Category: Washington D.C. News

During a meeting of the membership of the Mid-Atlantic Section of the American Bridge Association, George Hudson (NYC), national president, swore the following incumbent officers in to serve the Mid-Atlantic for another two years. They are Carrolena Key (center) (Washington, D.C.) vice president; Tennyson Johnson Jr. (Charlotte, N.C., treasurer; and Adean Butler (Richmond, Va.), secretary. […]

The Key Women Educators of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International recently spent an evening with Poet Laureate for the District of Columbia Delores Kendrick at Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ in Northwest Washington. Kendrick, a native Washingtonian, taught at Taft Junior High School and helped design the curriculum for School Without Walls where […]

The U.S. Capitol’s Christmas tree has arrived. The 65-foot tree arrived at the Capitol on Nov. 26. The tree comes from the White River National Forest in Colorado. It will be decorated with approximately 5,000 ornaments and will be lit by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, during a ceremony on Dec. 4. First Lady Michele […]

Four more 17-year-olds have been charged as adults in connection with a fatal stabbing earlier this month at the Woodley Park Metro station in northwest Washington. The teens were charged Monday. One teen, 17-year-old Chavez Myers, had already been charged as an adult with second degree murder while armed and assault with a dangerous weapon. […]

A teenager charged with fatally stabbing another teen inside a District of Columbia Metro station confessed to the killing but told a police officer that he acted in self-defense, according to police documents. Chavez Myers, 17, was ordered held without bond during a court appearance Monday in the death early Saturday of 18-year-old Olijawon Griffin […]

When civil rights activist and Washington D.C. statehood advocate Lawrence Guyot died Nov. 23, he left behind a legacy of activism that spanned more than 50 years. Friends described Guyot, 73, as a “fearless” crusader for voting rights, human rights and statehood. “He was a bright-eyed, feisty and tireless civil rights worker who spoke what […]

On Nov. 20, Howard University’s WHUR 96.3 FM fanned across the District to disseminate hundreds of Turkeys and bags of food to needy families just in time for Thanksgiving. The food giveaway is the culmination of the network’s signature philanthropic event entitled “Food2Feed.” Photos courtesy of WHUR.

Dealing with the stigma of AIDS will be the topic of an all-day conference at Howard University Nov. 30. The Third Annual International Conference on Stigma will be held at Howard’s Blackburn Center. The free, all-day conference will feature speakers from university hospitals in the Washington, D.C. area, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control […]

The office of Col. Fern O. Sumpter, the new commander of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall (JBM-HH), includes her Wall of Fame and on that wall, she has positioned a large, framed poster entitled “So You Want a Command?” The poster lists 21 questions pertinent to anyone interested in doing a job similar to hers. Sumpter […]

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Representative Marcia Fudge, the newly-elected chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said politically-inspired charges that United Nations Ambassador Susan E. Rice is “not very bright” and is “unqualified” to be named Secretary of State by President Obama are racist and sexist in addition to being untrue. “ the things they have disliked […]

D.C. City Councilman Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) was defeated Nov. 6 by lawyer David Gross. The son of the late Ron Brown, who served as commerce secretary under President Bill Clinton, was seen as a rising star in D.C. politics until questions arose about his personal finances and the disappearance of $115,000 from his […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of the District of Columbia public schools slated to close were recently awarded grants for their creative plans to improve test scores with funds totaling more than $1 million. The Washington Examiner reports nine of 18 neighborhood schools slated to close were honored in June with “Proving What’s Possible” grants. In […]