By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO C. Payne Lucas, co-founder of Africare, a Washington, D.C.- based aid organization focused on Africa’s development and policy issues, died Sept. 15 at a Silver Spring, Md. hospital, The Washington Post reported. Lucas, 85, died of advanced dementia, according to the newspaper. Africare was originally based in the […]
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Omega Psi Phi Aims to Bring Black Men to the Polls
By George Kevin Jordan, Special to the AFRO. The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity needs to step up and lead the way for men to participate in the voting process, said panelists at an event during the recently concluded Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual convention. “Omega Psi Phi – All Hands on Deck: Rallying Fathers and Black […]
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‘What Is Light?’ Brings Rhymes and Wisdom to Kids
By Andrea “Aunni” Young, Special to the AFRO Sharing positive affirmations are great ways to teach your children happiness and an optimistic affirmative attitude, according to child psychologists. Recently, the host of “Great Day Washington”, Markette Sheppard, released a best-selling book for children called “What is Light?” The book is a poetic board book with beautiful […]
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Farrakhan Denounces Sexism, Homophobia
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has been known as a fiery orator who supports Black liberation and denounces White supremacy and yet preaches traditional values regarding family and lifestyle. However, it appears that Farrakhan has changed some of his views toward women and the LGBTQ community. Farrakhan expressed […]
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Police Brutality Portrayed in Art
By Maxwell Young, Special to the AFRO What’s black and white and re(a)d all over? This newspaper you might be reading, of course, but also the expressive imprint of Washington, D.C.-based conceptual artist, Maps Glover’s symbolic motifs that encase the interior of Transformer Gallery located in Logan Circle. The riddle is not something he considered when […]
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DC Area Students Open For ‘Hamilton’
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO When Anacostia High School students Kelli Johnson and Brenda McKinney took the stage at the Kennedy Center to rap about the Boston Tea Party prior to watching “Hamilton,” McKinney called on the audience of more than 2,000 teens to help the duo overcome stage fright. “The first thing […]
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DC Keeps Go-Go Alive
By Nyame-Kye Kondo, Special to the AFRO While the effects of the District’s new developments can be seen in different aspects of D.C. life, Go-go, one of the most famous aspects of the city’s culture remains, having been reinvented and is now being celebrated as it resurges internationally. Go-go music is a culmination of a number […]
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‘All Hands-On Deck’ Effort for Maternal, Infant Health
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser sounded the alarm on maternal mortality rates September 13 at her inaugural Maternal & Infant Health Summit that attracted more than 800 people to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. In the United States, about 700 women die each year from pregnancy […]
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The Search for Solutions to School-to-Prison Pipeline
By George Kevin Jordan, Special to the AFRO Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL 24th District) has a mission – pull young Black boys out of the school-to-prison pipeline. She hopes her 5,000 Role Models of Excellence Project is the ticket to providing diplomas and degrees instead of prison sentences. Wilson had big help pushing her project […]
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CBC Conference Mixes Celebrity and Politics
By George Kevin Jordan, Special to the AFRO You may be able to argue about whether politics and celebrity mix, but what is hard to contest is the impact of celebrity on politics. Case in point was a panel discussion, “Music, Criminal Justice and Racial Equality” where hundreds of people crowded into an auditorium to see […]
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Race Becomes Issue in Tipped Workers Fight
By Akira Kyles, Special to the AFRO Many advocates and opponents of Initiative 77 showed up at the Wilson Building September 17 to witness the D.C. Council hold a hearing on Bill 22-913, the “Tipped Workers Fairness Amendment Act of 2018,” which would repeal the voter approved Initiative 77. Initiative 77 was proposed to get rid […]
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New DC Housing Complex Caters to Grandfamilies
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com As gentrification continues in the District, a new affordable housing complex is offering units to a very specific kind of family- grandfamilies- households headed by grandparents rearing grandchildren. Located in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Northwest, D.C., Plaza West is the first of its kind in the area as […]
