The Harlem Remembrance Foundation of Prince George’s County will host its annual Harlem Renaissance Festival on May 3. The event, which will take place at the Columbia Park/Kentland Community Center in Landover, will include musical performances, health screenings, craft and food vendors, children’s activities and more. This year, a march for increased literature in African […]
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DNA Helps Local Ladies Find Their Beginnings
As far as Kindle Cox was concerned, she was a Marylander through and through. Born and raised in Baltimore, Charm City was all she had ever known. With chocolate skin, brown eyes and hair that gave no inkling of a heritage labeled much more “Black,” Cox never thought of herself as anything other than African […]
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Rev. ‘Jazz’ Preaches First Resurrection Sunday at Jericho City of Praise
The 10,000-seat sanctuary on Resurrection Sunday wasn’t filled anywhere close to capacity. The main floor was full, and there was a smattering of congregants seated in the lower balcony. But the upper tiers were empty and cordoned off behind heavy blue drapes. Both inside and outside the church, uniformed security was conspicuously present among the […]
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Local Artist Paula Whaley Found Voice, Healing In Clay
Twelve years ago, at age 58, sculptor and traditional doll maker Paula Whaley purchased a property near the intersection of North Charles and 21st streets. Her neighbors at the time consisted of a methadone clinic and boarded up houses. “Because I was from Harlem and I had gone through the ’50s with the whole heroin […]
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Foreclosures on the Rise Again
Even as the recovering housing market nationally appears to be brightening, foreclosure filings in Maryland are once again increasing, according to the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BINA). After a period of high foreclosure rates in 2009, the number of property foreclosures in Maryland decreased significantly from 42,446 in 2010 to 14,321 in 2011. According to […]
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Appreciation for Women
WOLB Radio One Talk Show Host and former senator, Larry Young, presented awards to local women that stated, “In appreciation for the achievements and positive contributions you have made to your family, community and society at large. As an African American male Carrying the Torch of Success, you make us proud.” Along with local attorney […]
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High Court Upholds Mich Affirmative Action Ban
(Updated 4/22/2014) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions. The justices said in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution in 2006 to prohibit public colleges and universities from taking account of race in admissions […]
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SUPREME COURT DECISION — Quote from Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law — Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is a step backward for racial inclusion by allowing voters to overrule the decision of Michigan university officials to consider race in admissions to achieve diversity,” stated Jon Greenbaum, chief counsel for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “The Court has disregarded long-standing precedent which prevents the majority from […]
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Affordable Care Act only Chips Away at a Core Goal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Swan Lockett had high hopes that President Barack Obama’s health overhaul would lead her family to an affordable insurance plan, but that hasn’t happened. Instead, because lawmakers in her state refused to expand Medicaid, the 46-year-old mother of four from Texas uses home remedies or pays $75 to see a doctor […]
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Michael Mayfield: A Leader and A Peace Maker
Michael Mayfield had only played the baritone horn for about a year as a member of the Edmondson-Westside High School marching band. But he took to the instrument so quickly that of the two scholarships he had been offered by different colleges, one was for band. Mayfield was murdered on April 16, gunned down as […]
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D.C. Mayor Gray Launches Campaign to Move Homeless Families into Permanent Housing
Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray on April 17 kicked off a new campaign aimed at moving homeless families from the city’s shelter into permanent residences of their own. The “500 Families. 100 Days. Quality DC Housing Now” campaign is a partnership between Gray’s administration, the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, the Transitional Housing […]
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Baltimore Teen Killed in Shooting Remembered as Outstanding Youth
Baltimore police are investigating the April 16 shooting death of a teenager remembered as an outstanding student, youth leader and up-and-coming baseball star. Police said 17-year-old Michael Mayfield was found shot in the head inside a vehicle in the 2300 block of Lyndhurst Avenue in northwest Baltimore’s Windsor Hills neighborhood, according to WBAL Radio. Police […]
