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 […]
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BLK+GRN is Creating a Platform for Black Wellness
By Hamzat Sani, Special o the AFRO Dr. Kristian Henderson is shameless about her purpose. “We wanted to connect people with products that were better for them and products that weren’t linked with hormonal issues, cancers, fibroids,” Henderson told the AFRO. She officially launched her eco-conscious business BLK+GRN in February of this year and has […]
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Lip Bar Founder Makes Leap from Wall St. to Target
By Charise Wallace, Special to the AFRO Straight from Detroit, Michigan, founder and CEO of The Lip Bar, Melissa Butler went from working on Wall Street to landing her own beauty line in Target, but she wouldn’t be where she’s is if it wasn’t for education and her mother’s tough love. The Lip Bar, a lipstick line started in 2012 […]
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Temptations Musical Makes D.C. Debut
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO It’s not just your imagination running away with you, so get ready. “Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations” hits the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts this week before landing in New York City for its Broadway debut. The cast of […]
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White Civil Rights Rally in DC Scheduled for August
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com A year after the Unite the Right protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, which turned violent and deadly, the National Park Service approved the same White nationalists to have a two-day rally near the White House in Lafayette Park on August 11 and 12. Jason Kessler, who organized last year’s Charlottesville […]
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DC Sniper Gets New Hearing
By The Associated Press A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in Virginia, a federal appeals court ruled June 21. The 3-0 decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denies an appeal by prosecutors who said they already complied with […]
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Trump Policies Dominate at ACLU Conference
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com The ACLU held its 2018 Membership Conference in the District of Columbia from June 10-12 at the Marriott Marquis hotel and the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and President Trump and the actions of his administration were on everyone’s mind. “This is a chance for all of us, civil […]
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Incumbents Win; Initiative 77 Passes
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com Despite spirited campaigns from opponents, the incumbents in the District of Columbia’s June 19 primaries had no problems being re-nominated to their seats. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser easily won her Democratic Party primary. (Courtesy Photo) Of the registered voters in the District, 17.62 percent of voters participated in the primary, […]
