In promotional brochures, Loudoun County, Va., is portrayed as a place where prosperity and racial and ethnic tolerance are encouraged and practiced, but the president of the county’s NAACP takes exception to that premise. Phillip E. Thompson is the president of the Loudoun County, Va. NAACP. (Courtesy Photo) Phillip E. Thompson, president of the Loudoun County […]
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D.C. Group Supports Homeless Veterans
For more than three decades, Access Housing and the Southeast Veterans Service Center (SEVSC) has supported the needs of those who have put their lives on the line to defend freedom. And on Nov. 24, 50 families will be feasting on Turkey and all of the trimmings thanks to the leader of a veterans organization. […]
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Bowser Taps Oakland’s Wilson to Lead D.C. Schools
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently announced her choice to the lead the District of Columbia public schools. On Nov. 22, Bowser introduced Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Antwan Wilson as the next chancellor for the District’s public elementary and secondary education system at Eastern Senior High School in Northeast D.C. Antwan Wilson is set to be […]
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SOME’s 15th Annual Trot for Hunger
Washingtonians are invited to join SOME at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day for a 5k run/walk. The run/walk will take place at Freedom Plaza (corner of 13th Street, NW and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW). there will be an 8:30 a.m. Little Turkey Fun Run and a 9:15 a.m. unlimited 5k. The District’s only Turkey Trot, the […]
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Arena Stage Hosts Dinner and Musical for Wounded Warriors
D.C.-area military families must spend the Thanksgiving holiday away from loved ones. In gratitude for their service, Arena Stage is inviting wounded warriors, service men and women and their families to a complimentary dinner and performance of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel at the Mead Center for American Theater, located at 1101 Sixth St., […]
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Black Owned Small Business Expo
Support Black Owned Small business at this one stop shop expo event on Nov. 26. Come out to network and purchase products and services of all types from locally owned businesses in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore Metro areas. From jewelry to house ware, fashion, beauty products, electronics, food and much more this is an […]
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D.C. Statehood Backers Push On
The push to make the residential and commercial areas of the District of Columbia a state won’t stop District leaders and statehood activists are saying. While Donald Trump was winning the presidency on Nov. 8, District residents voted 80 percent for a referendum that advises the D.C. Council to petition the U.S. Congress for D.C. […]
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D.C. Church Recognizes Navy Parishioner for Years of Service
As a uniform wearer, there are certain things Fleet Master Chief April Beldo says she can’t do, out of respect for the United States. The Navy woman will not sit down during the national anthem and she will not disrespect the Commander in Chief. “That respect thing, it goes a long way . . .” […]
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Suspect(s) Still At-Large in Southeast D.C. Homicide of Local Rapper
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is still searching for information that can lead to solving the homicide of a local rapper killed on Nov. 2 in Southeast, D.C. Joshua Wayne Munson, also known as Beverly Deuce, will be laid to rest on Nov. 18 at Mount Calvary Church in District Heights, Md. (Courtesy Photo) Authorities […]
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Ministers Move with Faith Not Fear
When President Obama first moved into the White House his spiritual advisor Joshua Dubois wasn’t very far away offering scriptures, prayers, and words of encouragement daily. Joshua Dubois was President Obama’s director of the Office of Faith Based Initiatives from 2009-2013. (Courtesy Photo) Now, President-Elect Donald Trump is preparing to move into the White House […]
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D.C. Area High School Students Protest Trump Election
Just a week after the 2016 presidential election, hundreds of high school students from D.C. and Montgomery County, Md. left their classrooms to protest Donald J. Trump’s win as President of the United States. The latest protest occurred when students from various D.C. Public Schools, including Benjamin Banneker, Ballou, Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering high […]
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Area Child Provides Socks to the Needy
By Kristi Love, Special to the AFRO At first glance everything about Miracle Omar, otherwise known as “The Princess” by family and friends, resembles a typical eight-year-old girl who attends public school in Prince George’s County, Md. However, she goes the extra mile by providing socks to needy people in D.C. and surrounding areas as […]