Category: Washington D.C. News

The Prince Hall Masons of D.C. is located at 1000 U St. N.W. The Prince Hall Masons of D.C. will host an Annual Black History Program to celebrate, educate and inspire membership and to keep them informed of the advancements of society. The event will take place on Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. at the […]

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform Feb. 3–8. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street N.W., on its annual American tour. Based in New York City, the modern dance company was founded by the late Alvin Ailey in 1958. […]

Philip Pannell, the executive director of the Anacostia Coordinating Council. (Photo Courtesy www.anacostiadc.org/) Patricia Owens, who lost her 22-year-old son Kevin, to gun violence at the end of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade on Jan. 19, a short time after the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade ended, said that the unnecessary deaths of […]

New Emory United Methodist Church Beacon Center A beautiful historic church stands on a hill overlooking Georgia Avenue at Quackenbos Street in Northwest Washington. Its doors are locked, and a raze permit is duct-taped to the front entrance. Raze is a fancy word for destruction. Emory United Methodist Church, has been a part of Washington’s […]

Breast Care for Washington co-founder Dr. Regina Hampton, Md. explains the 3D mammography to Blanca Pena during her consultation. Residents of Ward 8 remain among the most underserved in the Washington metropolitan area.  Particularly among minority women, accessing life-saving specialized services, such as mammograms, requires navigating both geographical and cultural barriers.  To answer the call […]

Contest winners included (left to right) Amaris Smith, Zakkiya Young (with plaque), Seaairra Lindsay (center) and Trinity Copeland. Adults behind children (left to right): Pepco Executive Vice President Dave Velazquez, Lemond Brown of Boys and Girls Clubs, Damone Jones of Discovery Education, Pepco Holdings, Inc. Vice President Debbi Jarvis and Pandit Wright President, CEO Boys […]

Andrea Bailey addresses the crowd. (Photo by Adina R. Young) “It’s time for a change and I’m ready to be a catalyst for that change,” Andrea Bailey, Democratic candidate for the Prince William County Board of Supervisors  (Potomac division), said to supporters. They were gather at the kick-off event for her campaign at the Holiday […]

New Mayor, Muriel Bowser (AP Photo) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, facing tough, early tests, received plenty of support and advice during a gathering of female mayors, recently. Bowser is a new member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), who met in the District for their annual winter meeting from Jan. 21-23 at the Capitol […]

Race conditions have transformed throughout the years from the exuberance of great leaders, protests and marches, but have they changed enough? Does society hold African American lives as equal to other ethnicities and races? In its first Black History Month event, the Afro-American Newspapers will host a “Black Lives Matter” Town Hall meeting and community […]

WASHINGTON – The students at Frank W. Ballou Senior High School, which was founded in the early 1960s to serve residents in southern Anacostia – including Congress Heights, Washington Highlands, and Bellevue – have lots of which to be proud. The school’s graduates include prominent athletes, film directors, attorneys, military officers and award-winning journalists.  One of its former students was […]

(Photo: Carol Glover Memorial Fund on GoFundMe) (Updated 1/24/2015) Mourners recalled the “easy spirit,” warmth, encouragement, and faith of an Alexandria, Va. resident who died in a Metro train accident on Jan. 12. Carol Glover, 61, was among those on a Metro Yellow Line train which suffered an electrical malfunction near the L’Enfant Plaza station […]

Participants in the MLK Rally. (AFRO Photo/Kevin Zeese.) A pair of Washington, D.C. nonprofits joined in a rally to protest police brutality ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. On Jan. 12, Hands Up Coalition DC and Witness Against Torture co-hosted a rally which started at the Department of Justice and ended at Metropolitan Police Department […]