Category: Washington D.C. News

The annual Chuck Brown tribute – a Go-Go Music affair, at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club in suburban Washington, DC., offered a throw-back feel, from the days when DC proudly proclaimed itself as the nation’s Chocolate City, and Go-Go music dominated the airwaves. While DC is no longer the “CC” George Clinton boasted about […]

John Hope Bryant is the CEO of Operation HOPE. (Courtesy Image) On March 3, Operation HOPE, a financial literacy and activism non-profit, and the Afro-American Historical Society of the National Archives commemorated the Freedman’s Bank. This financial institution was signed into existence by President Abraham Lincoln, 150 years ago to help freed slaves establish themselves monetarily. Operation HOPE’s CEO […]

Relisha Rudd (Courtesy Photo) One year after the disappearance of a then-eight-year-old girl from a Washington, D.C. homeless shelter, supporters believe the girl may still be alive. Relisha Rudd was last seen alive on March 1, 2014 in the company of 51-year-old Khalil Tatum, a janitor at D.C.General, the homeless shelter at which Rudd and […]

Bashon Mann and his children sled down a hill at the Capitol as snow falls in Washington, Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) In anticipation of the snow now blanketing the Northeast, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on March 4 petitioned the U.S. Capitol Police to allow sledding on Capitol Hill grounds from […]

The first-ever Anacostia River Festival will celebrate the history, ecology and communities along the banks of the Anacostia River. The 11th Street Bridge Park and the National Park Service present the event, which will offer free kayaking and canoeing, musical performances, fishing and water filtration workshops, live birds of prey demonstration, a photography exhibition and a […]

The Greater Washington Urban League will hold its 43rd annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Gala on March 13 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street N.W. at 6:30 p.m. Attire for the event is black tie and sneakers. Special guests will include Honorary Chair Roger A Krone, CEO Leidos, Inc.; Master of Ceremonies […]

The Black Nurses Association of Greater Washington, D.C. Area, Inc. will hold its 35th Annual Salute to the Black Nurse of the Year Scholarship Awards Luncheon on March 7 at Martin’s Crosswinds, 7400 Center Drive in Greenbelt from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 2015 honoree is Crystal Scott, a geriatric nurse educator at Carroll […]

Distinguished Men Cookin’ with the Deltas is a signature program that provides people with a passion for food and cooking, an effective vehicle to support the college aspirations of local youth. This culinary-based community fundraising event, in partnership with the Washington, D.C. Alumnae Foundation, Delta Sigma Theta has raised over $100,000 for scholarships and programs since […]

Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick Howard University will hold an inauguration of its 17th president, Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA. The Inauguration Ceremony will be held at the university at 10 a.m. on March 6. For more information, visit http://www2.howard.edu/events/Inauguration.

“This is the first in a series of articles about laws that have significantly impacted Black women in America. Protestors of all races at a pro-choice rally in Washington, D.C., January 2012. (Debra Sweet/Flickr/CreativeCommons) In 1967, Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown, the first African-American woman surgeon in the South and a Tennessee state assemblywoman, was the […]

Issa Rae’s award-winning net-series has garnered more than 25 million views The world is full of African-American girls who have little rhythm, tend to be unsure of themselves in social situations, and who consider themselves, awkward. However, unlike those who grew up in the 1980s who turned introvert and found solace in mountains of books, […]

Jeffrey Moore was shot in the face. The trauma from his ordeal caused mental health challenges while taking numerous medications. The resulted: He was incarcerated. “At some point people will have mental health challenges, especially with problems they face in life,” he said. Moore is getting assistance from University Legal Services (ULS), helping him transition […]