By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO Thanks to comedian-turned-talk show host Steve Harvey, an office superstore is donating a $5,000 gift card to a Washington, D.C. public charter school for Black and Latino boys that is opening this summer. What’s more, North Star College Preparatory Academy for Boys’ appearance on the show prompted 50 […]
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Ballou High School Student Shot and Killed
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Southeast, D.C. after 15-year-old, Jaylyn Wheeler, a Ballou High School student, was shot and killed around the 600 block Alabama Avenue. It all started a bit before 4 p.m. on May 16 when an officer from the police department’s School Security Division […]
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D.C. Resurrection “Soul Tent” To Be On Display in Four D.C. Public Libraries
By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO 1968 was a monumental year for Black people in America. This year marks the 50th anniversary of many events such as the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the six-week occupation by King’s Poor People’s campaign on the National Mall in D.C. To commemorate the 50th […]
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D.C. Embraces Poor People’s Campaign
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com There are many activities surrounding the call for the “Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival” launched by former North Carolina NAACP President the Rev. William Barber II. The District of Columbia will play a key part in the events. The Rev. Wanda Thompson, pastor of […]
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Britain’s Hidden Black Royalty
By Aya Elamroussi, Special to the AFRO The royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has been making headlines as the big day approaches this Saturday, May 19. But May 19 is also special because it’s the birthday of the first biracial royal queen of England, Queen Sophia Charlotte. “The royal family looked all over […]
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Washingtonian Magazine Ad Campaign About DC Manages to Include Zero Black People
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Although White residents may now make up 44 percent of the District’s population, Washington, D.C., once coined “Chocolate City,” is still majority African American with 47.7 percent of residents identifying as Black, according to the U.S. Census. Washingtonian Magazine completely disregarded the District’s majority population in a recently launched […]
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‘Black Panther’ Star Chadwick Boseman Honors Howard Graduates
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO Chadwick Boseman strolled onto Howard University’s campus as a bankable box-office star and walked away with another title on graduation day – doctor. The Howard alumnus and star of Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” returned to his alma mater May 12 to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of […]
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Top-Ranked DC School Embroiled in Residency Fraud Scandal
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO An audit from the Office of the State Superintendent for Education released May 11 has found that nearly a third of the students enrolled at the acclaimed Duke Ellington School of the Performing Arts were not residents of the District of Columbia and were not paying the tuition […]
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Mayor Awards D.C. Businesses $2.6 Million
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser capped off DC Small Business Week by awarding grants to 53 businesses based and operating in the District. The $2,648,057.53 in grant funding was distributed to area businesses as part of the Great Streets Initiative. In a press conference held at Fitness Snob Studios […]
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Local Black Lives Matter, ACLU Sue Bowser Over Police Data Collection
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com Local chapters of anti-police brutality groups such as Black Lives Matter, the Stop Police Terror Project and the ACLU are suing D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Kevin Donahue and D.C. police chief Peter Newsham over their non-compliance on compiling statistics on stops and frisks […]
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DC Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Businesses
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO The District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2018 Small Business and Economic Development Summit highlighting the contributions small businesses make to D.C.’s booming economy. As part of a full day of events the D.C. Chamber of Commerce awarded several local businesses and leaders with small business awards […]
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White Addresses Ward 7 Concerns
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com D.C. Council member Robert White was the keynote speaker at the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization’s “First Fridays” meeting May 4 at the organization’s headquarters in Northeast. White is one of a series of speakers designed to bring the District’s leaders to the ward to talk about matters […]
