Crews work to remove one of the country’s largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, Sept. 8, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool) By J.K. Schmid Special to the AFRO A Richmond memorial to Robert E. Lee is in the midst of demolition. […]
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Comcast RISE commits $11 million in grants to small business owners of color as part of ongoing effort to advance equitable economic mobility in cities nationwide
Second round of Comcast RISE Investment Fund will award $10,000 grants to 600 additional small businesses in Houston, Miami, Oakland, Seattle, the Twin Cities, and Washington, D.C bringing the total of grants to $11 million. 1,100 more businesses will also receive Comcast RISE marketing and technology support, bringing total awardees to nearly 4,700 since program […]
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DCPS COVID-19 update
More than 1,000 DCPS students and staff are quarantining due to COVID-19 cases. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO More than 1,000 District of Columbia Public School (DCPS) students and staff have been ordered to quarantine after positive COVID-19 cases showed up in 37 DCPS schools since the Aug. 30 start of […]
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AFRO Exclusive: #VotingRightsMarch news conference of Rev. Sharpton and MLK III #SecuringTheBag
By PK Semler, Special to the AFRO National Action Network Founder Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Andrea Waters King news conference filmed by The Afro-American Newspaper using CI Glass on their Capitol Hill visit to urge congressional leaders to pass federal voting rights legislation and deliver an open letter to Senate Minority Leader […]
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Howard University students react to Ransomware attack crippling university
By Howard University News Service RANSOM — Howard University, one of the nation’s leading historically black universities and the alma mater of Vice President Kamala Harris, is still trying to work its way out of a crippling ransomware attack. University officials have not released information about the ransom demands, but the attack has shut down […]
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JPMorgan Chase becomes primary bank for Howard University
The group photo is from left to right: Kyle Williams, JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking Managing Director; Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO; Dameel Edwards, Howard graduate; Yaadira Brown, Howard graduate; Peter Scher, JPMorgan Chase Vice Chairman; Wayne Frederick, Howard University president. (Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member […]
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Remembering the Young Victims of 9/11
By NewsVision reporters Teniyah Keve, Desiree Williams and Ariana Cobb for HU News Service Twenty years after one of America’s worst tragedies, local schools in Washington, DC continue to honor those lost in the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. .Twenty years after one of America’s worst tragedies, local schools in Washington, D.C., continue to […]
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Remembering 9/11: The Day the World Changed: How Terrorism Changed Everyday Life for Americans
By NewsVision reporters Abriana Luke-Scales, Hadiya Presswood, and Micah Washington The September 11th Terror Attacks permanently changed the ways Americans travel. Shortly after the attacks new security measures were taken have now become a part of everyday life for airline passengers. NewsVision’s Abriana Luke-Scales, Hadiya Presswood, and Micah Washington report on the heightened security measures.
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D.C. Public Schools open amid Delta variant crisis
Mayor Muriel and Chancellor Lewis Ferebee District of Columbia Public Schools. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Just days before the District of Columbia’s 90,000 students returned to in-person instruction, the D.C. State Board of Education has called on Mayor Muriel Bowser to create more virtual options for families who are concerned […]
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‘Departure Story’ explores coming of age as a Black immigrant in the U.S.
Departure Story honors and highlights the Caribbean-American and Black immigrant experiences through the eyes of Celestine, who arrives in the United States and begins testing the boundaries of her power in several facets of life. (Courtesy Photo) By Dareise A. Jones Special to the AFRO Rowana Abbensetts Dobson, writer, mental health advocate and entrepreneur published […]
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Residents frustrated by D.C. street cameras’ failure to capture violence
MPD provided a blurred image of a white Toyota Camry sedan with a shattered rear window associated with the shooting of a pregnant woman on Eastern Avenue, N.E. (Courtesy Photo) By Sharece Crawford Special to the AFRO District of Columbia residents are fed up with violence and calling on city officials to take action and […]
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Frederick Douglass Bridge opens with Labor Day celebration
The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge opened with a 5K and community celebration on Sept. 6 and official ribbon cutting on Sept. 7. (Photo by Micha Green) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com As many people celebrated Labor Day nationwide, Washingtonians took to Southwest, D.C. to commemorate an important part of the District’s […]
