By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO Ed Hill was an understated spokesman for Howard University. In 30 years as sports information director for the Bison athletic program, Hill was more than a disseminator of information about the games students played. He was a mentor, instructor, confidant and friend for scores of young men and […]
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Laura Murphy Helps Online Organizations Fight Discrimination and Bias
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Civil Rights activist, crisis management expert and AFRO board member Laura Murphy has come to the rescue of online organizations who need a healthy dose of #BlackGirlMagic to identify, resolve and help avoid issues of discrimination and bias. Labeled the “Olivia Pope of the Tech World” in jest, […]
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Waters Claps Back at Attacks From the Right and Left
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Maxine Waters (D-CA.), the seemingly indomitable political firebrand who represents large swaths of South Central Los Angeles, is now taking fire politically from the Left, as well as the Right. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY.), the Senate Minority Leader recently attacked Waters during a speech on the Senate floor, describing her […]
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Protesters Flood U.S. Cities to Fight Trump Immigration Policy
By Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: “No more children in cages,” and “What’s next? Concentration Camps?” In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands of marchers gathered June 30 across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the […]
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Following Graduation Scandal, Numerous Changes Coming in Next School Year
By Aya Elamroussi, Special to the AFRO District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) seeks public feedback on its newly released draft of regulations and policies regarding attendance, student promotion, secondary grading and graduation. The revisions will go into effect in the 2018-2019 school year. “The proposed changes reflect the feedback of students, staff, and families, […]
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DCPS Wants All Teachers Certified Before School Begins
By Lauren E. Williams, Special to the AFRO Last week, Washingtonians heard concerning news about the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS): 1,000 current D.C. educators do not have the proper certification to teach in the classroom. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) uncovered this information late last year. Following recent reports of […]
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Vintage Wishes Creates Vintage Queens, an all Female Cypher in DC
By Charise Wallace, Special to the AFRO The rap industry may be dominated by males, but females continue to write their own history, which is why DMV based producer Ramone Messam is launching Vintage Wishes, a royal hip-hop gala that includes a fashion show and an all-female cypher, Vintage Queens. Messam originally introduced high school […]
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AFRO DC High Tea Redefines #MeToo Movement
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO The inaugural AFRO High Tea in D.C. on June 24 celebrated and supported women while giving women a platform to rip the covers off domestic violence in their families that goes back several generations. In doing so, they brought the #MeToo campaign back to its original audience — as […]
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D.C. Residents Prominent In Poor People’s Campaign Rally
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com The rally on the National Mall and the march to the U.S. Capitol by the 2018 Poor People’s Campaign had many District of Columbia residents participating. The rally and the march, on June 23, were designed to ignite a movement to replicate the Poor People’s Campaign, born in 1968, […]
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Furor Over Huckabee Sanders Continues
By Ty’rique Sims, Special to the AFRO White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant last Friday night because of her work with President Trump and Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings is defending her. “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because […]
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Shawn Yancy Presents 10th Girl’s Night Out Benefit
By Charise Wallace Special to the AFRO Reporter Shawn Yancy is showcasing her 2018 10th Girl’s Night Out evening of entertainment, fashion and food for a special cause, Saturday, June 23 at American University’s Kaizen Arts Center Fox 5 D.C. From 5 to 9 p.m., it will be a night to remember as Yancy will […]
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1000 DC Public School Teachers Are Unlicensed, OSSE Report Shows
By Lauren E. Williams, Special to the AFRO A quarter of the District of Columbia Public School (DCPS) educators lack the proper certification required to teach the district’s students. This discovery was reported by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) last winter. Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large), chairperson of the Committee on […]