By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) introduced a bill last month that will make it easier for returning citizens to obtain an occupational license in their trade of interest. The Ward 6 Council member introduced legislation called Removing Barriers to Occupational Licensing for Returning Citizens Amendment Act of 2019, […]
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Newton Announces Plans To Transfer From Howard
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Howard University could be losing another all-American student- athlete with eligibility remaining. Sources close to the program tell the AFRO that junior quarterback Caylin Newton, the reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, may have played his final game with the Bison. Newton, who reportedly is on track to […]
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Sports Journalists Stress STEAM Education
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com CBS broadcaster and host of NFL Today James Brown and NBC-4 news anchor Aaron Gilchrist joined a panel discussion that gave a group of students from D.C. Public Schools a look into their future. The panel was part of the Minority Access Incorporated College and Career Showcase in conjunction […]
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Virginia Girl: Classmates Grabbed Her, Cut Her Dreadlocks
By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Police are investigating a 12-year-old girl’s allegation that her classmates grabbed her and cut her dreadlocks on the playground of a northern Virginia private school. News outlets report the girl says three of her sixth-grade classmates at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield called her hair “ugly” while […]
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Black Press Exclusive: Dr. Lonnie Bunch’s African American Museum Dream Fulfilled
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Dr. Lonnie Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, sat down for an exclusive interview with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The two discussed Bunch’s timely new […]
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Abrams Fights to End Voter Suppression
By Tyra Wilkes, Special to the AFRO Many African Americans and Democrats rallied around Stacey Abrams as she took on Brian Kemp in the 2018 run for governorship in the state of Georgia. After a 10-day standoff, Abrams lost to Kemp, and chose to use her voice and reach to support causes that have greatly affected […]
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The Million Moe March
Marchers at “The Million Moe March,” in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 19, who came to rally around the sustainability of District of Columbia culture, particularly celebrating GoGo music. Marchers at “The Million Moe March,” in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 19, who came to rally around the sustainability of District of Columbia culture, particularly celebrating GoGo […]
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Thousands March for Climate Change
By Nora Eckert, Dan Novak, Heather Kim, Horus Alas, Ayana Archie Capital News Service Thousands took to the streets of the nation’s capital on Friday as part of a global youth strike for climate change, wielding signs like “No Planet B,” donning polar bear suits in the sweltering heat and chanting “Green New Deal!” The […]
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Grosso Introduces Abortion Protection Policy
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The District of Columbia City Council is working to protect the civil rights of its residents by defying President Donald J. Trump’s attack on reproductive rights. Council member David Grosso (I- At Large) has introduced legislation that would guarantee all D.C. residents the right to access all reproductive healthcare […]
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Celebrating Women in GoGo
By Nyame-kye Kondo, Special to the AFRO The live performance review and GoGo honorarium, “The First Ladies of GoGo,” took place Sept. 19 on the rooftop of Eaton Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. Featuring female pioneers in the GoGo music genre, the event was one of many GoGo themed events put up this year by music […]
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Woolly Mammoth Tackles Race, Perception
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor It’s not very often that by the end of a play, there are empty theatre seats, audience members out of place and no clear curtain call for actors to take their bows. Yet that’s exactly what happened when the house lights came on at Woolly Mammoth’s version of Jackie […]
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Loose Ends Delivers, Helping DC Metro HBCU Alliance
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The HBCUs elite were in the spotlight in the nation’s capital for the DC Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance’s third annual Alumni Black Tie Gala at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Not only was this an evening to honor the Historically Black College Alumni who have made […]
