Madame Tussands Hosts Third Annual Easter Egg Hunt In celebration of Easter and a White House tradition started by the 19th President of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, The President’s Gallery at Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. is hosting its third annual Easter Egg Hunt by offering a fun and educational “eggs-ploration” through American history on […]
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Middle School Students Partake of ‘Pearls of Wisdom’
The young ladies at Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle School recently kicked off an initiative entitled “Pearls of Wisdom.” The April 11 event, hosted by volunteer coordinator Vonda Leighton, exposed members of P.O.W.! to accomplished women in the area who shared experiences and expertise and enabled them to see the benefits of academic and professional excellence. In […]
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Md. Gives Customers a Break on Utility Cutoffs
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Public Service Commission says utility customers are getting a break after an unusually cold winter. The commission’s order recognized the commitment of certain utilities to extend until May 31 a period in which they are restricted from terminating service to customers who have fallen behind on their regular bill payments, […]
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Cherry Blossom Parade Draws Thousands in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade and a Japanese street festival are bringing Washington’s springtime festival to a close as the cherry blossom trees are in full bloom. This year’s parade included celebrity performers, including Jay Sean, Candice Glover from “American Idol,” singer Sheena Easton and hip-hop performer Aaron Carter. Former Washington […]
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FBI Agents Shoot, Kill Man in Owings Mills, Md.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County police say a man is dead after FBI agents opened fire on the person in a busy shopping area in Owings Mills. The agents confronted the man in an SUV late Friday afternoon on an access road near a Wal-Mart store and Sam’s Club near Reisterstown Road. Officials […]
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Obamas and Friends Take in Dinner and A Raisin in the Sun in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Capping two days devoted to praising the advances of the civil rights movement, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended the Broadway revival of “A Raisin in the Sun,” a play about an African-American family in 1950s Chicago. The play, which stars Denzel Washington, capped a rare evening out […]
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UNCF Masked Ball Celebrates 70 Yrs of Service to Blacks in Higher Education
D.C.’s civic, business and education notables gathered March 27 as the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) held its annual Masked Ball, this year celebrating the UNCF’s seven decades of service in the name of Blacks in higher education. For Debbi Jarvis, PEPCO Holdings’ vice president of corporate citizenship and responsibility, and her husband Ernie Jarvis […]
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Ralph Matthews, Jr. Former AFRO Managing Editor, 86
Ralph Dawson Matthews Jr., a top-flight journalist who followed in the footsteps of his father as a managing editor of the AFRO American Newspapers, was a friend to Malcolm X and Miles Davis, among others. He died on April 3 at the Adelphi House, an assisted-living facility in Adelphi, Md. He was 86 years old. […]
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Baltimore’s Douglass High Principal Faces Federal Prison for Stealing Food Funds
Antonio T. Hurt, Frederick Douglass High School principal who made national headlines for a dramatic turnaround of the drop-out and suspension-plagued West Baltimore school, pleaded guilty April 10 to stealing nearly $2 million in federal money intended for breakfast and lunch for poor children. Hurt, 38, resigned from Douglass after admitting in U.S. District Court […]
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month Observed by Prince George’s Hospital
A rally and candlelight vigil recognizing survivors of sexual assault and abuse was held April 10 as part of Dimensions Healthcare System’s annual drive at Prince George’s Hospital to “Take Back the Night” from sexual predators. The event is held in observance of President Obama’s designation in 2010 of April as National Sexual Assault Awareness […]
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Obama Marks 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Reflecting on the unique power of the office he holds, President Barack Obama on Thursday honored Lyndon B. Johnson as leader who seized the presidency’s opportunity to shape the “currents of history” and fulfill America’s founding promises of equality. “I have lived out the promise of LBJ’s efforts,” Obama said, marking […]
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World Community Marks Rwanda Genocide 20 Years Later
Hutu vs. Tutsi. Neighbor vs. neighbor. Politician vs. politician. Military vs. rebels. Almost 1 million people slain in 100 days; bodies lining the streets. Hundreds of thousands of women brutally raped or sexually mutilated, innocents maimed, property destroyed…and the world stood by. Such was the reality of the Rwandan Genocide 20 years ago, when members of […]
