By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer At least 100 people chanted “Fund our schools,” sang songs, and protested the proposed budget for District of Columbia Public Schools this week. The “Fund Our Schools Rally,” held on April 24, was organized by the Washington Teachers’ Union, and claimed that the budget would slash millions of dollars […]
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Posted inCommentary, HBCU, NEWS, OPINION, Washington D.C. News
OPINION: The Interlopers Better Recognize that Howard University isn’t going Anywhere
By Kyra E. Azore, Originally published by The Grio (www.thegrio.com) For more than 150 years, Howard University has been located on sacred land. This great institution has been the training ground for so many global change agents such as activist Kwame Ture, writer Zora Neale Hurston, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Congressman Elijah Cummings, and Tony […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, Music, NEWS, TV and Film, Washington D.C. News
New Musical Shares Motown History Through Lens of a Love Story
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com When Marvin Gaye sang “Pride & Joy” in the early 1960s it was thought to be a tribute to his beloved girlfriend turned wife, Anna Gordy Gaye. Over 55 years since its 1963 release, the relationship in which Gaye sang about all those years ago will get its turn […]
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“Rafiki” Brings Black Queer Kenyan Love Story into Focus
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Part of the human journey is to search for something real. Oprah often calls it “being your authentic self.” If you are lucky you have the strength, time and privilege to seek it out. And lucky for us some filmmakers can capture that desire on screen. “Rafiki” a film […]
Posted inDistrict of Columbia Government, Mayor Muriel Bowser, NEWS, Uncategorized, Washington D.C. News
Public Hearings Held to Close Racial Disparities in the District
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Public hearings were held last week at the Wilson Building for the Racial Equity Achieves Results (REAR) Amendment Act of 2019, a bill which would try to close the racial disparity gap in the District. The bill, also known as B23-0038, introduced by Council member Kenyan McDuffie, (D-Ward 5) […]
Posted inHBCU, High School, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
37 D.M.V. High School Students Receive $2,500 UNCF Scholarship
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) continued to celebrate its 75th anniversary this week by giving away 37 scholarships, worth $2,500 each, to D.M.V. students who will be attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the fall. The scholarship news was a surprise to students, who convened at the […]
Posted inNEWS, Washington D.C. News
D.C. Residents Remember Those Who Died in Traffic Accidents
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer There were two moments, wrapped in pain, confusion and anger, leading to one call to action as DC residents mourned the death of people killed in fatal traffic accidents. Abdul Seck, 31, of Bronx, New York, Dave Salovesh, 54, of D.C. and a third unidentified person all died over […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, NEWS, Prince George's County News, Washington D.C. News
Students Post Blackface Pictures
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com With brazen disregard for their African American peers, two White students at a Montgomery County high school posted images of themselves in blackface to social media under a disparaging caption. The caption starts with, “We’re Ni—-ers” and concludes with “Y’all got problems.” The two students posted the picture last […]
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Woman Seeks $1.5M in Damages from Neo-Nazi Website Founder
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The first black woman to serve as American University’s student government president is seeking more than $1.5 million in court-ordered damages against a neo-Nazi website operator who orchestrated an online harassment campaign against her. In a court filing Monday, Taylor Dumpson’s attorneys asked a federal […]
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Braveboy Announces Indictment in Fatal February Accident
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Less than a week after making a commitment to prosecuting traffic offenders to the fullest extent of the law Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced an indictment in the case that took the lives of six passengers including five children last February. Dominique Taylor, 32, was charged with […]
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District Installs 100th Solar Panel
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer It was a sweltering 83 degrees in the District Tuesday and the sun had no blanket of clouds to block its rays upon the city. It was a hard day for a forehead, but the perfect day to set up a rooftop solar installation as Mayor Muriel Bowser and […]
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Howard President Claps Back
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Over the weekend Howard University’s President weighed in on the controversy regarding neighborhood residents using the school’s “yard” as a porta-potty for pups. It all started when news outlets began reporting on the fury Howard students were experiencing when predominantly White gentrifiers were using Howard’s “yard” area as a […]