The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) celebrated its 88th annual Black History Luncheon Feb. 22 at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. The theme of this year’s celebration was “Civil Rights in America,” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This year’s luncheon […]
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D.C.’s Jack and Jill Chapter Holds Jumoke Celebration
The D.C. Chapter of Jack and Jill of America held their 25th Anniversary of Jumoke celebration at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus, nown as THEARC, in Southeast D.C. Feb. 22. The event focused on community strength and artistic and cultural awareness. It offered children the opportunity to have a good time with other […]
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Howard Students Take $10K Prize in Ford Community Challenge
A group of Howard University students received a $10,000 award on March 4 as part of the Ford Historically Black College and University Community Challenge Competition, which was designed to encourage students from HBCUs to conceive strategies that address sustainability challenges in African-American and Hispanic communities. “The Howard University students have demonstrated real commitment to […]
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Gwynn Park High School Alum Graduates from Basic Military Training
Air Force Airman 1st Class Ian T. Segears graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four […]
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World Bank Continues Systemic Discrimination
Yona Biru came to the United States after the military government takeover in Ethiopia resulted in a communist government. “I came to the U.S. with $12 in my pocket, including a $2 bill because I was told that was good luck,” Biru said. He worked hard, financing his education by working as a waiter. With […]
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9-year-old Survivor Teaches Value of Mission with ‘Cancerve’
When the Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore honors people for their extraordinary ministry with their Making a Difference Award, the award is a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine. When Grace Ellen Gibson Callwood received the award Jan. 4, she got juice and cookies. Callwood is in the third grade. A member of Ames […]
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DC Council decriminalizes pot possession
WASHINGTON (AP) — Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana would no longer be a criminal offense in the nation’s capital under a bill approved Tuesday by the D.C. Council. If the bill becomes law as expected, the District of Columbia would join the 17 states that have decriminalized pot possession in some way. […]
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Daisy B. Williams is Turning 101
Daisy B. Williams was born in Phoebus, Va. on March 9, 1913, and grew up with two brothers and one sister. She has such a nurturing and persevering demeanor that she pursued a nursing career and then later became a daycare provider for many years. She attributes her longevity to God’s mercy, love, blessings and […]
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Lea Gilmore in Concert
Lea Gilmore, Baltimore’s own Empress of Jazz, gospel and blues will be in concert, 8 p.m., March 7 at Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, 6200 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. Gilmore has been named by Essence as one of “25 Women Shaping the World,” and regularly performs to sold-out audiences around the world. Her new […]
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Maryland Live! Casino Honors NAACP’s Tessa Hill-Aston
Baltimore City NAACP President Tessa Hill-Aston was among those honored, Feb. 25, by the Maryland Live! Casino and the MD-Washington Minority Companies Association for Black History Month. She was joined by Adrian Muldrow, third vice president of the Baltimore City NAACP, and Joseph Aston, executive committee member of the Baltimore City NAACP.
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Keep Me Tight
The creator and CEO of KeepMeTight (KMT), Shameeka Hunt, is hosting the KMT Posh Club, March 15. KeepMeTight created an all natural compression undergarment that launched nationally September 2013. The KMT Posh Club was created as a way for Shameeka Hunt to give back to her clients and the community. The KMT Posh Club brings […]
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Ben Jealous Announces Next Move– From NNPA to NAACP to Silicon Valley –
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Benjamin Todd Jealous, the former NAACP president, who has weaved a career through politics, the Black press and civil rights, has now announced his next course of action in pursuit of racial equality and economic justice in America. Jealous and the Oakland, Calif.-based Kapor Center for Social Impact, located in the billionaire- Silicon […]