, lost the love of his life, Regina Turner, to pancreatic cancer on March 12, 2014. She would have turned 62 on March […]
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D.C. Residents Demand More Input Into Bowser’s Anti-Crime Package
Mayor Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier are creating policies and procedures to reduce crime in the city. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) unveiled her anti-crime package on Aug. 27 at the former Malcolm X Elementary School in Southeast. It has been met with mixed opinions. However, District residents are not sitting […]
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D.C. Black Methodists Unite to Fight Racial Inequality
AME Bishop Reginald T. Jackson and other Black Methodist clergy join in the fight against racism. (Courtesy Photo) The leaders of three Black-based Methodist denominations based in the District announced recently that they are joining forces to fight racism and encourage fairness for all Americans. On Sept. 2, Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, chair of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) […]
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D.C. Nonprofit Hosts Second Annual Empowerment Day
G.I.R.L. participants in an etiquette class. (Photo Courtesy of Jovon Gerald) Jovon Gerald decided to launch a nonprofit in 2011 after he realized there was a need to create a haven where girls between the ages of 10 and 16 could come together and discuss their concerns. G.I.R.L. (Got the Intelligence to Rule my Life) […]
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Disgruntled Students Protest School Failures
Howard University students sat in the Mordecai Johnson Administration Building Sept. 4 to protest what they said was poor customer service and repeated failures with the financial aid office, campus housing and other student services. (Howard University News Service) Dozens of disgruntled Howard University students piled into the Mordecai Johnson Administration Building on Sept. 4. […]
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Presidential Candidates Duel on Iran; House GOP in Turmoil
Bob Kunst, of Miami Beach, Fla., wears a Hillary Rodham Clinton mask while attending a Tea Party rally against the Iran deal on the West Lawn, of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2015. The rally is expected to be attended by Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn […]
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Allegra Bennett, Baltimore Area Reporter and Self-Help Author, Dies at 68
Allegra Bennett (Photo credit: LinkedIn) Allegra Bennett, a Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D.C. mainstay, died at the age of 68 on Sept. 8. The cause of death was unavailable at press time. Bennett was a longtime reporter for The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Times, first covering crime and later becoming a columnist. She then […]
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Barry Williams, Judge in Freddie Gray Case, Known for Evenhandedness
Judge Barry Williams (Courtesy Photo) The Freddie Gray saga moved from the streets to the courtroom last week, turning a world-sized spotlight on Associate Judge Barry Williams, the Baltimore City Circuit Court jurist who is overseeing the criminal cases of the police officers charged in Gray’s death. But the 53-year-old is unlikely to wilt under […]
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Maryland Program Looks to Increase Baltimore Homeownership
Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and DHCD Secretary Kenneth C. Holt announce the “Maryland Grand Slam in Baltimore City” initiative at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sept. 2. (Photo DHCD) On Sept. 2 Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford along with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) […]
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Urban Kids Fishing Derby
By AFRO Staff Urban American Outdoors TV (UAOTV) and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife, the National Parks Service, Healthy Parks and Healthy People and the U.S. Forest Service will host the Urban Kids Fishing Derby. The fishing experience and celebration will be held on Sept. 19 at the Constitution Gardens located at 1850 Constitution Ave. NW. […]
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CHAW Stage Play
CHAW Stage Play The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) will present Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s stage play Inheritance Canyon on Wednesdays and Saturdays from Sept. 18 – Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the black box theatre at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. Matinees will be held on Oct. 3 & […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Wednesday, September 9.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll discuss the substance and the ramifications of Baltimore’s $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray with veteran defense attorney A. Dwight Petit and the AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro. Plus, our regular contributors Alejandro and Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of The Real News Network talk politics and […]
