“Hard earned and hard won” is a phrase D.C. herbalist Sunyatta Amen often uses to describe how she found success at Calabash Tea & Tonic, a sanctuary offering dozens of teas and tonic shots purporting to boost sexual performance, make you fall in love, ease anxiety and more. Sunyatta Amen is founder and owner of […]
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Omega Omega Service for Frankie Muse Freeman, Former Delta Sigma Theta President, Set
Frankie Muse Freeman, a civil rights attorney and the 14th national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, died earlier this year at the age of 101. Her Omega Omega sevice, the last ritual performed for a deceased member of the sorority, will held in Washington, D.C. March 11. Frankie Muse Freeman, center, after delivering the […]
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Who Knew What, When About D.C.’s Schools Ex-Chancellor?
Antwan Wilson, former chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), said D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser knew about his daughter’s covert transfer to another high school, months before it became public knowledge and resulted in his forced February resignation. Antwan Wilson, former chancellor of D.C.’s school system, is raising questions about who else knew about […]
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D.C.’s Sankofa Ball Showcases the Next Generation
It was a coming out party for the seniors at National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School, as they were presented to their friends and families and treated like kings and queens at the 6th Annual Sankofa Ball Feb. 24. National Collegiate Preparatory High School seniors celebrated their academic achievements at the 2018 Sankofa Ball. […]
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Mayor-for-Life Gets His Due
“He was the mayor-for-life and built a foundation for Black people in D.C.,” said Anise Jenkins, the executive director for Stand Up! for Democracy, an advocacy organization that supports statehood for the District. “He was a wonderful mayor who empowered Black people and empowered all people.” The late Marion Barry will be honored with a […]
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University Plagued By Racial Issues to Host Event at Black Museum
When American University (AU) revealed the venue for its Annual Founder’s Day Ball, students at the predominately White institution in Washington, D.C., had mixed reactions. The dance party is scheduled at the National Museum of African American History & Culture on the evening of Mar. 3. Founder’s Day Ball is an annual party that celebrates […]
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DC Celebrates Frederick Douglass
While Frederick Douglass, the iconic 19th century civil rights leader, can claim such locales as the Eastern Shore, Baltimore, Bedford, Mass., and Rochester, N.Y., it is the District of Columbia where he made his greatest contributions as a free man and District residents are proud of that. “Frederick Douglass was a free accomplished African American,” […]
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Bible Way Temple’s Apostle Silver Remembered as ‘General of the Faith’
From lines of bishops in flowing red vestments to female church ushers dressed in crisped white uniforms, Bible Way Temple was packed with people to celebrate the life of Apostle James E. Silver who was eulogized as a “General of the faith.” In the 1920’s Apostle Smallwood E. Williams went from preaching at a fire […]
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DC Funeral Home Mulls Move to Maryland
For 30 years, Ronald Taylor II Funeral Homes in Northeast, D.C. has served a predominantly Black clientele, but as gentrification increasingly pushes Blacks out of the city and into Prince George’s County, Taylor is wondering if the business his father started should move there as well. The ongoing gentrification of D.C. has Ronald Taylor II […]
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Secret Audit Points to Enrollment Fraud at DC High School
A secret audit of an acclaimed D.C. high school hints at widespread enrollment fraud to avoid $12,000 more in tuition charged to nonresidents. Famed arts school Duke Ellington School of the Arts is under fire after wide spread enrollment fraud was revealed. (Courtesy photo) State Superintendent of Education Hanseul Kang told The Washington Post Tuesday the annual […]
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Why Public School Teachers, Administrators Cheat
Public schools in the nation’s capital recently reported that the graduation rate for 2017 was the highest in the school system’s history. According to school officials, about 73 percent of Washington public schools’ students graduated on time, another record high for a school system that had struggled years ago to graduate even half of its students. […]
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D.C. Councilmember Requests Deeper Probe on Heels of Graduation Crisis
The chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia’s Committee on Education is pushing Mayor Muriel Bowser to broaden the scope of an investigation that uncovered a high school graduation scandal to include public and charter elementary and middle schools as well as charter high schools. In a Feb. 21 letter, Councilmember David Grosso […]