By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia With a lively and capacity crowd inside the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 12, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and NNPA Chair Karen Carter Richards presented the annual National Leadership Awards. The 2019 honorees are […]
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Maryland Communities and D.C. Receive Youth Homelessness Grants
By GABRIELLE WANNEH, Capital News Service Baltimore, Prince George’s County and the District of Columbia are among 23 communities receiving a total of $75 million in federal funds to combat youth homelessness. The $75 million was awarded as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, which started in 2016. The […]
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The REACH Kicks Off at Kennedy Center
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com “This is the first time, I’ve seen an event like this ,” said Pamela Pynell and several other passerbyers as they marveled at the architecture, performances, workshops and events at the Opening Festival of the REACH, a $250 million expansion at the Kennedy Center in Northwest, Washington, D.C. on […]
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Combining Culture with Currency
By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO The award-winning creative agency, The Digital Footprint, hosted an interactive financial event called “CapTalk” on Aug. 24. The event, held in Washington D.C. is a way to combine culture with currency in partnership with Capital One. Hosted at the Capital One Café to a sold-out crowd, the event provided […]
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D.C. Speaks: Three Murders, One Week
By Camille Davis, Special to the AFRO “D.C. SPEAKS” is a series of local storytelling in communities around the District. The AFRO has taken to the streets once again and reached back into neighborhoods to offer residents an opportunity to share their experiences, stories, passions and opinions. Through interviews and submissions the AFRO is amplifying voices from all over […]
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Attorney General Sues Parents
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Sixteen families in the D.M.V. are being sued by the District of Columbia, who seeks more than $2.9 million from parents it says falsified residency records to enroll their children in public schools for free. A few of those parents are also accused of residency fraud to receive public […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Congressman John Lewis Kicks off CBC Week
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Just a day before the bustling streets of downtown D.C. becomes a hub and homecoming for Black politicians, businessmen and go-getters, The Delegate rooftop restaurant was filled with African American professionals excited to party with a purpose, prior to the official kickoff of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) […]
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Black Restaurant Week Returns For a Tasty, Third Bite
By Marshall A. Latimore As he emerges from his Jeep Cherokee just outside the valet stand at Boogalou Restaurant & Lounge in Midtown, adorned in a tailored suit and patterned dress shirt, Warren Luckett is also wearing a confident smile. After all, he’s been here before. It’s a feeling he looks forward to every year […]
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Bowser, Council Break Ground
By AFRO Staff Earlier this week, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray, and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) broke ground on two 100 percent affordable housing communities. Providence Place and the Strand Residences will deliver 179 affordable units in the Deanwood neighborhood of Ward 7, including […]
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Café Mocha Salutes Her for the 9th Year
By AFRO Staff Café Mocha Radio, The Real host Loni Love, and female rap legend, YoYo, kicked off Café Mocha Radio’s Ninth Annual Salute Her Awards, at the Mead Center for American Theater in D.C. Guided by this year’s theme “Step Into Your Power,” the first stop of the five-city Salute Her Awards Tour hit the […]
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Don’t Smoke the Brothers, Sisters
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The bands and boxers were used as tools of peace at Upshur Recreation Center playground in Northwest, D.C., while approximately 5,000 people joined in the Don’t Smoke the Brothers and Sisters’ (DSTBS) 12th Anniversary Cookout to end gun violence Labor Day weekend. This grassroots organization is realistic in […]
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Howard’s Short Pay Day Is Long Afternoon
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The only good that came from Howard University’s visit to the University of Maryland on Aug. 31 was the size of the guaranteed pay day. Minus travel expenses, it was an all profit beatdown as the Terps rolled the Bison 79-0 in College Park. Maryland’s win was to be […]
