By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On April 16, 1862, eight months prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved Blacks were freed in the District of Columbia, and 157 years later, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of Cable, Television, Film, Music and Entertainment (OCTFME) is keeping that history and celebratory moment alive with weeklong festivities […]
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Posted inBUSINESS, LIFE & STYLE, Living, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
Efua’s Baby, a Mommy Run Business with a Conscious
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Nandi Tonge-Gabremedhin, owner of Efua’s Baby, is proof that a venture can be socially conscious, have a purpose and be a profitable business. Efua’s Baby offers handmade candles, body butters and soaps made with 100 percent natural ingredients like soy and coconut oil. But it’s the 41-year-old entrepreneur’s story […]
Posted inHBCU, National News, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
Howard University Partners with ‘Me Too.’
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer It got deep. It got personal. And hopefully, it was transformational. During the first week of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Tarana Burke, “me too” Founder was on hand at Howard University this week to discuss, sexaul assault, sexual violence and how everyone can be apart of the discussions […]
Posted inD.C Sports, HBCU, National Sports, NEWS, Sports, Washington D.C. News
Nickelberry Resigns from Howard
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Howard University is looking for a new men’s basketball coach after Kevin Nickelberry resigned following their loss in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament. The former Bison coach couldn’t save his job despite their most wins in over two decades and their first postseason appearance since 1992 when the university […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
Wammies Celebrates Local Artists
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On March 31 local artists gathered at the Lincoln Theater to celebrate the accomplishments and hard work it takes to thrive in the music business at the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMA), better known as “The Wammies.” The Wammies is a 31-year-old award show honoring DMV musicians who dedicate […]
Posted inHealth, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
D.C. Council Pushes Breast Screening Act
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The D.C. Council pushed forward the Breast Density Screening and Notification Act of 2018, which would require that women be informed if they have dense breast tissue, an independent risk factor for breast cancer, officials said. This legislation also requires insurance coverage for necessary additional screenings for women with […]
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Black Lives and the Black Press Matter
By Susan Murphy Wood-Barnes, Special to the AFRO The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) celebrated 192 years of the Black press, with the annual Black press week, which convened March 20-22, in Washington, D.C. President and CEO of NNPA Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Dorothy Leavell, chairman of NNPA and Dr. Amelia Ashley-Ward, foundation chair organized NNPA […]
Posted inDistrict of Columbia Government, Mayor Muriel Bowser, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
Mayor Bowser Turns in FY 2020 Budget Focusing on a “Fair Shot” and Affordable Housing
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Mayor Muriel Bowser had a busy week. She turned in one of the most important documents that could impact the District. Nope – not the Mueller Report. The two-term mayor presented her fiscal Year 2020 Budget and Financial Plan to D.C. Council this past week after a season of […]
Posted inBooks, BUSINESS, Celebrating Women's History Month, National News, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
Trailblazing Author Talks Race, Politics and Getting the Story Right
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer After 60 years of asking the tough questions, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, the first Black woman reporter at The Washington Post, sat down at the Barnes & Noble on Howard University’s campus to answer questions about her memoir “Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist’s Fight to Make the Media Look More Like […]
Posted inNEWS, Washington D.C. News
District’s Kicks Off Potholepalooza and Maryland Avenue Streetscape Project
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer There is no way to escape them. They are everywhere. On streets, highways, on ramps and off ramps. Potholes. Mayor Muriel Bowser stood with District leaders, and DDOT workers this week to announce the annual kickoff of potholapalooza. District leaders, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council member Charles Allen […]
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Black Love Experience Takes Over THEARC
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The line for the Black Love Experience event snaked back from the entrance and curved around a corner down Mississippi Avenue, S.E. Hundreds of people huddled the cool air waiting for their chance to get inside. You only have to step inside a few paces to know the wait […]
Posted inCelebrating Women's History Month, National News, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
BWR Releases Sixth Annual Report About Black Women
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) Intergenerational Public Policy Network released their sixth annual BWR Report, “Black Women in the U.S. & Key States, 2019: Centering Black Women & Girls Leadership & Public Policy Agenda in a Polarized Political Era.” The BWR is the women and girls leadership development and […]
