By Bernetta Townsend “D.C. SPEAKS” is a series branching from the AFRO’s goal of engaging residents in the storytelling of their own communities. To continue providing hyper local accounts to readers, the AFRO has taken to the streets and reached back into neighborhoods to offer residents an opportunity to share their experiences, stories, passions and opinions. […]
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Rhim Named ‘Nonprofit Leader of the Year’
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com For more than a quarter century, Prince George’s County and D.C. residents looking to prepare or enhance their professional skills have been transformed by the Seat Pleasant-based the Training Source. The organization is one of the oldest Black-owned non profits in the County and serves its role in workforce […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Dave Chappelle at Duke Ellington
By Neruda Williams, Special to the AFRO DMV native, celebrated comedian, and now the newly minted Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor awardee gave back in a big way on Monday, Oct. 28, when he surprised his alma mater, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, for a day of workshops with some of his special […]
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Mother Fights for Police Body-Cam Footage of Son’s Death
By Sam P. K. Collins More than a year after her son died in a police-involved shooting, Kenithia Alston said she still has questions about that fateful evening that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has not been willing to answer. In August, after what would’ve been Marqueese Alston’s 24th birthday, the Alston matriarch’s focus has […]
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Ballpark Boos A Rarity For Shielded President
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The boos were loud. And for President Donald Trump, they may have felt unfamiliar. Trump was showered with jeers, boos and chants (as well as some cheers) when he attended a World Series game at Nationals Park in Washington on Sunday. It was a rare moment of in-your-face […]
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DC Named in “Horrifying” St. Elizabeth’s Complaint
By AFRO Staff St. Elizabeth’s Hospital reported its water clean and clear of bacteria in the late evening of October 23. The psychiatric hospital expected water service to resume the same night. However, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, the ACLU of the District of Columbia, and the law firm of […]
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THE HONORABLE ELIJAH CUMMINGS WILL BE MISSED – THE RUN DOWN
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Micha Green talks The Honorable Elijah Cummings, and gives THE RUN DOWN on trending topics in the AFRO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER.
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From Athlete to Sales Rep.
By Nyame-kye Kondo Special to the AFRO A native Washingtonian and sales representative for the Washington Nationals Baseball team, Aaron Inman, is no stranger to the revitalization of the game in the nation’s capital. Born and raised in the Ledroit Park Area, Inman, has played baseball most of his life, and only just recently transitioned […]
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Celebrating 25 Years of Providing Opportunities for D.C. Youth
By Micha Green AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In 1994, First Lady Cora Masters Barry thought it would be a good idea to provide opportunities for students in D.C. to have further recreational and educational facilities- that epiphany turned into the Recreation Wish List Committee (RWLC), which spawned into the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center […]
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Howard Law School Cites Book Censorship in U.S. Prisons
By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO In recognition of Banned Books Week, a group of Howard University scholars pre-released a research report on Sep. 26 that exposes the nationwide policies of book censorship in American prisons. The study was completed by a cohort of student researchers in the Human and Civil Rights Clinic (HCR) […]
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Youth Bakes a Bright Future
By Troy Donté Prestwood Special to the AFRO The temperatures outside may be cooling off, but it’s quite the opposite inside the kitchen of 13-year old Madelynn Martin. With the home oven set to 350 degrees, you can even say it’s sweltering. That’s part of what her popular “Very Strawberry” recipe calls for: two large […]
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Congress Pays Tribute to Elijah Cummings at U.S. Capitol
By HORUS ALAS, NORA ECKERT, SAMANTHA HAWKINS, GABRIELLE WANNEH and DAN NOVAK Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Carried by Armed Forces body bearers, the late Rep. Elijah Cummings’s flag-draped casket ascended the steps of the United States Capitol Thursday morning and was placed on a catafalque in National Statuary Hall, where he became the first […]