By Micha Green, AFRO Washington D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Authorities said they arrested and charged one suspect in the August murder of 16-year-old Kevin Wilson Jr. of Silver Spring, who was shot in the Takoma Park area of Prince George’s County, before later dying at a hospital. Kevin Wilson (pictured), a talented athlete, was killed in Takoma Park. […]
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D.C. Summit to Focus on Maternal, Infant Health
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has invited mayors and leaders from all over the country to descend on the District for her inaugural mayoral Maternal and Infant Health Summit, a Sept. 12 event that will center on the disproportionally high rates of maternal mortality among Black women locally and […]
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DMV HBCU Report: Despite Losses QBs Shine in Season Openers
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO Local HBCU teams went 0-3 as the Labor Day Weekend marked the final unofficial weekend of summer and kicked off college football season. However, two premiere quarterbacks set the tone with sterling performances that almost led them to upset wins against favored opponents. Newton Shines for Howard in […]
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Black Restaurant Week Comes to DC
By Lauren E Williams, Special to the AFRO Get your calendars ready, and your stomachs emptied because the DMV is set to host Black Restaurant Week November 4-11. Focused on highlighting culinary cuisines from Black chefs, as well as cultural events and informative workshops and sessions, this year‘s restaurant is like none other held in the […]
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Harris Grills Kavanaugh Over Mueller Investigation
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com While the back to back bombshells from Bob Woodward’s new book and an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, allegedly from a Trump White House senior official, triggered a “volcanic” reaction by the 45th president, Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court sparred with a possible 2020 Democratic presidential contender. […]
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DC Mayor Talks New Motherhood on Morning TV
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com It’s been over three months since District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser revealed she assumed another position-motherhood- and until her appearance on Thursday’s “NBC 4 Today Show,” she’s been fairly private about her new addition. “It couldn’t be more perfect,” Bowser told NBC’s Hoda Kotb. “I got into politics. […]
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Brazile Lands Teaching Gig at Howard
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com When Donna Brazile began her work as a lecturer at Howard University on Sept. 4, everyone was expecting her to lecture on the virtues of working in politics and tell a few war stories from her years as a campaign manager, activist and staffer on Capitol Hill. Instead Brazile […]
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Carl Day-Baker is First Homicide of September
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com From the first 11 deaths in January 2018 to 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson’s death in July, the District of Columbia has seen an uptick in violence that is making residents beg for people to put their guns down. According to D.C. Witness, which tracks homicides in the District, there have […]
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Is DC’s Team Coming Home?
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com When the Washington football team moved from Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium in the District of Columbia to what is now FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, some District of Columbia fans never got over it. However, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has revived the hopes of Redskins fans when […]
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Local Automotive Program Gives Students an Opportunity to Excel
By Akil Wilson, Special to the AFRO A District of Columbia program is educating residents from some of the city’s most underserved neighborhoods in one of today’s most in demand trades. The Excel Automotive Institute, located at 1235 Kenilworth Ave. NE, teaches the fundamentals of automotive technology in a classroom setting as well as a fully […]
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In Memoriam: Ocie M. Jackson
By The AFRO Staff Ocie M. Jackson a high level Department of Defense worker, died at the age of 94 on August 26 at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, Maryland. Ocie M. Jackson (Courtesy Photo) She was a native of Oxford, North Carolina born on January 12, 1924 as one of twelve children of the […]
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Uncle of DC Woman in Viral Violent Bus Smashing Video Speaks Out
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Last week police released video of a furious young woman, now identified as Mariana Silver, banging on a Greyhound bus window before unapologetically driving away and hitting the bus driver in the process. The video went viral, Silver is now in police custody and now her uncle is weighing […]
